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First Energy Metals Starts Drill Program at the Augustus Lithium Project in Quebec
VANCOUVER, BC, April 6, 2021 /CNW/ - First Energy Metals Ltd. (CSE: FE) ("First Energy" or the "Company) is pleased to announce the commencement of 2021 drill p
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC, April 6, 2021 /CNW/ - First Energy Metals Ltd. (CSE: FE) (\"First Energy\" or the \"Company) is pleased to announce the commencement of 2021 drill program at its Augustus Lithium Property in Quebec, Canada. Forage Hebert Inc. Drilling of Amos, Quebec has been contracted for a 5,000 metres NQ size core drill program which can be increased at the Company's request. A B-20 drill rig has been deployed for this work which has a capacity to drill up to 1,000-meter-deep hole. The drilling rig and crew has mobilized to the project and is set to begin the drill program. The drill program is based on the Company's surface trenching and sampling program which is currently underway. The field sampling work confirmed historically reported spodumene bearing lithium pegmatites on the Augustus and Canadian Lithium prospects on the Property. Several historical drill hole collars were also located on the Property which will help in location and orientation of drill holes for the upcoming drill program. To date, the Company has compiled historical drill hole data on the Property for 74 historical dill holes with a cumulative drilling of 12,123.14 m, out which 6,024 m drilling was completed on the two lithium prospects on the Property. Several drill hole results indicated intersections over 1% lithium oxide. The current drill program if successful will enable to complete a maiden NI 43-101 lithium resource estimates on the Property. The Company is also pleased to announce another round of assay result from channel sampling program at its Augustus Lithium Property in Quebec, Canada. The channel samples intersected 2.68 meters of spodumene pegmatite with 1.04 percent lithium oxide. Highlights of Assays (see Table 1 for details) Lithium oxide (Li2O) values are in the range of 0.01 percent (%) to 1.47% Li2O with an intersection of 1.04% Li2O over 2.68 m. Lithium (Li) values are in the range of 40 ppm (parts per million) to 6,830 ppm. Beryllium values are in the range of 11 ppm to 263 ppm, barium is from 8 ppm to 357 ppm, and cesium is from 31.2 ppm to 164 ppm. Niobium is in the range of 9.2 ppm to 95.5 ppm, rubidium 1,180 ppm to 2,770 ppm, strontium 21 ppm to 1,050 ppm, and tantalum 3.8 ppm to 61 ppm. Gurminder Sangha, CEO of First Energy Metals stated that, \"We are looking forward to the success of the current drilling ...