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Surge Announces Highest Grade Lithium Assays to Date with up to 8070 ppm Lithium in the First 2023 Hole at Nevada North Lithium Project
West Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 12, 2023) - Surge Battery Metals In...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Surge Announces Highest Grade Lithium Assays to Date with up to 8070 ppm Lithium in the First 2023 Hole at Nevada North Lithium ProjectWest Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 12, 2023) - Surge Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV: NILI) (OTCQB: NILIF) (FSE: DJ5) (the \"Company\" or \"Surge\") is pleased to announce that the first certified analytical results for the 2023 summer drilling program at their Nevada North Lithium Project (NNLP) returned multiple zones of high values ranging from 1,000 ppm to 8070 ppm lithium, the highest grades for exploration to date on the NNLP.Samples from sonic drill hole NN2301 (Drill site location R) returned positive results ranging between the 1,000 ppm cutoff to 8,070 ppm Li within 4 horizons. The composite thickness of intersected clay horizons was 140 ft (42.7m), for an overall average grade of 4,067ppm Li. This includes the highest grade and shallowest zone which begins at 27.5ft (8.39m) below surface and extends 80 ft (24.4m) and ranges from 3,090 ppm to 8,070 ppm Li, for an overall composite grade of 4,939 ppm Li (See Appendix I for interval values). The composite grade of the first clay horizon encountered in sonic hole NN2301 is 28% higher than the weighted average composite grade of the first clay horizon intersected in the reverse circulation drillholes completed by the Company in its 2022 drill program.Composite lithium values for all four mineralized horizons, using a 1,000 ppm cutoff with no internal dilution, are shown in the following table.From ft (m)To ft (m)Thickness ft (m)Grade (ppm Li)27.5 (8.39)107.5 (32.8)80 (24.4)4,939 147.5 (44.99)177.5 (54.14)30 (9.15)3,758207.5 (63.25)220.0 (67.06)12.5 (3.81)2,284227.5 (69.34)245.0 (74.68)17.5 (5.34)2,591Average140 (42.7)4,067 Drilling for the first five holes of the 2023 campaign was completed using sonic drilling methods. The final three holes for the season are being drilled using wireline diamond core drilling techniques. The results from geophysical surveys (news release May 23, 2023) indicated another clay horizon at depth and the Company plans to deepen NN2301 with the diamond drill.Samples from the sonic drilling were collected in plastic bags for each 2.5 feet (76.2 cm) interval in plastic bags. Surge workers at the rig retained a representative sample in chip trays and core boxes for each interval a...