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DRILLING COMMENCES AT MARIANA LITHIUM BRINE PROJECT, ARGENTINA, NEVADA PROJECT AREA DOUBLES IN SIZE THROUGH STAKING
DRILLING COMMENCES AT MARIANA LITHIUM BRINE PROJECT, ARGENTINA, NEVADA PROJECT AREA DOUBLES IN SI...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nDRILLING COMMENCES AT MARIANA LITHIUM BRINE PROJECT, ARGENTINA, NEVADA PROJECT AREA DOUBLES IN SIZE THROUGH STAKING\n\n\n Apr. 14, 2010 (TheNewswire.ca) -- Vancouver B.C.: TNR Gold Corp. (TSXV:TNR) (\"TNR\" or the \"Company\") and wholly-owned International Lithium Corp. (\"ILC\") are pleased to announce the Company has commenced drilling at the Mariana Lithium brine project in Argentina, has increased its land position in Nevada to 5,285 hectares through staking and has commenced a geophysical program on its Mud Lake project, Nye County, Nevada.Key Highlights:-Initial 3 drill hole program commences at Mariana lithium brine salar, Argentina;-Nevada lithium brine project area increases twofold through staking to 5,285 hectares;-Detailed gravity survey commences at Mud Lake project, Nevada-Systematic geophysical coverage of entire Nevada project area to follow.Mariana Lithium Brine Project, ArgentinaThe company has embarked on an initial 3-hole exploratory drill program on its 100% owned Mariana property. The primary goal will be to geochemically characterize the subsurface brine and develop a geological model to 100 metres depth along an east west section at 2 kilometre drill spacing across three different structural regimes within the central salar area. The Company's intent is to follow-up the initial drill program with geophysics, construct a comprehensive model of the immediate area and utilize the model in preparation for a larger secondary exploration phase.The Mariana project has the ability to rapidly advance through 2010, but will await completion of this initial phase of exploration and compilation of the results before a decision is announced.About the Mariana ProjectThe Mariana project, a lithium-boron salar, consists of several contiguous mineral claims covering 120 km2 and strategically encompasses the entire salar. Salars, or salt lakes, host some of the largest known lithium and boron resources in the world. Lithium brines with economical grade can be produced directly from salars without the need for costly and time consuming process of underground or open pit mine construction.To date TNR personnel have completed three phases of shallow subsurface brine sampling surveys across the salar on a 2 kilometre grid pattern. The majority of samples within the main 10 by 15 kilometre body of the salar returned values b...