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USCM Doubles Claims Package and Commences Exploration Program at Clayton Ridge Lithium Property
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 18, 2022) - US Critical Metals Corp. &#x...
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[{"type":"text","content":"USCM Doubles Claims Package and Commences Exploration Program at Clayton Ridge Lithium PropertyVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 18, 2022) - US Critical Metals Corp. (TSXV: USCM) (\"USCM\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it has staked and filed with the Esmeralda County and the Bureau of Land Management an additional 90 unpatented mining claims contiguous to the originally prospected Clayton Ridge claims block, and commenced exploration activities at the Clayton Ridge Lithium Property in the Esmeralda County, Nevada (the \"Property\").The Property now spans 3,600 acres of highly prospective geology for lithium mineralization. Past field work focused solely on the original 90 claims and was limited to a total of 64 grab and soil samples. Though limited in scope, the historical programs were successful in identifying potentially economic grades of lithium across much of the Property, with samples averaging 517 parts per million of lithium and peaking at 950 parts per million. The mapping currently underway and sampling programs will expand significantly on the work previously completed with the objective to gathering valuable new data to assist with identifying targets for a maiden drill campaign anticipated in the latter half of 2022. The initial exploration phase has begun and consists of geologic mapping of the project at a scale of 1:2,000. This scale will permit USCM to define the upper and lower contacts of the lithium-rich claystone beds exposed over the entire area. This exploration provides an indication of the productive thickness of the clay beds and supports the delineation of additional work, including more detailed sampling, drilling and possibly geophysics. Mapping will serve as the basis for the design of the rock and soil sampling programs along with the construction of geologic sections and isopach maps on the lithium bearing beds needed for the design of the upcoming drilling program.Concurrent with geologic mapping of the Property, the Company is completing litho-geochemical sampling. This phase of exploration consists of collecting up to approximately 500 rock and soil samples from across the expanded project. Samples are being gathered from lithium-bearing claystone at or below the surface that appear to have been minimally weathered to obtain optimal results. I...