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In short
Location:
Australia
Total Area of Claims*
15,426 ha
*Lithium, Hectares
Stage:
TR
Technical Report
Company Highlights
Hardrock lithium project
Cuprite East & Cuprite West
Cuprite Project Summary
Location
Pilbara, Australia
Total Area of Claims
9,916 ha
Hectares
Stage:
TR
Technical Report
Next Stage: TR
Deposit type: Hardrock
Project description
The Cuprite West & East Project comprises two tenements (109km2), circa 50km north-west of Marble Bar, that are deemed highly prospective for gold and base metal mineralization. The region has a history of lithium exploration and production, with recent local developments drawing the interest of the Company.
Historic work includes a rock chip sample program by Kalamazoo Resources PTY Ltd, which returned gold values ranging from 15.5 grams per tonne gold ( gptAu ) to 57.5 gpt Au, all within the Gorge Creek Area ( Western Australia Mineral Exploration reports ( WAMEX ) A10931), and drilling by Atlas Gold Limited with one meter intercepts ranging from 1.9 gpt Au to 6.7 gptAu and four meter intercepts ranging from 1.86 gptAu to 5.85 gptAu at the Farrel Well area ( WAMEX reports A86631A71514, A108778 and A108779.
Overall, the Cuprite West & East Project has the potential to host significant epigenetic gold and syngenetic massive sulphide mineralization.
Key takeaways:
1. Holds potential to host lithium, gold and base metal mineralization
2. Situated next door to lithium major SQM's million dollar JV with Kalamazoo
In December 2021, SQM entered a Joint Venture with Kalamazoo, to explore claims contiguous to Cuprite East and Cuprite West.
3. Surface sample program initiated
A surface sample program was recently initiated to identify any anomalous zones or outcrops. A total of 1,246 soil samples have been collected and are in transit to ALS Laboratories located in Brisbane, Australia, an ISO Certified laboratory.
Hardrock lithium project:
Nortia
Nortia Project Summary
Location
Pilbara, Australia
Total Area of Claims
5,510 ha
Hectares
Stage:
TR
Technical Report
Next Stage: TR
Deposit type: Hardrock
Project description
The project is comprised of 19 blocks totaling 5,510 hectares and is located 30 kilometers east of the historic mining town of Nullagine. The project has road access to the very southern portion of the area. The Dalton Suite ultramafic unit is mapped as present in the center of the tenement with several shear/fault zones across the area.
Key takeaways:
1. Highly likely to find in-situ pegmatite on the property
Samples were visually identified in the field as pegmatite, and were sent to A.L.S. Laboratories of Brisbane, Australia, an ISO Certified Laboratory, for assy. All samples returned anomalous lithium values, which ranged from 8.3 ppm Li to 74.1 ppm Li. None of the samples were obtained from in situ pegmatite exposures. The results indicate that it is highly likely that in situ pegmatite occurs on the project, and higher lithium values may be present.
2. Located close to current lithium mining operations
Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) Pilgangoora lithium operation, and Global Lithium Resources Marble Bar Lithium Deposit, are located in the Pilbara mining region, close to Australian Goldfields properties.
Management Team
Adrian F.C Hobkirk
CEO, President, Director
- Over 25 years of experience in the mining and venture capital industry
- Mr. Hobkirk has been involved in Guyana for over twenty years and founded Gold Port Corporation (formerly Corsurex Resource Corp. and Gold Port – 9 – Resources Ltd.) to develop the Groete Gold Copper Deposit in 2006
- Mr. Hobkirk has been President, CEO and a director of Lithium South Development Corporation (formerly NRG Metals Inc.) since October 20, 2004
- He holds a BA in Economics from Simon Fraser University.
Teresa Cherry, CPA, CGA
CFO, Director
- Teresa Cherry has over 15 years of corporate accounting experience and has held senior level positions for public companies
- Through her current and previous experience she has over 10 years of assisting public venture companies with financial reporting and management in the oil and gas, mineral exploration, life sciences, and coal industries both in exploration and production.
- She has been a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPA, CGA) since September 2014.
Christopher P. Cherry
Director
- Christopher P. Cherry has over 20 years of corporate accounting and audit experience.
- Mr. Cherry has extensive corporate experience and has held senior level positions for several public mining companies including director, CFO, and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Cherry has been CFO of Lithium South Development Corporation (formerly NRG Metals Inc.) since November 26, 2014 and a director since December 22, 2017. He has been CFO and director of Gold Port Corporation (formerly Corsurex Resource Corp. and Gold Port Resources Ltd.) since November 18, 2016. Mr. Cherry is a Chartered Professional Accountant, having completed his Chartered Accountant designation in February 2009 and his Certified General Accountant in 2004.
- He held positions with KPMG and Davidson and Co. LLP in Vancouver, where he gained experience as an auditor for junior public companies, and an IPO specialist.
Nicholas Hoad
Country Manager, Perth, Australia
- Nicholas Hoad is a corporate finance executive, specializing in the Western Australian resources sector, notably copper-gold related transactions.
- Mr. Hoad is currently retained by Subiaco Capital, a specialist corporate advisory group, which introduced most of the Pilbara properties to Australian Goldfields.
- Typically, Mr. Hoad gets heavily involved with project development and has undertaken numerous site visits with geology teams to garner first hand views of a property’s potential, arguably a competitive edge, before bringing it to market.
William Feyerabend
Qualified Person, Certified Professional Geologist
- William (Bill) Feyerabend has over thirty five years of experience in mineral exploration in twelve countries. He has worked at every level from prospect evaluation to regional exploration to discovery and development of major gold deposits. He was part from discovery to production of the million ounce Mesquite gold mine in California and the multi-million ounce Chimney Creek (now Twin Creeks) mine in Nevada. Mr. Feyerabend also served as Project Manager for one of the largest gold mines in the world, the large Brisas Gold Mine in Venezuela.
- He has been a Certified Professional Geologist since 2007 and has authored technical reports on gold projects in five countries. In addition to gold, he also has been part of the discovery of industrial minerals, base metal and lithium brine deposits.
- Most recently he helped bring Flagstaff Minerals’ Kingman Project (Arizona) thru permitting and drilling. He is a 1972 graduate of the University of Southern California with a B. Sc. Geology degree. Feyerabend is also familiar with paleoplacer deposits in the western US.
