New strike extensive pegmatites discovered at Morrissey Hill

Multiple new, wide and strike extensive pegmatites have been identified at Reach Resources’ (ASX:RR1) Morrissey Hill lithium project in WA.

The individual pegmatites extend up to 2km in length and over 30 metres in width with the majority hosted within mafic volcanics and mafic sediments of the Leake Springs Metamorphics group.

Combining the potential strike length of the Bonzer pegmatite field with these new pegmatites suggest a total strike length of prospective pegmatites at Morrissey Hill to span more than 10km.

However, this could extend even further as it does not include the potential for additional strike from ‘blind’ pegmatites which have been proven to be present on site through recent drill programs.

Rock chip sampling and extensive geochemical soil sampling is now underway across all these areas with results to determine the order, extent and locations for future drill programs.

Chief executive Jerry Bower commented on the findings.

“Not only have we intersected significant pegmatite widths below surface and stacked down hole to ~400m, the extended time on site has also allowed the team to map some seriously good outcropping pegmatite targets right across the project area,” he said.

“Most importantly, these pegmatites are hosted within greenstones (mafic volcanics) and/or sediments of the Leake Springs Metamorphic package rather than simply granite as is indicated on the regional scale GSWA map sheets.

“Our new target areas are a significant development as they potentially extend our strike length at Morrissey Hill to over 10km across all the target areas.”