Lithium Power International has kicked off an extensive exploration and drilling program across its WA lithium tenements, which lie immediately adjacent to Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes mine, the world’s largest source of hard rock lithium.
The miner’s Greenbushes portfolio comprises the Balingup project, a large tenement extending north and west of Talison’s mine, and the Brockman Highway project, which is south of Talison’s mine and divided by the Brockman Highway.
Lithium Power International’s chief executive officer, Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro, said the company had pinpointed several interesting targets that justified upping the ante to establish the nature of existing pegmatite mineralisation.
“We consider the Greenbushes properties to be highly attractive for lithium pegmatite discoveries and we’re looking forward to updating the market with the results as they come to hand,” he said.
One of the targeted sites is the Blackwood Prospect within the Balingup zone, for which a detailed magnetic survey has been planned in September. Mapping shows that the prospect contains pegmatites with anomalous lithium and other elements commonly associated with lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatites.
A detailed fauna survey and assessment will begin in August at Lithium Power’s East Kirup tenement, also within Balingup, with an initial 1600m RC drilling program slated for December.
