Q2 Metals intercepts nearly 200m of spodumene at NW Quebec Cisco Property
Q2 Metals Corp. has announced an update from its 2024 exploration program at the Cisco Lithium Property (the "Property" or the "Cisco Property") located within the greater Nemaska traditional territory of the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec.
The Company commenced its 2024 drill program at the Cisco Property (the "Spring 2024 Drill Campaign") in May, with the primary objective of confirming and expanding upon the mineralized zone where the Property vendors worked in 2023 (now referred to as the "CO1 Zone"). A total of four (4) drill holes have been completed at the CO1 Zone for approximately 1017.1 m, intersecting several wide pegmatite intervals as outlined below. All holes intercepted pegmatites with visual indications of spodumene mineralization identified.
"We added the Cisco Property to our portfolio because we believed it had district-scale potential," said Alicia Milne, Q2 Metals President, and CEO. "We are extremely pleased with the early results of our initial exploration work and the results have validated our belief."
The CO1 Zone has now been defined for a strike length of approximately 300 m both in outcrop and with drilling. Additional drilling will test the continuation of the mineralization at CO1 at depth to the CO3 Zone, which is located approximately 300 to 400 m to the southwest, suggesting that the mineralization could extend at least 750 m.
"The first few drill holes completed at Cisco in 2024 have far exceeded my expectations. The spodumene pegmatite intervals are continuing down dip around the previously drilled holes, and our most recent hole (CS24-010) testing the strike extension of the CO1 zone has encountered a very wide mineralized zone," said Neil McCallum, Q2 Metals VP of Exploration. "The outcrop mapping and sampling of the region has indicated that the Cisco Property has significant potential. The possibility that several of these occurrences are linked at depth is a very significant and very real possibility that we plan to test as the field season continues."
Figure 1 Q2 Metals VP Exploration Neil McCallum and CEO Alicia Milne on the main outcrop at CO1
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Concurrent with the drill campaign, mapping and sampling field work is also underway to provide guidance on the extent of the lithium mineralization at Cisco.
Spring 2024 Drill Campaign
The four drill holes reported on herein were primarily focused on expanding the previously intersected mineralization and suggest that the pegmatite body is trending roughly 45 to 60 degrees (in a northeast-southwest) direction. The mineralized intervals in all the holes drilled thus far are not representative of the true width and the modelled pegmatite zone is being refined with every additional hole. Future drill holes will have a modified azimuth in order to optimize the definition of the mineralization.
The pegmatite intervals (greater than 2 metres) of the holes CS24-007 to 010 are reported in detail (Table 1) together with a summary map of the drilling (Figure 2). The summary of holes completed to date which includes basic location and dip/azimuth details is included below in Table 2.
Drilling is ongoing, with the next planned hole (CS24-011) to be approximately 90 m to the southwest of hole 010.
Figure 2. Map of Drilling at Cisco Property
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Drill Hole CS24-007 (azimuth 000-north, dip -60°) collared approximately 65 m south of previously drilled holes CS23-05/06 and intersected a total of 11 individual spodumene pegmatite intervals, three of which were greater than 10 m wide, for a total cumulative width of 100.1 m. Drill hole CS23-06, drilled by the Property vendors in 2023, encountered 115.4 m at 1.40% Li2O within a cumulative width of five separate pegmatite intervals.
Drill hole CS24-008 (azimuth 000, dip -60°) collared approximately 110 m south of previously drilled CS24-04 and encountered a total of two (2) spodumene pegmatite intervals, for a cumulative width of 29.7 m.
Drill hole CS24-009 (azimuth 000, dip -50°) collared approximately 60 m west of hole 007 encountered a total of five (5) spodumene pegmatite intervals, for a cumulative width of 117.1 m.
Drill hole CS24-010 (azimuth 000, dip -88°) collared at the same location as hole 009 and encountered a total of 10 spodumene pegmatite intervals, for a cumulative width of 194.8 m. Five (5) of the spodumene pegmatite intervals were greater than 10 m wide with the widest individual interval measuring 86.6 m.
Figure 3. Spodumene pegmatite intercept from drill hole CS-24-010
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