AMN - DRC: Record intersection at Manono Lithium Project

AVZ Minerals has recorded a 341.62-metre pegmatite intersection at its Manono Lithium Project in the DRC. It comes from the Roche Dure pegmatite and is the largest intersection to date from Manono.

The intersection was drilled as part of AVZ’s ongoing 20-kilometre drilling program, results from which will be used to establish a maiden lithium resource estimate later this month.

The 341.62-metre intersection included an upper interval of weathered rock beneath which the fresh-rock intersection was 302.10 metres down-hole length at 1.54% lithium and 875ppm tin.

An adjacent hole intersected 299.88 metres of the Roche Dure pegmatite, with the fresh-rock interval being 268.75 metres down-hole length at 1.55% lithium and 751ppm tin.

A third drill hole intersected 303.16 metres of this pegmatite, with the fresh-rock interval being 278.96 metres down-hole length at 1.58% lithium and 1053ppm tin.

The results suggest that the pegmatite thickens towards the northwest as is seen from initial mapping of the body. It is also apparent that the upper part of the pegmatite is closer to the surface in this locality.

Drilling continues to progress-well and further assay results are anticipated soon.

AVZ’s managing director Nigel Ferguson said: “The Roche Dure pegmatite continues to produce intercepts with excellent grades of lithium and tin.

“This bodes well for the calculation of the maiden JORC compliant mineral resource and ongoing drilling for the complete pegmatite body and updated resource calculations.”

Additional drilling is required to confirm the true thickness of the pegmatites.

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