QMC Reports Lithium Assay Results to 2.79% Li2O From Mapetre, Central and Irgon West Dikes
24 Abril 2019 - 7:45AM
via NetworkWire: QMC Quantum Minerals Corp., (TSX.V: QMC)
(FSE: 3LQ) (OTC PINK: QMCQF) (“
QMC” or
"the Company") is pleased to provide an update on the company’s
100% owned Irgon Lithium Mine Project located within the prolific
Cat Lake-Winnipeg River rare-element pegmatite field of S.E.
Manitoba, which also hosts Cabot Corporation’s nearby Tantalum
Mining Corporation of Canada (“TANCO”) rare-element pegmatite.
The Irgon Lithium Mine Property hosts numerous
spodumene-bearing pegmatite dikes in addition to the Irgon
Dike. QMC has now received significant assay results from
recent surface sampling of three of these large, secondary,
spodumene-bearing pegmatite dikes located within the Irgon Mine
Property. The Company is pleased to report the following
results obtained from chip sampling across the Mapetre, the Central
and the Irgon West Dikes. The Central and Mapetre Dikes
exhibit historic trenches that were excavated across the dike, from
which the following chip/grab samples were obtained.
|
SAMPLE |
|
ASSAY RESULTS |
SAMPLE |
SAMPLE
LENGTH |
LOCATION |
Li2O
(%) |
Ta (ppm) |
Rb (ppm) |
Cs (ppm) |
TYPE |
(metres) |
Mapetre Trench |
2.47 |
274 |
447 |
147 |
Chip |
1.5 (0 to 1.5) |
Mapetre Trench |
0.093 |
316 |
3003 |
163 |
Chip |
1.22 (1.5 to 2.72) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Central Dike |
1.42 |
22 |
1301 |
90.2 |
Chip |
1.4 (0 to 1.4) |
Central Dike |
0.042 |
23.5 |
2128 |
168 |
Chip |
1.8 (1.4 to 3.2) |
Central Dike |
0.533 |
27.3 |
2638 |
173 |
Chip |
2.0 (3.2 to 5.2) |
Central Dike |
1.13 |
29.3 |
1782 |
127 |
Chip |
2.9 (0 to 2.9) |
Central Dike |
2.34 |
19.8 |
2905 |
165 |
Chip |
4.1 (2.9 to 7.0) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irgon West Dike |
2.79 |
442 |
584 |
31.6 |
Chip |
7.0 (0 to 7.0) |
Irgon West Dike |
2.47 |
178 |
606 |
46.7 |
Chip |
5.0 (7.0 to 12.0) |
Irgon West Dike |
2.51 |
78.4 |
157 |
14.1 |
Chip |
5.0 (12.0 to 17.0) |
Irgon West Dike |
1.8 |
119 |
359 |
12.5 |
Grab |
N/A |
Irgon West Dike |
2.52 |
58.1 |
674 |
14.5 |
Grab |
N/A |
The Company is excited with these initial sampling results as
they demonstrate a huge potential to develop additional tonnage
within the Irgon Lithium Property (in addition to that tonnage
currently being defined by SGS Canada that exists within the upper
central portion of the Irgon Dike) as numerous pegmatite dikes on
the property host significant spodumene mineralization. These dikes
show significant potential as they have been sampled across widths
of up to 17 metres. An exploration program consisting of
overburden stripping and channel sampling of the mineralized dikes
is being planned for the upcoming field season to fully define the
width, strike length and lithium grade of these dikes.
All samples were analyzed at SGS Laboratory,
Lakefield Ontario. QMC received analysis for 56 elements
using a sodium peroxide fusion followed by Inductively Coupled
Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES / ICP-MS) assay.
HISTORICAL ESTIMATES
Between 1953-1954, the Lithium Corporation of
Canada Limited drilled 25 holes into the Irgon Dike and
subsequently reported a historical mineral estimate of 1.2 million
tons grading 1.51% Li20 over a strike length of 365 metres and to a
depth of 213 metres (Northern Miner, Vol. 41, no.19, Aug. 4, 1955,
p.3). This historical estimate is documented in a 1956 Assessment
Report by B. B. Bannatyne for the Lithium Corporation of Canada
Ltd. (Manitoba Assessment Report No. 94932). This historical
estimate is believed to be based on reasonable assumptions, and
neither the company nor the QP has any reason to contest the
document’s relevance and reliability. The detailed channel sampling
and a subsequent drill program will be required to update this
historical estimate to current NI 43-101 standards. Historic
metallurgical tests reported an 87% recovery from which a
concentrate averaging 5.9% Li2O was obtained.
During this historical 1950s era work program, a
complete mining plant was installed onsite, designed to process 500
tons of ore per day, and a three-compartment shaft was sunk to a
depth of 74 metres. On the 61-metre level, lateral development was
extended off the shaft for a total of 366 metres of drifting, from
which seven crosscuts transected the dike. The work was suspended
in 1957 awaiting a more favourable market for lithium oxides.
During this time, the mine buildings were removed.
The mineral estimate cited above is
presented as a historical estimate and uses historical terminology
which does not conform to current NI43-101 standards. A qualified
person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical
estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves. Although
the historical estimates are believed to be based on reasonable
assumptions, they were calculated prior to the implementation of
National Instrument 43-101. These historical estimates do not meet
current standards as defined under sections 1.2 and 1.3 of NI
43-101; consequently, the issuer is not treating the historical
estimate as current mineral resources or mineral
reserves.
Qualified Person and NI 43-101
Disclosure
The technical content of this news release has
been reviewed and approved by Bruce E. Goad, P. Geo., who is a
qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About the Company
QMC is a British Columbia based company engaged
in the business of acquisition, exploration and development of
resource properties. Its objective is to locate and develop
economic precious, base, rare metal and resource properties of
merit. The Company’s properties include the Irgon Lithium Mine
project and two VMS properties, the Rocky Lake and Rocky-Namew,
known collectively as the Namew Lake District Project. Currently,
all of the company’s properties are located in Manitoba.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
of
QMC QUANTUM MINERALS CORP.
“Balraj Mann”
Balraj Mann
President and Chief Executive Officer
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