Burley Minerals Limited (ASX: $BUR) has confirmed the presence of high value pollucite and high grade spodumene intersections at its Chubb Central project in Québec, Canada. The recent assay results from holes CLP-038 and CLP-063 have revealed significant mineralisation, indicating a very significant strike extent of at least 60m of strong caesium pollucite mineralisation, which is still open down plunge. Pollucite, a premium caesium-bearing mineral, is classified as critical by the USA and Canada and is rarely available in economic deposits. The confirmation of this mineralisation presents a promising development for Burley Minerals' Chubb Project.
Burley Minerals Managing Director and CEO, Stewart McCallion, expressed excitement over the discovery of the premium pollucite zone at Chubb Central. He highlighted the significance of this discovery, emphasizing the rarity of significant pollucite findings in large, highly differentiated and evolved Lithium Caesium Tantalum pegmatite systems. McCallion also noted the potential prospectivity of the Chubb Project for further discoveries of LCT-related minerals, given the presence of both spodumene and pollucite in the same zone, reflecting a very evolved LCT pegmatite.
Burley Minerals' recent assay results from the Chubb Central project in Québec, Canada, have confirmed the presence of high value pollucite and high grade spodumene intersections. The discovery of the premium pollucite zone in the Main Dyke at Chubb Central, along with the continuous spodumene mineralisation, signifies a very highly evolved, high value LCT pegmatite system. The rarity of significant pollucite findings and the potential for further discoveries of LCT-related minerals bode well for the prospectivity of the Chubb Project. The confirmation of this mineralisation presents an opportunity to add significant value to the known spodumene-bearing Chubb Central Mineralised Zone. Burley Minerals is well-positioned to continue exploration and capitalize on the potential of its lithium and iron ore projects in Québec, Canada, and Western Australia.
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