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LIVIUM LTD — Capital/Financing Update 2016
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Capital/Financing Update
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12 December 2016
ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
METALSTECH IPO GOES LIVE
LITHIUM AUSTRALIA SHAREHOLDERS PRIORITY OFFER NOW OPEN
Highlights
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Partnership with MetalsTech provides LIT with significant equity and technology leverage across six highly prospective hard rock lithium projects in Quebec
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LIT shareholders rewarded with a $1 million priority offer in MetalsTech IPO
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Lucrative licensing structure for LIT’s disruptive lithium processing technologies
It is with great pleasure that Lithium Australia NL (ASX: LIT) is able to invite shareholders to participate in the Initial Public Offer (IPO) and ASX Listing of MetalsTech Limited (MTC) through a priority offer.
Background of MetalsTech Limited
MTC was formed to identify, fund, acquire, explore and develop high grade hard rock lithium projects in Quebec, Canada.
Quebec is an attractive jurisdiction in which to pursue exploration and mining activities and has been consistently ranked in the top 10 mining jurisdictions globally by the Fraser Institute. It boasts clear and transparent mining regulations, well-developed infrastructure including road, rail and port as well as very low-cost power from one of the world’s largest hydro-electricity operations.
Quebec has a history of hard rock lithium production and has a track record in not only permitting new lithium mines, but co-investing alongside private enterprise through Investissement Quebec, a Quebec government funded initiative. All-in-all it is a mining friendly jurisdiction that has demonstrated strong support for the ‘lithium revolution’.
MTC has assembled a strong board and management team with significant Canadianspecific experience and a track record in discovering resource deposits. Funds raised under the MTC prospectus will allow the Company to accelerate exploration at the portfolio of Projects which MTC has a right to acquire.
A recent exploration program at the Cancet Lithium Project and the Adina Lithium Project has confirmed the presence of high grade lithium from channel sampling from surface. MTC currently plans to immediately follow up with a detailed drilling program at each Project with an aim to further advance these high priority projects.
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Figure 1 Location of MetalsTech lithium projects, Quebec province, Canada.
The Offer
MTC is seeking to raise up to $6,000,000 in fresh equity though the issue of up to 30,000,000 fully paid ordinary Shares in the Company at $0.20 per Share pursuant to the Replacement Prospectus lodged with ASIC on 7 December 2016 (the “Offer”). The Priority Offer is currently scheduled to close on 24 December 2016.
As part of the Offer, MTC is inviting existing LIT shareholders to take part in the capital raising, and has set aside 5,000,000 shares for LIT shareholders as at the Record Date of 15 December 2016 pursuant a Priority Offer. Existing LIT Shareholders at the Priority Offer Record Date, will be allocated Shares on a first come, first serve basis and subject to availability and the absolute discretion of MTC.
Your Directors consider the opportunity to invest in MTC is a great chance to participate in the significant exploration potential of the MTC projects, in a world-class operating jurisdiction, and we would encourage you to consider participating in this Prospectus offer.
Investment highlights associated with MTC include:
- experienced board of directors with significant expertise in operating and managing junior exploration companies;
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focussed on exploration and development within the established and highly prospective lithium regions of Quebec in Canada: host to a number of prominent lithium developers building world-class mines to supply lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide to a growing market for consumption in lithium based technologies and products;
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existing partnership and collaboration agreement with Lithium Australia NL for Sileach[TM] and LieNa[TM] as well as the further development of lithium extraction technology specific to the spodumene at the MTC projects;
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the projects are all located in the mining friendly jurisdiction of Quebec. Quebec is known for its significant mineral potential and a business climate that is very favorable to mining investment;
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Quebec offers ready access to Asia and Europe via its numerous deep-water ports;
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Quebec is the world’s fourth-largest producer of hydroelectricity. This renewable energy is supplied at competitive rates by a reliable distribution system that covers a large portion of the province;
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the Cancet Lithium Project is located approximately 185 kilometres east of La Grande and bisected by the Trans Taiga Highway with high voltage power in close proximity to the Project;
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a recent sampling program at the Cancet Lithium Project identified significant mineralised pegmatite dyke structures with samples returning results of up to 3.79% Li2O at surface (refer to Appendix A for the complete list of sample assay values);
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the Terre des Montagnes Lithium Project is located within the Whabouchi (Nemaska) region of Quebec and is contiguous with and along strike of the Whabouchi Spodumene Mine being developed by Nemaska Lithium Inc. (TSX.NMX), with reported NI 43-101 Measured and Indicated Resources of 27.9Mt @ 1.57% Li2O and Inferred Resources of 4.7Mt @ 1.51% Li2O. The Terre des Montagnes Lithium Project is proximal to the nearby Nemaska Whabouchi Spodumene Mine and the Nisk Property owned by Critical Elements Corp, which have both been extensively explored. Elevated niobium, tantalum, molybdenum and caesium grades occur in pegmatites in the northwest corner of the Project Indicating the Terre des Montagnes Lithium Project should be considered highly prospective for lithium;
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a recent sampling program conducted at the Adina Lithium Project exhibited significant results of up to 3.12% Li2O at surface (refer to Appendix A for the complete list of results from the sampling program);
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according to research recently completed by Deutsche Bank, global battery consumption is set to increase 5 times over the next 10 years, placing pressure on the battery supply chain and lithium market; and
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near term focus on drilling activities at Cancet Lithium Project, Adina Lithium Project and majority of the Wells-Lacourciere Lithium Project.
Applications can only be made using the Priority Offer Application Form attached to the Replacement Prospectus dated 7 December 2016 which can be downloaded from:
http://www.metalstech.net/investors/prospectus/
Offer Timetable
The key information relating to the Offer is set out below.
Indicative timetable*
| Indicative timetable* | |
|---|---|
| Lodgement of original prospectus with the ASIC | 24 November 2016 |
| Priority Offer Record Date | 15 December 2016 |
| Lodgement of replacement prospectus with the ASIC | 7 December 2016 |
| Opening Date | 9 December 2016 |
| Closing Date for Priority Offer | 24 December 2016 |
| Closing Date of Public Offer | 21 December 2016 |
| Despatch of holding statements | 9 January 2017 |
| Expected date for quotation on ASX | 30 January 2017 |
* The above dates are indicative only and may change without notice. The Exposure Period may be extended by ASIC by not more than 7 days pursuant to Section 727(3) of the Corporations Act. The Company reserves the right to extend the Closing Date or close the Offer early without notice.
Adrian Griffin
Managing Director Mobile +61 (0) 418 927 658 [email protected]
About Lithium Australia
Lithium Australia NL is a dedicated developer of disruptive lithium extraction technologies, and 100% owner of the Sileach™ process for the recovery of lithium from silicates. LIT has strategic alliances with a number of companies, potentially providing access to a diversified lithium mineral inventory. LIT aspires to create the union between resources and the best available technology and to establish a global lithium processing business.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Adrian Griffin Lithium Australia NL 08 6145 0288 | 0418 927 658 Kevin Skinner Field Public Relations 08 8234 9555 | 0414 822 631 Gino D’Anna MetalsTech Limited 0400 408 878 | [email protected]
MetalsTech Limited – Competent Person Statement
Wells-Lacourciere Lithium Project
Mr Case Lewis, PGeo, a qualified person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and verified the technical information provided in this announcement. Any information in this announcement that relates to historical resources, resource estimates or exploration results, is based on information compiled by Mr Case Lewis, PGeo, who is a Member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (member #2444) and a registered Professional with the Ordre de Geologues du Quebec (member #1904) (a Recognised Overseas Professional Organisation (‘ROPO’) included in a list promulgated by the ASX from time to time). Mr Lewis is a Consultant Geologist to MetalsTech Limited and LiGeneration Limited. Mr Lewis has sufficient experience, which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking, to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr Lewis consents to the inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Cancet and Adina Lithium Projects
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Targets, Exploration Results, Mineral Resources or Ore Reserves is based on information compiled by Mr. Jody Dahrouge, PGeo, is a Competent Person who is a Professional Geologist registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, in Canada. Mr. Jody Dahrouge, PGeo, is the principal and founder of Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. (Dahrouge). Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. and all competent persons are independent from the issuer of this statement, MetalsTech Limited. Mr. Jody Dahrouge has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity being undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the ‘Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves’. Mr. Jody Dahrouge consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.
Appendix A: Lithium Analytical Results as compiled by MTC
Wells-Lacourciere Lithium Project
| Sample | Description | Li2O (%) (calculated) |
Easting | Northing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P269801 | Pegmatite Control sample |
0.00 | 5328780 | 686978 |
| P269802 | Rusty zone Channel zone from surroundinghost rock |
0.01 | 5328776 | 686980 |
| P269803 | 0.20 | 5329431 | 687458 | |
| P269804 | 0.16 | 5329457 | 687330 | |
| P269805 | Bulk sample centre coordinate(~10m circumference) | 2.67 | 5329637 | 687484 |
| P269806 | 0.01 | 5329640 | 687473 | |
| P269807 | "Representative sample" from OC location, taken along historical channel samples |
0.12 | 5329637 | 687471 |
| P269808 | Sample ofgreen spodumene crystal | 7.34 | 5329637 | 687471 |
| P269809 | Sample on the outside of the main mineralised zone | 0.18 | 5329637 | 687471 |
Note: Li2O values in this report were calculated using the following equation, using Li values from assay results: % Li2O = % Li * 2.153.
Coordinate System: NAD 83 UTM Zone 17N.
Adina Lithium Project
| Sample | Description | Li2O (%) (calculated) |
Easting | Northing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126501 | Spodumene (20-25%, xtls are 5-20 cm laths, randomly oriented), tourmaline (5%, concentrated), qtz (10%), ap (trace) |
1.58 | 667071 | 5907982 |
| 126502 | Spodumene (10%, xtls up to 40 cm in length, pale green), tourmaline rich (20% areas), qtz (15-20%), alkali fsp, ap (trace,vibrant blue),redgarnet(trace,1%) |
1.67 | 667433 | 5908253 |
| 126503 | Spodumene (5% overall, locally 15-20%, ~2-5 cm), ap (up to 20% locally), tourmaline (10%), qtz and alkali fsp is the rest |
1.19 | 667572 | 5908305 |
| 126504 | Spodumene (~10% total, locally 15-20%, ~3-20 cm), ap (15%), tourmaline (5-40%, local segregation), rest is qtz and alkali feldspar |
0.50 | 667559 | 5908296 |
| 126505 | Spodumene,tourmaline,ap, qtz,alkali fsp | 2.43 | 667622 | 5908314 |
| 126506 | Spodumene, qtz,ap,tourmaline,alkali fsp | 1.79 | 667705 | 5908219 |
| 126507 | Spodumene (10-15%, 5-15 cm), ap, qtz, alkali fsp, tourmaline |
3.12 | 667665 | 5908203 |
| 126508 | Spodumene (~5%, 3-5 cm), qtz (20%), garnet (trace), ap (~5%),alkali fsp (some looksgreybluish) |
0.35 | 667504 | 5908174 |
| 126509 | Spodumene (<5%, observed ~15 cm), tourmaline (5-10%), qtz(20%),alkali fsp, garnet(trace),ap (trace) |
0.24 | 667425 | 5908150 |
| 126510 | Spodumene (total is 5-10%, locally 15-20%, 2-10 cm, weathering red), tourmaline (c.g. and f.g., 5%, locally 15%),rest is alkali fsp (bluishgrey),ap (~10%) |
0.44 | 667411 | 5908135 |
| 126511 | Spodumene (10-15%, ~5-7cm, locally 20%), tourmaline (5%), qtz(15%),rest is alkali fsp |
2.08 | 667260 | 5907885 |
Cancet Lithium Project
| Sample | Description | Li2O (%) (calculated) |
Easting | Northing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121051 | Metavolcanic. Black,fine crystals,amphibole,chlorite,biotite,hard |
0.01 | 506606 | 5928178 |
| 121052 | Metavolcanic. Black,fine crystals,amphibole,chlorite,biotite,hard |
0.01 | 506429 | 5928111 |
| 121053 | Pegmatite. White, qtz, plag,muscovite,spodumene(upto 15 cm) |
1.85 | 506187 | 5927955 |
| 121054 | Pegmatite. White, qtz, plag, muscovite, spodumene (average 20 cm, upto 60 cm) |
1.94 | 506152 | 5927943 |
| 121055 | Pegmatite. White, qtz, plag, muscovite, spodumene (average 20 cm, upto 60 cm) |
3.79 | 506112 | 5927887 |
| 121056 | Metavolcanic. Black,fine crystals,amphibole,chlorite,biotite |
0.01 | 505903 | 5928074 |
| 121057 | Metavolcanic. Black,fine crystals,amphibole,chlorite,biotite |
0.01 | 505969 | 5927842 |
| 121058 | Pegmatite. White, qtz, plag,muscovite,spodumene(coarse crystals) |
1.71 | 506097 | 5927888 |
| 121059 | Metavolcanic. Black, fine crystals, chlorite, amphibole, biotite, chalcopyrite,magnetic,weathered rustyorange |
0.00 | 505834 | 5927794 |
| 121060 | Metavolcanic. Black, amphibole, chlorite, biotite, possible garnet, some silicification,weathered rustybrown |
0.01 | 505708 | 5927866 |
JORC Code, 2012 Edition – Table 1 (as compiled by MTC) Section 1 Sampling Techniques and Data
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling | | Nature and quality of sampling (eg cut | No drilling completed to date. |
| techniques | channels, random chips, or specific | ||
| specialised industry standard measurement | |||
| tools appropriate to the minerals under | Rock samples comprise multiple chips considered to be representative of | ||
| investigation, such as down hole gamma | the horizon or outcrop being sampled. | ||
| sondes, or handheld XRF instruments, etc). | |||
| These examples should not be taken as | |||
| | limiting the broad meaning of sampling. Include reference to measures taken to |
Samples submitted for assay typically weigh 2-3 kg. | |
| ensure sample representivity and the | |||
| | appropriate calibration of any measurement tools or systems used. Aspects of the determination of |
Continuous channel sampling of trenching ensures the samples are representative. Entire 2-3 kg sample is submitted for sample preparation. |
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| mineralisation that are Material to the Public | |||
| Report. | |||
| | In cases where ‘industry standard’ work has | ||
| been done this would be relatively simple (eg | |||
| ‘reverse circulation drilling was used to obtain | |||
| 1 m samples from which 3 kg was pulverised | |||
| to produce a 30 g charge for fire assay’). In | |||
| other cases more explanation may be | |||
| required, such as where there is coarse gold | |||
| that has inherent sampling problems. | |||
| Unusual commodities or mineralisation types | |||
| (eg submarine nodules) may warrant | |||
| disclosure of detailed information. | |||
| Drilling techniques | | Drill type (eg core, reverse circulation, open- | No drilling completed. |
| hole hammer, rotary air blast, auger, Bangka, | |||
| sonic, etc) and details (eg core diameter, | |||
| triple or standard tube, depth of diamond | |||
| tails, face-sampling bit or other type, whether | |||
| core is oriented and if so, by what method, | |||
| _etc). _ | |||
| Drill sample | | Method of recording and assessing core and | Not applicable. |
| recovery | chip sample recoveries and results assessed. | ||
| | Measures taken to maximise sample recovery | ||
| and ensure representative nature of the | |||
| samples. | |||
| | Whether a relationship exists between | ||
| sample recovery and grade and whether | |||
| sample bias may have occurred due to | |||
| preferential loss/gain of fine/coarse material. | |||
| Logging | | Whether core and chip samples have been | All trenches sampled are logged continuously from start to finish with key |
| geologically and geotechnically logged to a | geological observations recorded. | ||
| level of detail to support appropriate Mineral | |||
| Resource estimation, mining studies and | |||
| metallurgical studies. | Logging is quantitative, based on visual field estimates. | ||
| | Whether logging is qualitative or quantitative | ||
| in nature. Core (or costean, channel, etc) | |||
| photography. | |||
| | The total length and percentage of the | ||
| relevant intersections logged. | |||
| Sub-sampling | | If core, whether cut or sawn and whether | Sample preparation follows industry best practice standards and is |
| techniques and | quarter, half or all core taken. | conducted by internationally recognised laboratories, either SGS | |
| sample | | If non-core, whether riffled, tube sampled, | Laboratories in Lakefield, Ontario or Activation Laboratories Ltd in Val |
| preparation | rotary split, etc and whether sampled wet or | d’Or, Quebec. | |
| dry. | |||
| | For all sample types, the nature, quality and | ||
| appropriateness of the sample preparation | Oven drying, jaw crushing and pulverising so that 85% passes 75 microns. | ||
| technique. | |||
| | Quality control procedures adopted for all | ||
| sub-sampling stages to maximise | Blanks have been submitted every 50 samples to ensure there is no cross | ||
| representivity of samples. | contamination from sample preparation. | ||
| | Measures taken to ensure that the sampling | ||
| is representative of the in situ material | |||
| | collected, including for instance results for field duplicate/second-half sampling. Whether sample sizes are appropriate to the |
Measures taken include (a) systematic sampling across whole pegmatite zone; (b) comparison of actual assays for blanks with theoretical values. |
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| grain size of the material being sampled. |
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size (2-3 kg) accepted as general industry standard. | |||
| Quality of assay | | The nature, quality and appropriateness of | Assay and laboratory procedures have been selected following a review of |
| data and | the assaying and laboratory procedures used | techniques provided by internationally certified laboratories. In addition, | |
| laboratory tests | and whether the technique is considered | the sample preparation laboratory in Quebec and Ontario is regularly | |
| partial or total. | visited to ensure high standards are being maintained. | ||
| | For geophysical tools, spectrometers, | ||
| handheld XRF instruments, etc, the | |||
| parameters used in determining the analysis | Samples are submitted for multi-element analysis by Activation | ||
| including instrument make and model, | Laboratories and SGS Laboratories. Where results exceeded upper | ||
| reading times, calibrations factors applied | detection limits for Li and/or Ta, samples are re-assayed. | ||
| and their derivation, etc. | |||
| | Nature of quality control procedures adopted | ||
| (eg standards, blanks, duplicates, external laboratory checks) and whether acceptable |
The final techniques used are total. | ||
| levels of accuracy (ie lack of bias) and | |||
| precision have been established. | None used. | ||
| Barren granitic material is submitted every 50 samples as a control. | |||
| Comparison of results indicates good levels of accuracy and precision. No | |||
| external laboratory checks have been used. | |||
| Verification of | | The verification of significant intersections by | None undertaken. |
| sampling and | either independent or alternative company | ||
| assaying | personnel. | ||
| | The use of twinned holes. | Not applicable. | |
| | Documentation of primary data, data entry | ||
| procedures, data verification, data storage | All field data is manually collected, entered into excel spreadsheets, | ||
| (physical and electronic) protocols. | validated and loaded into an Access database. | ||
| | Discuss any adjustment to assay data. | Electronic data is stored in Quebec. Data is exported from Access for processing by a number of different software packages. |
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| All electronic data is routinely backed up. | |||
| No hard copy data is retained. | |||
| None required. | |||
| Location of data | | Accuracy and quality of surveys used to locate | All trench start points and geochemical samples are located using a hand |
| points | drill holes (collar and down-hole surveys), | held GPS. | |
| trenches, mine workings and other locations | |||
| used in Mineral Resource estimation. | |||
| | Specification of the grid system used. | Trenches are surveyed using hand held compass and clinometer. | |
| | Quality and adequacy of topographic control. | ||
| The grid system used is UTM. However, for reporting purposes and to | |||
| maintain confidentiality, local coordinates are used for reporting. | |||
| Nominal RL’s based on topographic datasets are used initially, however, | |||
| these will be updated if DGPS coordinates are collected. | |||
| Data spacing and | | Data spacing for reporting of Exploration | Only reconnaissance trenching and sampling completed – spacing variable |
| distribution | Results. | and based on outcrop location and degree of exposure. | |
| | Whether the data spacing and distribution is | ||
| sufficient to establish the degree of geological | |||
| and grade continuity appropriate for the | Not applicable. | ||
| Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation | |||
| procedure(s) and classifications applied. | |||
| | Whether sample compositing has been | None undertaken. | |
| applied. | |||
| Orientation of data | |
Whether the orientation of sampling achieves | Sampling completed at right angles to interpreted trend of pegmatite |
| in relation to | unbiased sampling of possible structures and | units. | |
| geological | the extent to which this is known, considering | ||
| structure | the deposit type. | ||
| | If the relationship between the drilling | None observed. | |
| orientation and the orientation of key | |||
| mineralised structures is considered to have | |||
| introduced a sampling bias, this should be | |||
| assessed and reported if material. | |||
| Sample security | | The measures taken to ensure sample | Geological team supervises all sampling and subsequent storage in the |
| security. | field. The same geological team delivers the samples to Activation | ||
| Laboratories or SGS Laboratories and receives an official receipt of |
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| delivery. | ||||
| Audits or reviews | | The results of any audits or reviews of | None completed. | |
| sampling techniques and data. | ||||
| Section 2 Reportingof Exploration Results | ||||
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | Commentary | ||
| Mineral tenement | | Type, reference name/number, location and | MetalsTech has the right to acquire 100% of the Wells-Lacourciere, | |
| and land tenure | ownership including agreements or material issues | Cancet and Adina lithium projects pursuant to three separate | ||
| status | with third parties such as joint ventures, | binding acquisition agreements. | ||
| partnerships, overriding royalties, native title | ||||
| interests, historical sites, wilderness or national park | ||||
| and environmental settings. | ||||
| | The security of the tenure held at the time of | |||
| reporting along with any known impediments | to | There are no other material issues affecting the tenements. | ||
| obtaining a licence to operate in the area. | Upon the completion of the obligations pursuant to the legal | |||
| agreements, MetalsTech will own 100% of the lithium projects and | ||||
| ownership of the individual CDC claims will be transferred to | ||||
| MetalsTech. | ||||
| All tenements are in good standing and have been legally validated | ||||
| by a Quebec lawyer specialising in the field. | ||||
| Exploration done | | Acknowledgment and appraisal of exploration by | No modern exploration has been conducted. | |
| by other parties | other parties. | Government mapping records multiple lithium bearing pegmatites | ||
| within the project areas but no other data is available. | ||||
| Geology | | Deposit type, geological setting and style of | Wells-Lacourciere | |
| mineralisation. | The Property area is primarily underlain by rocks of the Late | |||
| Archean Pontiac Subprovince. Underlying the majority of the | ||||
| Property is the Decelles Reservoir Batholith, which comprises | ||||
| granite, pegmatite, tonalite, and granodiorite. The northwestern | ||||
| edge region of the Property is underlain by monzodiorites of the Lac | ||||
| Fréchette pluton. Both of these units intrude into wacke, mudrock | ||||
| and schists of the Pontiac group, which strike approximately 255° | ||||
| and dip at 40°. The Pontiac group also locally exhibits basalts and | ||||
| ultramafic rocks, namely in the northeastern portion of the claim | ||||
| block. Amphibolite dikes and ultramafic intrusions have been | ||||
| identified throughout the Lac Fréchette pluton and the rocks of the | ||||
| Pontiac group. (GM 14918) | ||||
| The pegmatite dike at the Wells-Lacourciere occurrence outcrops in | ||||
| a large hill of granite on the west side of the road passing by the | ||||
| occurrence. It strikes 310° and dips steeply to the north. It is | ||||
| traceable along surface for a distance of about 600 metres, while its | ||||
| width varies from 8 to 15 metres. | ||||
| Adina | ||||
| Several spodumene-bearing pegmatite outcrops were located and | ||||
| chip sampled. Together, the outcrops sampled span a strike length | ||||
| of about 680 metres. The length of the pegmatite is likely longer, | ||||
| but available time limited the amount of prospecting along strike. | ||||
| The outcrops contained large green spodumene crystals averaging 5 | ||||
| to 15 cm in length, with some crystals up to 40 cm. Visual estimates | ||||
| of spodumene range between 5% and 20%, and locally up to 25%. | ||||
| There is some country rock (metavolcanics and metasediments) | ||||
| within the mapped outcrop area. The 2014 regional mapping that | ||||
| displays the pegmatite as a coherent block is somewhat misleading | ||||
| as although it is the dominant rock type, there are also inter- | ||||
| fingerings/rafts of the country rock present in the area. It should be | ||||
| noted that the ridge containing the spodumene-bearing outcrop | ||||
| continues for an additional three kilometres to the southwest within | ||||
| the active claims held by MetalsTech. | ||||
| Cancet | ||||
| The historically sampled outcrop, as well as three additional | ||||
| proximal outcrops of white pegmatite, was located and chip | ||||
| sampled. All four outcrops, spaced over 120 m, displayed large | ||||
| green spodumene crystals averaging 15-20 cm in size, with some | ||||
| crystals as large as 60 cm. These values are significantly higher than | ||||
| the historic results, likely due to inaccurate historic sampling | ||||
| techniques. As an example,when the exact location of the historic |
| Criteria | JORC Code explanation | JORC Code explanation | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|
| sample was identified, it initially appeared that the sampled outcrop | |||
| lacked any obvious spodumene crystals. As the pegmatite was | |||
| difficult to sample with a hammer and chisel, it is likely that the | |||
| historic sampler just took one piece of outcrop that was easiest to | |||
| break off, resulting in a negatively biased sample. | |||
| Drill hole | | A summary of all information material to the | See tables and / or appendices attached to this report. |
| Information | understanding of the exploration results including a | ||
| tabulation of the following information for all | |||
| Material drill holes: | |||
oeasting and northing of the drill hole collar |
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oelevation or RL (Reduced Level – elevation |
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| above sea level in metres) of the drill hole collar | |||
odip and azimuth of the hole |
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odown hole length and interception depth |
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ohole length. |
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| | If the exclusion of this information is justified on the | ||
| basis that the information is not Material and this | |||
| exclusion does not detract from the understanding | |||
| of the report, the Competent Person should clearly | |||
| explain why this is the case. | |||
| Data aggregation | | In reporting Exploration Results, weighting | Intercepts are calculated on a per sample basis according to the |
| methods | averaging techniques, maximum and/or minimum | results from the laboratory with no bottom cut-off grade and no top | |
| grade truncations (eg cutting of high grades) and | cut-off grades. | ||
| | cut-off grades are usually Material and should be stated. Where aggregate intercepts incorporate short |
Short intervals of high grade that have a material impact on overall intersection are highlighted separately. |
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| lengths of high grade results and longer lengths of | |||
| low grade results, the procedure used for such | |||
| aggregation should be stated and some typical | None reported. | ||
| examples of such aggregations should be shown in | |||
| detail. | |||
| | The assumptions used for any reporting of metal | ||
| equivalent values should be clearly stated. | |||
| Relationship | | These relationships are particularly important in the | The relationship between true widths and the width of mineralised |
| between | reporting of Exploration Results. | zones intersected in trenching has not yet been determined due to | |
| mineralisation | | If the geometry of the mineralisation with respect to | lack of structural data (i.e. dip). |
| widths and | the drill hole angle is known, its nature should be | ||
| intercept lengths | reported. | ||
| | If it is not known and only the down hole lengths are | ||
| reported, there should be a clear statement to this | |||
| effect (eg ‘down hole length, true width not | |||
| _known’). _ | |||
| Diagrams | | Appropriate maps and sections (with scales) and | None included. |
| tabulations of intercepts should be included for any | |||
| significant discovery being reported These should | |||
| include, but not be limited to a plan view of drill hole | |||
| collar locations and appropriate sectional views. | |||
| Balanced reporting | |
Where comprehensive reporting of all Exploration | Results for all sampling completed are listed in Appendix A attached |
| Results is not practicable, representative reporting | to the body of this report. | ||
| of both low and high grades and/or widths should | |||
| be practiced to avoid misleading reporting of | |||
| Exploration Results. | |||
| Other substantive | | Other exploration data, if meaningful and material, | All meaningful and material data is reported. |
| exploration data | should be reported including (but not limited to): | ||
| geological observations; geophysical survey results; | |||
| geochemical survey results; bulk samples – size and | |||
| method of treatment; metallurgical test results; bulk | |||
| density, groundwater, geotechnical and rock | |||
| characteristics; potential deleterious or | |||
| contaminating substances. | |||
| Further work | | The nature and scale of planned further work (eg | Detailed geochemistry and geology to determine trends of known |
| tests for lateral extensions or depth extensions or | mineralised zones and to delineate other Li and Ta anomalies. | ||
| | large-scale step-out drilling). Diagrams clearly highlighting the areas of possible |
Further trenching to determine structural orientation of pegmatites. | |
| extensions, including the main geological | Drilling. | ||
| interpretations and future drilling areas, provided | |||
| this information is not commercially sensitive. |