Brunswick Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: BRW, OTCQB:
BRWXF; “
BRW” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to report more significant results from the Mirage winter
drilling campaign. The Mirage Project is located in the Eeyou
Istchee-James Bay region of Quebec approximately 40 kilometres
south from the Trans-Taiga Road. The winter drill campaign focused
on the Central Zone and has continued to intersect multiple wide
well mineralized intervals on the MR-6 dyke and its vicinity where
it remains open in all directions.
Highlights include:
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Best interval to date at Mirage with 1.55% Li2O over 93.45
meters in drill hole MR-24-62 starting at surface and
which extends the flat dipping MR-6 dyke a further 80 meters to the
south-west.
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The MR-6 dyke was also extended 135 meters to the north of MR-24-62
where BRW intersected 1.05% Li2O over 34.05 meters
in drill hole MR-24-65.
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MR-6 has now been drill traced over 220 meters of strike extent
with real thickness varying from 25 meters and up to 70 meters. The
dyke remains open in multiple directions with the strongest
potential to the northeast and southwest.
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New MR-8 dyke confirmed in the North zone with 1.27% Li2O
over 18.6 meters in drill hole MR-24-43 and 1.42%
Li2O over 11.5 meters in drill hole MR-24-55.
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New exploration drill hole located approximately 800 meters
northeast of MR-6 intersected anomalous lithium values in drill
hole MR-24-53 within a zone of dykes stacking. With this hole, BRW
continues to extend the central corridor of prospective dykes
towards another spodumene bearing outcrop located 3.5 kilometers to
the northeast.
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A total of 26 drills holes results were received to date and 9
drills holes results style pending.
Mr. Killian Charles, President and CEO of BRW,
commented: “With this latest set of results, MR-6 is rapidly
becoming a top priority for Brunswick Exploration and will be the
core focus of our next drill campaign. This is another very
significant intercept which begins at surface and adds to the prior
results which included 58 meters at 1.59% Li2O and 37 meters at
1.80% Li2O all starting from surface as well. Our understanding of
the Mirage Project has grown tremendously over the last 6 months
and we are extremely excited to announce our future plans for the
project over the forthcoming weeks and months as we continue to see
important exploration potential even outside the drill program
area.”
Figure 1: Surface Map of the
Mirage Project and Drill Holes Completed to Date
Table 1: Highlights from 2024
Winter Drilling Program Mentioned in this Release
Hole ID |
Zone |
Dyke |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (m) |
Li2O% |
Ta2O5
(ppm) |
MR-24-43 |
North |
MR-8 |
9.85 |
28.45 |
18.6 |
1.27 |
81 |
and |
83.95 |
86.7 |
2.75 |
0.99 |
101 |
MR-24-44B |
14.4 |
31 |
16.6 |
0.95 |
81 |
MR-24-46 |
35.4 |
52 |
16.6 |
0.87 |
97 |
MR-24-48 |
43 |
61.5 |
18.5 |
0.80 |
93 |
MR-24-53 |
|
|
225 |
227.2 |
2.2 |
0.55 |
143 |
and |
251 |
274 |
23 |
0.33 |
95 |
MR-24-54 |
North |
MR-8 |
66.55 |
71.35 |
4.8 |
1.10 |
198 |
MR-24-55 |
67.6 |
79.1 |
11.5 |
1.42 |
166 |
MR-24-56 |
49.05 |
59 |
9.95 |
0.32 |
44 |
MR-24-62 |
Central |
MR-6 |
6.35 |
99.8 |
93.45 |
1.55 |
160 |
MR-24-64 |
55.45 |
78.3 |
22.85 |
N/A |
223 |
MR-24-65 |
44.4 |
78.45 |
34.05 |
1.05 |
125 |
Figure 2: Central Zone of the
Mirage Project
Mirage Project Drilling
Overview
The Mirage Project comprises 427 claims located
roughly 40 kilometers south of the Trans-Taiga Highway in Quebec’s
James Bay region and 34 km northeast of Winsome Resources’ Adina
Project. On the project, a spodumene-bearing pegmatite boulder
field extends over 3.0 kilometers in a northeast direction and
several dozen well-mineralized pegmatite outcrops have been
observed along a 2.5 kilometers-long trend further to the
northeast. Both the extent of the outcrops and boulder train remain
open in all directions (See August 21, 2023 press release).
The Central Zone sits on a
synformal fold hinge axis, oriented east-northeast, where multiple
wide high grade pegmatite dykes were intercepted, predominantly in
MR-3 and MR-6. MR-6 is assumed to be a large, thick, sub-horizontal
dyke with a higher-grade core and potential evidence of zonation to
the northwest. Latest results confirm a thickening of the MR-6 dyke
to the southwest in MR-24-62 where drilling intercepted 93.45
meters at 1.55% Li2O. This new hole significantly extends MR-6 to
the southwest where the dyke remains open. Moreover, BRW believes
there is extensive potential to expand the MR-6 dyke to the
northeast where it also remains open. The higher-grade core which
appears to be generally oriented southwest-northeast was extended
northwest of MR-24-62 with 34.05 meters at 1.05% Li2O. The true
thickness varying between 75% and 95% of intersected intervals.
This core is defined by coarser and more prevalent spodumene
mineralization and is thicker than other portions of the dyke.
Interestingly, a fence of holes continued to intersect the MR-6
dyke up to 350 meters north of MR-24-62 where it remains open and
the results still pending (see Figure 3). In this region, the MR-6
dyke appears to be more heterogenous with changing mineralization
and highly variable spodumene concentration. MR-24-64 appears to be
at the boundary of this new zone of the MR-6 dyke and outside of
the high-grade core. Spodumene mineralization is observed in
MR-24-66 indicating the possibility of economic grades outside of
the core.
There is potential to extend MR-6 to the east
where it remains open towards the MR-3 dyke. The MR-3 dyke, located
350 meters southeast of MR-6 in the Central Zone also demonstrates
significant apparent thicknesses of up to 50.6 meters at 1.06% Li2O
(See December 4, 2023 press release) with a moderate dip at around
50 degrees towards the south with true thickness estimated at 95%
in all reported holes. MR-3 is oriented NE and reaches the surface
where it can be traced continuously for more than 400 meters with
continuous thickness in excess of 40 meters.
Potential to extend Central Zone 800
meters to the east where MR-24-53 intersected the
volcanic-sedimentary unit contact to test a similar geological
context to the MR-4 dyke in the South Zone. The drill hole returned
the result of 0.33% Li2O over 23 meters within evidence of dyke
stacking. Although this new intercepted can’t be related to MR-4
dyke located 2 km to the southwest, this new drillhole confirmed to
potential of the lithological contact along the project and further
to the northeast.
Figure 3: Cross Sections A to
A’
The North Zone is located on
the north limb of the folding, where a new dyke, MR-8, was extended
over 250 meters with 1.27% Li2O over 18.6 meters in drill hole
MR-24-43 and 1.42% Li2O over 11.5 meters in drill hole MR-24-55.
The dyke remains open to the southwest and to the northeast with
0.84% Li2O over 6.5 meters in drill hole MR-24-57 (See April 25,
2024 press release). The dyke has now been drilled traced over 250
meters to date (see figure 4 and 5).
Figure 4: Surface map project
of the MR-8 dyke
Figure 5: Cross Sections B to
B’
QAQC
All drill core samples were collected under the
supervision of BRW employees and contractors. The drill core was
transported by helicopter and by truck from the drill platform to
the core logging facility in Val-d’Or. Each core was then logged,
photographed, tagged, and split by diamond saw before being
sampled. All pegmatite intervals were sampled at approximately 1m
intervals to ensure representativity. Samples were bagged;
Duplicated on ¼ core splits, blanks and certified reference
materials for lithium were inserted every 20 samples. Samples were
bagged and groups of samples were placed in larger bags, sealed
with numbered tags, in order to maintain a chain of custody. The
sample bags were transported from the BRW contractor facility to
the ALS laboratory in Val-d’Or. All sample preparation and
analytical work was performed by ALS by ICP-AES according to the
ALS method ME-MS89L. All results passed the QA/QC screening at the
lab and all inserted standard and blanks returned results that were
within acceptable limits. All reported drill intersections are
calculated based on a lower cutoff grade of 0.3% Li2O, with maximum
internal dilution of 5 meter. Host basalts adjacent to the dykes
may grade up to 0.3% Li2O but were excluded from the reported
intersections.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information
contained in this press release has been reviewed and approved by
Mr. Simon T. Hébert, VP Development. He is a Professional Geologist
registered in Quebec and is a Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101.
About Brunswick Exploration
Brunswick Exploration is a Montreal-based
mineral exploration company listed on the TSX-V under symbol BRW.
The Company is focused on grassroots exploration for lithium in
Canada, a critical metal necessary to global decarbonization and
energy transition. The company is rapidly advancing the most
extensive grassroots lithium property portfolio in Canada.
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