Brunswick Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: BRW, OTCQB:
BRWXF; “
BRW” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to report the final 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 of the
Trans-Taiga Road. The winter drill campaign focused on the Central
Zone and has continued to intersect wide and well mineralized
intervals within the MR-6 dyke.
Highlights include:
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New interval at the MR-6 dyke with 1.64% Li2O over 69.3
meters in drill hole MR-24-61 and 1.17% Li2O over
28.3 meters in drill hole MR-24-50 both starting
from surface.
-
New MR-9 dyke, located approximately 600 meters northeast
of MR-6, with 1.07% Li2O over 14.4 meters in drill hole
MR-24-45 and 2.00% Li2O over 4 meters in drill hole MR-24-51, now
drill traced over 400 meters.
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Further evidence of significant dyke stacking
located 350 meters southeast of MR-6 where drill hole in MR-24-59
intersected several mineralized pegmatite dykes and all remain open
in every direction.
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Brunswick Exploration to announce its 2024 summer exploration
program in the coming weeks including its program for Mirage,
northern Quebec, Labrador and Greenland.
Mr. Killian Charles, President and CEO of BRW,
commented: “Drilling once more confirms the scale and high-grade
nature of the MR-6 dyke at surface. The dyke remains open in
several direction and will be the focus of a future drilling
campaign to better define its extent.
After two small drill campaigns and
approximately 12,000 meters drilled, we have already identified
over 9 major dykes, all near surface, within an initial 2.5km by
2.5km area. There exists significant potential to expand all of
these dykes both along strike and down-dip. Our work also
highlighted several new pegmatite discoveries that were previously
unknown and which only have a single intercept indicating strong
opportunities for continued exploration success beyond the nine
major dykes.
I look forward to announcing our plans for the
summer where Brunswick Exploration is, once again, expected to be
one of the largest grassroot explorer globally.”
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 |
To |
Length |
Li2O% |
Ta2O5 |
(m) |
(m) |
(m) |
(ppm) |
MR-24-45 |
Central |
MR-9 |
119 |
133.4 |
14.4 |
1.07 |
96 |
and |
|
|
161 |
162.9 |
1.8 |
0.96 |
171 |
MR-24-47 |
Central |
|
143.65 |
145 |
1.3 |
1.12 |
143 |
and |
|
MR-9 |
200 |
209.1 |
9.1 |
1.11 |
146 |
and |
|
|
236.2 |
239.3 |
3.1 |
0.82 |
143 |
and |
|
|
274.5 |
278.1 |
3.6 |
0.85 |
105 |
MR-24-50 |
Central |
MR-6 |
7.75 |
36 |
28.3 |
1.17 |
148 |
and |
|
|
51 |
53.4 |
2.4 |
1.42 |
151 |
MR-24-51 |
Central |
MR-9 |
109 |
113 |
4.0 |
2.00 |
174 |
and |
|
|
119.95 |
122.7 |
2.8 |
0.58 |
200 |
and |
|
|
144.95 |
149.5 |
4.5 |
0.84 |
122 |
MR-24-52 |
Central |
MR-5 |
102.5 |
103.5 |
1.0 |
2.15 |
255 |
MR-24-59 |
Central |
|
152.6 |
155 |
2.5 |
2.27 |
273 |
and |
|
|
172 |
177 |
5.0 |
1.43 |
213 |
and |
|
|
246.1 |
250.9 |
4.8 |
1.77 |
195 |
and |
|
|
256.45 |
259.4 |
2.9 |
0.70 |
132 |
and |
|
|
298.7 |
300.5 |
1.8 |
1.27 |
177 |
and |
|
|
308.2 |
311.3 |
3.1 |
1.47 |
166 |
and |
|
|
314.15 |
340.9 |
26.7 |
0.75 |
93 |
MR-24-61 |
Central |
MR-6 |
7.0 |
76.3 |
69.3 |
1.64 |
147 |
MR-24-66 |
Central |
MR-6 |
146 |
165 |
19.0 |
0.62 |
127 |
and |
|
|
190.55 |
191 |
0.4 |
1.68 |
234 |
and |
|
|
235 |
236 |
1.0 |
1.18 |
275 |
and |
|
|
253.15 |
259.7 |
6.5 |
1.02 |
173 |
and |
|
|
281.55 |
282.7 |
1.1 |
1.09 |
317 |
MR-24-67 |
Central |
|
32.0 |
35.0 |
3.0 |
0.39 |
308 |
MR-24-69 |
Central |
MR-6 |
57.9 |
70.35 |
12.5 |
N/A |
171 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 kilometers northeast of Winsome Resources’
Adina Project. At Mirage, 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 by drilling,
including the major dykes MR-3 and MR-6. MR-6 is interpreted to be
a large, thick, sub-horizontal dyke with a higher-grade core with
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 (see May 8,
2023 press release).
This new release confirmed the MR-6 dyke further
40 meters to the southwest with 1.64% Li2O over 69.3 meters,
starting from surface, in drill hole MR-24-61. The dyke remains
open to the northeast and to the southwest where it presents
coarser and more prevalent spodumene mineralization and is thicker
than other portions of the dyke. MR-6 dyke extends to the northwest
for more than 400 meters with 19 meters at 0.62% Li2O intersected
in drill hole MR-24-66. In this region, the MR-6 dyke appears to be
more heterogenous with changing mineralogy and highly variable
spodumene concentration (Figure 3).
Further to the southeast, drill hole MR-24-50
extends the MR-6 dyke 40 meters as seen in cross sections B-B’ with
28.3 meters at 1.17% Li2O (Figure 4). The dyke is open to the
southeast where it maintains its very shallow dip. It is believed
the dyke becomes sheeted towards drill holes MR-24-31 and 32,
however, further drilling will be required to confirm this
interpretation.
There is potential to extend MR-6 350 meters to
the west where it remains open towards the MR-3 dyke. The MR-3 dyke
demonstrates significant apparent thicknesses of up to 50.6 meters
at 1.06% Li2O (See December 4, 2023 press release) in core with a
moderate dip of 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 of strike with consistent thickness of 40
meters.
Drill hole MR-24-59, located 350 meters east of
MR-6, shows evidence of significant dyke staking. At least seven
dykes were intersected in the hole with varying thickness and
spodumene concentration with the largest zone measuring 26.7 meters
of semi-continuous pegmatite mineralization. This new sheeted dyke
system is believed to be associated to the high grade, near surface
dykes intersected in MR-24-60, located 250 meters to the northwest
(See April 25, 2023 press release).
Figure 2: Cross Sections A to
A’
Figure 3: Cross Sections B to
B’
New dyke MR-9, located 600 meters
northeast of MR-6, was significantly extended. This new
dyke has now been drill traced for over 400 meters with an apparent
steep dip to the south. Importantly, the latest drilling returned
improved mineralized intersections including 1.07% Li2O
over 14.4 meters in drill holes MR-24-45 and 2.00% Li2O
over 4 meters in drill holes MR-24-51.
Figure 4: Surface Map of the
MR-6 and MR-9 Dykes Projections
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
1-meter 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 meters. 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 and
Greenland.
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