Tearlach Commences Mapping at Georgina Stairs, Jellicoe, Ontario
27 June 2023 - 11:00PM
Tearlach Resources Limited (TSXV: TEA) (OTC: TELHF)
(FRANKFURT: V44) (“Tearlach” or the “Company”) is pleased
to announce that it has started mapping and sampling on our
Georgina Stairs Lithium Project in the Georgia Lake pegmatite
field, Jellicoe, Ontario. Mapping targets are being generated daily
and followed up by Tearlach’s geology team. The Project is located
9 km east of Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake Project and is being
explored for lithium mineralization hosted in spodumene pegmatites.
Highlights:
- Data compilation on the Project
area, including topography, geology and geophysics data, was
completed in the spring of 2023 and used to identify specific
exploration targets in the Project area.
- Satellite images were used to
identify outcrops, access roads and logged areas.
- 172 sample locations were described
in the month of May.
- 76 samples have been submitted to
the lab for assays.
- 20 granite outcrops were discovered
and sampled.
- Tearlach signed an MOU with four
local First Nation communities.
Tearlach’s geology team has discovered 20
granite outcrops hosted by biotite metasedimentary rocks on the
Georgina Stairs claim block, whereas previously Ontario Regional
Geology Map (MRD126) indicated that there was no granite on the
claim block (Figure 1). The medium- to coarse-grained biotite
granite outcrops occur in the southern part of the claim block. The
mapping results have been interpreted and indicate three (3)
exploration target areas for additional mapping. The discovery of
granite is important because pegmatite dykes are derived from
granite. For example, Rock Tech’s spodumene pegmatites are hosted
by metasedimentary rocks in close proximity to granites.
A total of 172 sample locations were described
in the month of May, of which 76 samples were submitted to Actlabs,
Geraldton location for assay. Results are pending. The samples
include granite to examine their rare-element content and
metasediments to examine rare-element metasomatism as an indicator
of blind pegmatites. Diabase was also sampled to distinguish
between different generations of sills and dykes to see if one
generation is associated with pegmatites. The Li, Rb, Cs, Nb, Ta
and Be content of the granite will be plotted on a map to determine
in which direction these rare-elements are increasing. This will be
the direction to look for the possible presence of pegmatites.
Prospecting is ongoing and has been facilitated
by access from the Peck Lake Road, which passes north to south
through the middle of the property, and there are many logging
trails on the Property (Figure 1). The geology team has been able
to park the truck next to the outcrops.
The Project is underexplored in part because it
is located outside E.G. Pye’s Georgia Lake Area map (Ontario
Geological Survey, M2056, 1964), which has guided lithium pegmatite
exploration in the area for many decades. The majority
of the Property has had no historical exploration on it despite
being so close to the Trans Canada Highway. The limited historical
exploration on the Property consists of drilling in 1972 and 1973
in search of sulphides and prospecting in 2009 and 2011 also for
sulphides.
The Property’s geology is similar to Rock Tech
Lithium’s Georgia Lake Project and is 9 km east of Rock Tech’s
spodumene pegmatites. The geology is also similar to Balkan Mining
and Minerals Limited’s Gorge Lithium Project and is located 4.7 km
north of their spodumene pegmatites.
Dr. Selway, VP of Exploration for Tearlach,
commented, “I am pleased to finally get into the field to look at
the rocks on the Georgina Stairs Property. Tearlach staked the
property in February 2023. The discovery of granite on the property
is a good first step to finding pegmatites.”
Tearlach welcomes Aboriginal Consultation and
has met with four First Nation communities (Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan
Anishinaabek, Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging
Anishinaabek and the Red Rock Indian Band) with traditional
territories on Georgina Stairs Property face-to-face on April 20
and 21, 2023. These meetings led to the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (“MOU”) dated May 9, 2023, with all four communities.
Tearlach has also hired a member of the First Nation communities as
a geological assistant to join our geology team, as he has
excellent knowledge of and experience hunting and fishing in our
project area.
Figure 1. Geology map for Georgina Stairs
Project, Jellicoe, NW Ontario.
Qualified Person:
Julie Selway, Ph.D., P.Geo. supervised the
preparation of the scientific and technical information that formed
the basis for the written disclosure in this news release. Dr.
Selway is the VP of Exploration for Tearlach Resources and the
Qualified Person ("QP") as defined by National Instrument
43-101.
About Tearlach:
Tearlach, a member of the TSX Venture 50, is a
Canadian exploration company engaged in acquiring, exploring, and
developing lithium projects. Tearlach is focused on advancing its
flagship Gabriel Project in Tonopah, Nevada, bordering American
Lithium's TLC Deposit, and has completed 11 drill holes on the
Gabriel Property. Tearlach has three lithium assets in Ontario:
Final Frontier, Georgina Stairs, and New Frontier. Final Frontier
is located adjacent to and near Frontier Lithium’s PAK lithium
deposit north of Red Lake. Georgina Stairs is located northeast of
Rock Tech Lithium’s Georgia Lake deposit near Beardmore. Tearlach
has two lithium assets in Quebec: Rose-Fliszar-Muscovite Project in
the James Bay area and Shelby Project adjacent to and near Patriot
Battery Metals’ Corvette lithium project and Winsome Resources’
Cancet and Adina lithium projects. Tearlach also has the Savant
Property, an exploration stage Gold-Silver-Copper Property, in
Northwestern Ontario. Tearlach's primary objective is to position
itself as North America's leading lithium exploration and
development company. For more information, please get in touch with
the Company at info@tearlach.ca or visit our website at
www.tearlach.ca for project updates and related background
information.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS,TEARLACH RESOURCES LIMITED
Charles RossChief Executive OfficerSuite 610 - 700 W. Pender
StreetVancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1G8 Tel: 604-688-5007
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