Premier African Minerals Ltd (AIM:PREM) has released assay results from its Zulu lithium and tantalum project in Zimbabwe, which show that multiple thick high-grade zones have been intersected.
Among the highlights of the recent drilling were 8.76 metres at 1.64% lithium oxide and 64 parts per million tantalum pentoxide.
Results from 16 holes were reported that were located within the area that will be mined at the pilot plant stage. They will constitute a portion of the resource required to support the definitive feasibility study.
"The assay results reported on today continue to demonstrate good lithium values over significant widths that are all supportive of the quality of the mineralised pegmatites we intend to mine in the first phases of the pilot plant operations,” said Premier African chief executive George Roach in a statement.
Meanwhile, the company said it is also making consistent progress in construction of its pilot plant. The design capacity offers a potential 12 tons per hour of spodumene-rich concentrate.
“We are into the home stretch with pilot plant construction and site activity is frenetic with multiple work streams all targeting the same near-term completion date. Pre-strip has commenced in the initial pit area to be developed. Activity in the pilot plant assembly areas is now on a 24/7 basis," Roach added.