Renforth Resources Inc (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF) told investors that field operations have resumed at its Surimeau battery metals property in Québec’s Abitibi.
The company said geologists will initially focus on following up on several initial exploration targets developed on the 330 square-kilometre property earlier in the summer.
These include prospecting unexplored lithium, nickel and zinc occurrences identified in historic and government soil surveys located near or within the Decelles batholith in the south of the property; the roughly 20-kilometre-long Victoria mineralized structure in the centre of the property, and the Beaupre copper discovery in the northern part of the property.
In addition, eleven anomalies identified in samples taken by Renforth geologists in the summer 2022 prospecting program will also be targeted. The samples contained elevated lithium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, niobium, tantalum, and tin.
Renforth said it will also target outcrop identified through satellite imagery and examine other exploration targets including the fertile Decelles batholith and other high-priority anomalies and pegmatites.
"I am very happy to be able to finally announce the return of field operations on one of our two core properties (the other core asset being our Parbec gold deposit),” Renforth president and CEO Nicole Brewster said.
“Unfortunately, fires in the first half of the summer, along with our crews having to take other work when we were delayed, has made this start much later than envisioned. However, we are going to make good use of this window of time generating information which will help in planning the next steps in different areas of the property, likely to include stripping and drilling, based in part on the results of this work.”
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