United Lithium Corp (CSE:ULTH, OTC:ULTHF) announced that a recent surface sampling program at its Patriot property in Colorado has identified 5 lithium-bearing pegmatites.
The company said that nine of the 15 pegmatites were new discoveries and six, while new to United, were identified from historical records and confirmed by the sampling program.
Assay results included rock samples hosting 2.34%, 1.61%, and 1.54% lithium oxide.
The company also sampled four known historical mines and several historical test pits which returned assay results, including 3.97%, 3.38%, 1.65%, and 1.16% lithium oxide.
“Our Patriot project lies within a past producing lithium pegmatite district, yet until United began mapping and sampling, the area had not seen modern systematic exploration efforts,” United CEO Scott Eldridge said in a statement.
“The multiple high-grade results of up to 3.97% lithium oxide further supports our enthusiasm of the discovery potential at Patriot. With fifteen separate lithium-bearing outcropping pegmatite bodies, we are highly encouraged to advance towards a maiden drill campaign in the spring.”
United Lithium is an exploration and development company energized by the global demand for lithium.
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