Lithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) has intersected 32.19 metres grading 0.52% lithium in its first hole drilled at the Sadisdorf polymetallic tin-lithium project in Saxony, Germany.
Drilling is part of the three hole, 560-metre diamond program which is the first drilling at Sadisdorf in nearly 30 years.
Significant intersections of tin were also encountered with up to 11.65 metres grading 0.35% tin recorded.
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The maiden drill program was designed to validate historical drilling data and test the outer boundaries of the mineral resource model.
Lithium Australia aspires to use its proprietary SiLeach® lithium processing technology to unlock the lithium potential and value of the Sadisdorf lithium-tin deposit.
SiLeach® is suited for Sadisdorf’s mineralisation
Lithium Australia’s managing director Adrian Griffin said: “The mineralisation encountered in the first drill hole strongly supports our vision of unlocking the value of the historic tin-tungsten Sadisdorf mine by adding lithium as an additional value driver, at a location in close geographical proximity to emerging European new era battery markets.
“Our SiLeach® processing technology is ideally suited for processing Sadisdorf’s greisen-style polymetallic mineralisation which contains abundant lithium micas.
“With tin increasingly regarded as a strategic technology metal, the tin assays encountered also confirm our view of the potential of Sadisdorf as a significant polymetallic deposit.
“Test work on fresh samples will commence shortly and we look forward to the full assay results from the remaining two drill holes.”
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During December 2017, a maiden JORC resource was estimated for Sadisdorf based on historical drilling and sampling.
The inferred estimate stands at 25 million tonnes grading 0.45% lithium.
Results for the final two diamond holes are expected towards the end of this month.