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RNS Number : 9274T  Galileo Resources PLC  23 March 2023

23 March 2023

 

Galileo Resources Plc

("Galileo" or "the Company")

Kamativi Lithium Project, Zimbabwe - New Discoveries

 

Galileo Resources plc ("Galileo "or the "Company") is pleased to inform
shareholders that exploration over the Kamativi Licence ("Project area") has
led to the delineation of a number of significant lithium, tin and rare earth
element anomalies all of which warrant further immediate investigation.

The Kamativi licence EPO 1782 covers an area of 520 sq km in western Zimbabwe.
Galileo has an option to earn an 80% interest through spending a combined
total of $1.5million on exploration and evaluation in the Project area and
over the Bulawayo gold-nickel property by 21 July 2024.

The Licence is adjacent to the former Kamativi mine and hosts strike
extensions to the former mining district which produced between 1936 and 1994
over 37,000 t of tin and tantalum from 27Mt of tin-lithium-caesium-tantalum
bearing pegmatites. In 2018, Chimata Gold Corp. (Zimbabwe Lithium Company)
announced a NI 43-101 compliant Indicated Mineral Resource of 26.3Mt at 0.58%
Li(2)O, 493 ppm SnO(2), 41 ppm Ta(2)O(5) & 65 ppm Nb(2)O(5) for the
Kamativi tailings project. The estimate was completed by MSA Group (Pty) Ltd
of South Africa.

 

Highlights

 

·    Highly encouraging initial exploration has identified 4 priority
zones anomalous in lithium, tin, tantalum and rare earth elements for
immediate follow-up.

·    Zone 1 (west of licence): Pegmatite swarms with individual pegmatites
up to 30m wide have revealed a coherent Li-Cs-Nb-Sn-W-Ga-Rb- total rare earth
element ('TREE') in soil anomaly extending over 1.2km with a width of 300 to
500m and a peak Li in soil content of 880ppm, with a further 1.5km extension
(to the limit of laboratory assays) with peak Li in soil content of 1,000ppm.

·    Zone 1 rock chip samples report up to 0.4% Sn and stream sediment
sampling from the surrounding area, distal to the soil sampling report total
rare earth elements peaking at 0.80%.

·    A further 2km long zone of prospective pegmatite lithology associated
with elevated Li, Nb, W, Sn, Ga, Rb and a total rare earth element geochemical
response up to 0.45% TREE has also been delineated.

 

·    Zone 2 (centre of licence): Rock chip and stream sediment sampling
indicates further potential for significant mineralisation with rock chip peak
values of 820ppm Li, 372ppm Cs and 617ppm Sn from pegmatites.

·    Sampling of pegmatites from historic workings returned peak Sn grades
of 0.7% Sn in association with anomalous Ta, Nb and Cs.

·    Zone 3 & 4 (east & northeast of licence): Rock chip sampling
returned anomalous Sn and Li values peaking at 0.2% Sn and 1060ppm Li.

·    Total rare earth element in soil values up to 1122ppm are widely
distributed over an approximate area of 7km(2).

·    A leading battery metals consultant from CSA Global Ltd (an ERM Group
Company) has been commissioned to provide an independent specialist assessment
of the results and accompanying datasets. The Company will announce the next
steps for the area once this assessment concludes.

 

Colin Bird Chairman and CEO said "We committed to a substantial reconnaissance
programme over all the potentially prospective lithium terrain on the Licence
comprising stream sediment, rock chip and soil sampling, with 4,359 samples
collected of which 1,282 were sent for laboratory analysis. This programme has
identified several significant targets in a number of areas within the Licence
where the peak analytical values, metal associations and continuity are
sufficiently coherent to allow us to plan an early follow up programme
including trenching and, where warranted, drilling, with the programme to be
guided by CSA's assessment.  This initial campaign has been extremely
encouraging pointing us to a number of high potential areas associated with
the productive Kamativi pegmatite terrain and we look forward to advancing
this project at a time when Zimbabwe and lithium are very much in the global
spotlight linked to New Age Metals".

 

 

Exploration and Sampling Programme

 

A total of 4,359 soil samples, 728 stream sediment samples and 221 rock chip
samples were collected and analysed by portable XRF, of which 1,282, 72 and 68
respectively were submitted for laboratory geochemical determinations.

 

A QAQC collection regime of utilising approximately 5% blank insertions, 5%
certified reference material insertions and 5% field duplicates was undertaken

 

All laboratory submitted samples were analysed by ALS Chemex South Africa and
ALS Chemex Ireland, fully accredited laboratories that comply with
international standards ISO 9001:2015 and ISO17025:2017. ALS Chemex performed
internal QAQC, and values fell within acceptable ranges.

 

All samples were analysed for Li using a sodium peroxide fusion and
dissolution, with determination by ICP, with a 10ppm lower limit of detection
[analytical code, ME-ICP81]. In addition, all samples were analysed for 32
elements including Cs, Nb, Ta, Rb, Ga, Sn, W and rare earth elements using a
lithium borate fusion technique with determination by ICP-MS [analytical code,
ME-MS81].

 

Zone 1

Numerous pegmatites have been recorded based on field observations. Pegmatite
widths range from 1 to 30m, with pinching and swelling along the observable
surface trend. The highest observed surface pegmatite density coincides with
the peak geochemical results. A significant coherent Li-Cs-Nb-Sn-W-Ga-Rb TREE
in soil geochemical anomaly extends over approximately 1.2km with a width of
300-500m based on a 200ppm Li cut-off, with a peak reported Li in soil content
of 880ppm. Other elements of interest report up to 465ppm Cs, 191ppm Nb,
964ppm Rb, 159ppm W, 421ppm Sn and TREE content of 1142ppm, including 393ppm
Ce, 348ppm Y and 180ppm Nd indicating the high degree of fractionation and
prospectivity for Lithium-Caesium-Tantalum ('LCT') pegmatites.

 

The Li in soil geochemical trend can be traced northeast for a further 1.5km
(to the limit of laboratory assays), up to 300m in width with a peak Li in
soil content of 1000ppm with similar elements of interest and pathfinder
geochemical associations.

 

An outcropping pegmatite was observed over 1km of strike, typically 2-3m in
surface observable width likely to be associated with the peak Li in soil
value.

 

Rock chip samples report up to 0.4% Sn and stream sediment sampling from the
surrounding area to the south and southeast (distal to the soil sampling)
indicates anomalies up to 0.80% TREE associated with pegmatites within
granitic terrain including up to 3120ppm Ce, 1575ppm La, 1345ppm Nd, 351ppm
Dy, 366ppm Pr and 830ppm Y which require follow-up.

 

A further zone anomalous in Li (110ppm) has been identified with associated
Nb, W, Sn, Ga, Rb and TREE geochemical responses (up to 0.45%) over 2km of
prospective lithology associated with pegmatites. The most significant
observed pegmatite body is exposed over 350m with an approximate observed
width of 3 to 5m, trending to the ENE with a sub-vertical dip.

 

Zone 2

 

Reconnaissance rock chip and stream sediment sampling indicates further
potential for significant mineralisation in this area. Rock chip sampling
returned values up to 820ppm Li, 372ppm Cs and 617ppm Sn from pegmatites.
 Sampling of historic pegmatite workings from the surround granitic terrain
reported up to 0.7% Sn with up to 923ppm Ta, 415ppm Nb and 168ppm Cs. Stream
sediment samples returned anomalous Li, Cs and TREE values (up to 0.3%) which
require follow-up.

 

Zone 3 & 4

 

Rock chip sampling returned values up to 0.2% Sn and 1060ppm Li associated
with ENE trending, steeply dipping pegmatites (typically 2 to 3m in observable
width) in old workings associated with the extension of the Kamativi
Formation.

 

Over part of the mapped extension of the Kamativi Formation, weakly anomalous
Cs,  Nb , Sn, W,  Ga ,  Rb  in soils are reported over an approximate area of
1.6km x 0.6km.

 

TREE in soil values up to 1122ppm are widely distributed over an approximate
area 7km(2) (note area not fully covered by laboratory assays) in conjunction
with anomalous Nb, Ga and Rb, associated with northeast trending structures,
outcropping porphyritic granite and/or pegmatites with values up to 553ppm Ce,
261ppm Y, 248ppm La and 192ppm Nd.

 

 

Technical Sign-Off: Technical information in this announcement has been
reviewed by Edward (Ed) Slowey, BSc, PGeo, Technical Director of Galileo. Mr
Slowey is a geologist with more than 40 years' relevant experience in mineral
exploration and mining, a founder member of the Institute of Geologists of
Ireland and is a Qualified Person under the AIM rules. Mr Slowey has reviewed
and approved this announcement.

 

You can also follow Galileo on Twitter: @GalileoResource

 

For further information, please contact: Galileo Resources PLC

 

 Colin Bird, Chairman                       Tel +44 (0) 20 7581 4477
 Beaumont Cornish Limited - Nomad           Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396

 Roland Cornish/James Biddle
 Novum Securities Limited - Joint Broker    +44 (0) 20 7399 9400

 Colin Rowbury /Jon Belliss
 Shard Capital Partners LLP - Joint Broker  Tel +44 (0) 20 7186 9952

 Damon Heath

 

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK Domestic Law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").

 

Technical Glossary

 

 "granite"      A medium to coarse grained granular acid intrusive rock

 "pegmatite"    Very coarse-grained igneous rock which commonly occurs as dykes in granite
                intrusions

 "porphyritic"  A rock texture containing distinct crystals or crystalline particles embedded
                in a compact groundmass

 "tailings"     Reject products from a mineral treatment plant

 "tantalum"     A metallic mineral used in a variety of alloys to add high strength, ductility
                and a high melting point

 "XRF"          Analytical method to determine the chemistry of a sample by measuring the
                fluorescent (or secondary) X-ray emitted from a sample when it is excited by a
                primary X-ray source

 

 

Abbreviations

 

Cs        Caesium

Li         Lithium

Ga        Gallium

Nb        Niobium

Rb        Rubidium

Sn        Tin

W         Tungsten

 

ppm     Parts per million

 

 

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