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ECR Ecr Minerals Plc

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ECR MINERALS PLC: Lithium-Tantalum-Niobium Stream Anomalies Identified at Lolworth, Queensland

23/12/2022 7:09am

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ECR MINERALS plc

 

("ECR Minerals", "ECR" or the "Company")

 

Lithium-Tantalum-Niobium Stream Anomalies Identified at Lolworth, Queensland

 

ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the exploration and development company focused on gold in Australia, is pleased to announce encouraging Lithium, Tantalum and Niobium anomalies identified within the first round of results from the recent stream sediment sampling campaign undertaken at the Lolworth Range project, North Queensland, Australia.

 

ECR Minerals plc has 100% ownership of three exploration tenements (EPM27901, EPM27902 and EPM27903), which covers the Lolworth Range, located 120km west of the famous gold district of Charters Towers. The project is being explored by ECR's Australian wholly owned subsidiary Lux Exploration Pty Ltd ("LUX").

 

HIGHLIGHTS

   -- Encouraging Anomalous Lithium (Li), Tantalum (Ta) and Niobium (Nb) 
      results recognised in the first batch of stream samples to date. 
 
   -- Li-Ta-Nb anomalies are present in streams draining from a common area. 
 
   -- Still awaiting results from a further 212 stream sediment samples. 
 
   -- Multiple un-sampled pegmatites observed throughout the tenements. 
 

ECR CEO Andrew Haythorpe commented: "In our recent interview I stated how the early results from our 2022 Lolworth campaign were way in excess of my expectations. In addition to the visible gold reported across a number of samples, the fact that the first batch of stream samples contain significant levels of Lithium, Tantalum and Niobium is significant for ECR as an exploration company, as it adds a new dimension to our shareholder and investor proposition. It is still early days, but this first set of sample results is an exciting development for our Company."

 

"I reiterate my statement from the recent interview: I believe we have laid some great foundations for our shareholders in 2022, and our Board are excited by the potential for further discoveries across our projects in 2023."

 

The location of Lithium, Tantalum and Niobium anomalies within ECR's Lolworth tenements are shown on the plan located here:

 

Figure 1: https://www.ecrminerals.com/images/2022/Fig1_Li-Ta-Nb-LUX_221222.png

 

MULTI-ELEMENT ANALYSIS

 

ECR reported multiple gold anomalies from the first round of stream sediment results on December 12 2022 (see RNS here ). In addition to assaying for gold, ECR undertook a 4-acid digest, ME-ICP analysis of these samples.

 

ME-ICP results show a number of the samples are high in Lithium (Li), Niobium (Ni) and Tantalum (Ta). 30 samples have a Lithium content greater than 1000 ppm (0.1%). 15 samples have a Niobium content greater than 500 ppm (0.05%) and 7 samples are greater than 300 ppm (0.03%) in Tantalum. All results have been statistically analysed, standardised and ranked into groups accordingly by a 'standard deviation range' from the average in the keys on the spatially plotted maps in Figure 1 (See above).

 

Li-Ta-Nb ANOMALOUS LOCATIONS

 

Figure 1 above shows clustered high Lithium to be concentrated within what is known as Gorge Creek. In particular, concentrations are particular present in drainages falling in from the east side of Gorge Creek.

 

Tantalum and Niobium minerals (such as Columbite-Tantalite) are often found together. Figure 1 above shows this to be the case with the main concentrations located in drainages related to a north flowing tributary to Glen Creek. Tantalum is also present in some of the drainages that contain Lithium within the Gorge Creek area.

 

The presence of Ta and Nb in the first batch of stream samples is significant, in that anomalous Ta and Nb is within watercourses that are draining the same mountain ridges where the Li-bearing watercourses are also sourced. Primary Li-Ta-Nb mineralisation is often sourced from LCT (lithium-Caesium-Tantalum) pegmatites. During the recent stream sampling campaign, pegmatitic rocks were seen and although it has not yet been established whether these pegmatite rocks contain Lithium, Tantalum or Niobium, the ECR Board have taken the decision to sample these pegmatites in next year's exploration campaign. This sampling will be followed up alongside the reported gold anomalies.

 

TABLE 1: Stream Sampling results to date for Lithium (Li), Tantalum (Ta) and Niobium (Nb), arranged by decreasing Lithium values.

 
SampleID   Easting (GDA94-Z55)  Northing (GDA94-Z55)  Li     Nb    Ta 
                                                      ppm    ppm   ppm 
LWSS153    314177               7750104               11300  16    10 
LWSS263    315668               7749611               10400  17    30 
LWSS260    314761               7749497               7640   21    50 
LWSS265    315862               7749728               7500   21    250 
LWSS299    312481               7752372               7030   19    30 
LWSS262    315110               7749620               6990   21    20 
LWSS310    307401               7750946               6370   37    30 
LWSS304    312678               7751527               4730   19    40 
LWSS211    313613               7751298               4720   17    20 
LWSS311    306543               7750203               4650   22    30 
LWSS155    315871               7750430               4540   12    200 
LWSS264    316057               7749541               4470   12    10 
LWSS149    314050               7749308               3800   16    120 
LWSS267    313740               7747905               3690   28    110 
LWSS157    315638               7750751               3640   10    80 
LWSS148    314497               7750420               3630   18    60 
LWSS198    308766               7749452               3390   21    20 
LWSS212    313254               7751090               3180   21    10 
LWSS259    314827               7749266               3000   27    100 
LWSS159    315634               7750949               2790   15    150 
LWSS213    314792               7751560               2790   7     10 
LWSS266    314210               7748585               2630   43    170 
LWSS147    314728               7750217               2550   10    10 
LWSS261    315704               7749178               2540   19    20 
LWSS214    315085               7751833               2430   12    680 
LWSS215    314111               7751469               2150   24    30 
LWSS151    313877               7749836               1800   21    60 
LWSS156    315934               7750591               1725   14    10 
LWSS199    309150               7750178               1265   23    10 
LWSS154    313066               7750055               1205   16    20 
LWSS158    315522               7750861               954    20    230 
LWSS302    311523               7749673               686    18    10 
LWSS300    312627               7751525               679    18    10 
LWSS303    312124               7749962               671    27    50 
LWSS150    313877               7749442               567    20    50 
LWSS016    315186               7757739               20     2000  1230 
LWSS161    314025               7751352               20     21    10 
LWSS001    313692               7754116               10     1450  480 
LWSS004    313731               7755304               10     1150  430 
LWSS010    314122               7755631               10     1345  390 
LWSS012    314429               7756692               10     1435  340 
LWSS013    314749               7757292               10     1020  310 
LWSS014    315088               7757059               10     662   280 
LWSS015    315398               7757471               10     691   240 
LWSS019    315000               7758786               10     701   230 
LWSS020    314845               7759325               10     555   230 
LWSS021    314880               7759692               10     896   220 
LWSS022    315123               7759928               10     796   220 
LWSS023    315423               7759960               10     698   190 
LWSS047    316619               7762170               10     589   180 
LWSS048    316799               7762572               10     600   150 
LWSS049    316520               7763146               10     411   140 
LWSS050    317024               7762572               10     332   120 
LWSS051    317701               7762773               10     344   120 
LWSS052    317687               7762589               10     433   120 
LWSS053    320247               7759063               10     394   100 
LWSS054    320614               7759154               10     280   100 
LWSS055    320485               7759341               10     232   90 
LWSS056    322200               7758347               10     338   80 
LWSS057    322298               7759119               10     357   80 
LWSS058    322401               7759109               10     315   70 
LWSS077    298690               7758966               10     203   50 
LWSS078    299057               7758698               10     179   50 
LWSS079    297703               7759449               10     153   50 
LWSS080    296668               7758625               10     146   50 
LWSS081    296770               7758311               10     163   50 
LWSS082    296660               7761733               10     148   50 
LWSS083    297026               7761835               10     210   50 
LWSS084    296931               7761606               10     132   40 
LWSS085    296445               7761243               10     77    40 
LWSS086    296497               7760905               10     157   40 
LWSS087    298260               7760330               10     106   40 
LWSS088    297121               7760196               10     168   40 
LWSS089    298907               7761224               10     168   40 
LWSS090    298814               7761280               10     78    30 
LWSS091    299379               7761447               10     105   30 
LWSS092    299499               7761370               10     79    20 
LWSS093    298823               7760665               10     94    20 
LWSS094    299023               7760941               10     110   20 
LWSS095    299113               7758233               10     26    10 
LWSS096    299042               7758162               10     26    10 
LWSS097    297749               7758092               10     56    10 
LWSS098    297587               7757887               10     31    10 
LWSS099    297343               7758123               10     19    10 
LWSS100    297855               7756964               10     44    10 
LWSS101    298880               7756788               10     42    10 
LWSS103    298827               7756012               10     37    10 
LWSS104    298923               7755998               10     89    10 
LWSS105    298380               7756231               10     7     10 
LWSS106    297597               7756893               10     12    10 
LWSS107    295140               7758331               10     41    10 
LWSS108    294982               7758582               10     19    10 
LWSS109    294996               7757753               10     34    10 
LWSS110    295174               7757482               10     5     10 
LWSS112    294249               7760316               10     5     10 
LWSS113    294516               7759731               10     88    10 
LWSS114    294601               7760538               10     36    10 
LWSS115    300995               7758832               10     18    10 
LWSS116    301122               7758691               10     5     10 
LWSS117    301316               7758712               10     67    10 
LWSS118    300925               7757017               10     78    10 
LWSS119    301164               7757644               10     33    10 
LWSS120    301614               7759087               10     21    10 
LWSS121    302020               7761157               10     49    10 
LWSS122    302221               7760593               10     14    10 
LWSS123    302598               7760783               10     13    10 
LWSS124    301584               7759673               10     26    10 
LWSS125    300997               7760547               10     42    10 
LWSS160    314212               7751253               10     35    10 
LWSS162    314191               7751930               10     25    10 
LWSS163    314060               7752103               10     11    10 
LWSS164    314120               7751648               10     41    10 
LWSS184    321213               7753612               10     17    10 
LWSS185    321160               7752942               10     21    10 
LWSS186    321273               7752575               10     5     10 
LWSS187    321527               7752498               10     9     10 
LWSS188    321604               7752635               10     5     10 
LWSS189    320156               7754105               10     56    10 
LWSS190    319775               7753062               10     5     10 
LWSS204    316062               7752448               10     5     10 
LWSS205    315876               7752635               10     31    10 
LWSS206    317254               7753680               10     30    10 
LWSS207    316998               7753627               10     58    10 
LWSS208    317012               7752528               10     72    10 
LWSS209    317656               7751602               10     50    10 
LWSS210    317846               7752778               10     34    10 
 

REVIEW OF ANNOUNCEMENT BY QUALIFIED PERSON

 

This announcement has been reviewed by Adam Jones, Technical Director of Exploration at ECR Minerals plc. Adam Jones is a professional geologist and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG). He is a qualified person as that term is defined by the AIM Note for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

 
ECR Minerals plc                      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7929 1010 
David Tang, Non-Executive Chairman 
 Andrew Haythorpe, CEO 
 
Email: 
 info@ecrminerals.com 
Website: www.ecrminerals.com 
 
WH Ireland Ltd                        Tel: +44 (0) 207 220 1666 
Nominated Adviser 
 Katy Mitchell / Andrew de Andrade 
 
SI Capital Ltd                        Tel: +44 (0) 1483 413500 
Broker 
Nick Emerson 
 
Novum Securities Limited              Tel: +44 (0) 20 7399 9425 
Broker 
 Jon Belliss 
 
Brand Communications                  Tel: +44 (0) 7976 431608 
Public & Investor Relations 
Alan Green 
 
 

ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC

 

ECR Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR's wholly owned Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia Pty Ltd ("MGA") has 100% ownership of the Bailieston and Creswick gold projects in central Victoria, Australia, has six licence applications outstanding which includes one licence application lodged in eastern Victoria. (Tambo gold project). MGA is currently drilling at the Bailieston Blue Moon Project (EL5433) and undertaking geochemical exploration on the Creswick (EL6148) project and has an experienced exploration team with significant local knowledge in the Victoria Goldfields and wider region.

 

ECR also owns 100% of an Australian subsidiary LUX Exploration Pty Ltd ("LUX") which has three approved exploration permits covering 946 km(2) over a relatively unexplored area in Queensland, Australia.

 

Following the sale of the Avoca, Moormbool and Timor gold projects in Victoria, Australia to Fosterville South Exploration Ltd (TSX-V: FSX) and the subsequent spin-out of the Avoca and Timor projects to Leviathan Gold Ltd (TSX-V: LVX), Mercator Gold Australia Pty Limited has the right to receive up to A$2 million in payments subject to future resource estimation or production from projects sold to Fosterville South Exploration Limited.

 

ECR holds a 70% interest in the Danglay gold project; an advanced exploration project located in a prolific gold and copper mining district in the north of the Philippines, which has a 43-101 compliant resource. ECR also holds a royalty on the SLM gold project in La Rioja Province, Argentina and can potentially receive up to US$2.7 million in aggregate across all licences

 

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221223005042/en/

 
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