Nevada Lithium Drills Best Hole to Date at Bonnie Claire Lithium Project, Nevada; Intersects 5,105 ppm Lithium and 16,100 ppm (1.61%) Boron over 518 ft (158 m). Extends High-Grade Lithium and Boron Mineralized Zone by 1,135 ft (346 m) to a Total Length of 3,730 ft (1137 m)

Nevada Lithium Resources Inc.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nevada Lithium Resources Inc. (CSE: NVLH; OTCQB: NVLHF; FSE: 87K) (“Nevada Lithium” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide the core assay results for its first diamond drill hole from the 2024 drill program at its 100% owned Bonnie Claire lithium project (the “Project” or “Bonnie Claire”), located in Nye County, Nevada. BC2401C was drilled to 2,807 feet (856 m) and intersected the northeast continuation of the high-grade Lithium and Boron mineralized zone. The 518 ft (158 m) intercept is the thickest +5,000 ppm lithium interval drilled to date.

Nevada Lithium’s CEO, Stephen Rentschler, comments: “Results from the first hole of our 2024 drilling program (2401C) are tremendous, extending a zone of high-grade Lithium and Boron that remains open in three directions. Our final hole of the 2023 drilling program (2303C) set a very high bar for expectations, but the 2401C results have clearly exceeded them. The high-grade Lithium and Boron zone we first identified in hole 2203C now extends over 3,700 ft., (1137 m).

Only a few months ago, we were thrilled to report intercepts such as 4,221 ppm Lithium and 1.50% Boron over 560 feet (171m) in 2303C (See Company News Release dated May 22, 2024). Now we can report even higher grade Lithium and Boron results (5,105 ppm Lithium and 1.61% Boron over 518 feet (158m)) over very similar intercept lengths. 2401C is also the first hole where we have encountered greater than 100 continuous feet (30m) of mineralization averaging over 6,000 ppm Lithium”.

He continued, “We have recently finished our second hole at Bonnie Claire, 2402C, which is an in-fill hole designed to start the migration of our resources to measured and indicated status. We expect to receive assays from this hole in three to four weeks. The results from both 2401C and 2402C will then be included in an updated mineral resource estimate that will become part of an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA). While extremely happy to report these results to the market, we remain confident that this deposit has yet to reveal its best to us.”

Highlights:

  • BC2401C tested the high-grade Lithium and Boron mineralized zone an additional 1,135 ft (346 m) to the N-E is the best hole drilled to date at Bonnie Claire.

  • Deeper step-out drilling continues to find higher grade mineralization. The lower mineralized zone averages 3148 ppm Li and 0.96% B over 1500 ft (457 m), including a subinterval of 518 ft (158m) at 5,105 ppm Li and 1.61% B.   BC2401C is the first hole to contain over 100 continuous feet (30 meters) averaging over 6,000 ppm lithium.

  • Hole BC2401C was a 1,135 ft (346m) step-out and further confirms the continuation of deep mineralization discovered in BC-2301C and confirmed in BC2303C. Six holes have now intersected strata with +3,000 ppm mineralization with the widest intercept of 1,500 feet (457 meters) in intersected in BC2401C, the furthest east intercept. It is anticipated that the lateral extent of this +3,000 ppm mineralized zone will expand through further drilling.

  • The high-grade Lithium and Boron mineralized zone has now been traced 3,730 ft (1,137 m) in length and remains open in several directions.

  • The upper mineralized zone averages 973 ppm over 420 ft. Work continues to evaluate the potential for open-pit mining of the upper mineralized zone at Bonnie Claire.