VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals" or the "Company") (TSXV: PWM) (FRANKFURT: OAA1) (OTCQB: PWRMF) is pleased to announce that it has mobilized a diamond drill rig to commence its winter 2024 exploration drill program (the "Program") at its 100% owned Case Lake Property (the "Property") in northeastern Ontario. A total of 4,000 meters of drilling is planned to delineate and extend Lithium – Cesium – Tantalum (LCT) mineralization along geological strike and down-dip of known mineralization in the Property. The Company has completed several successful drill campaigns that intersected high grade Lithium and Cesium mineralization at Case Main and West Joe deposits between 2017 and 2022 (See News Releases reported in November 2022, September 2018, & November 2017).
Johnathan More, Chairman of Power Metals commented, "We are very excited to be back at Case Lake and look forward to a successful launch of our winter 2024 exploration program. We believe in the exploration upside at Case Lake, one of the few projects in the world that contain Cesium mineralization in Pollucite and look forward to drill test the high priority exploration targets our team have been able to identify."
Case Lake Property
The Case Lake Property is located 80 km east of Cochrane, northeastern Ontario close to the Ontario - Quebec border. The Property consists of 585 cell claims in Steele, Case, Scapa, Pliny, Abbotsford and Challies townships, Larder Lake Mining Division. The Property is 10 km by 9.5 km in size with 14 granitic domes. The Case Lake pegmatite swarm consists of six spodumene dikes known as the North, Main, South, East and Northeast dikes on the Henry Dome, and the West Joe dike on a new dome, collectively forming mineralization trend that extends for about 10 km.
Power Metals have completed several exploration campaigns that have led to the discovery and expansion of new and historic spodumene bearing LCT pegmatites at Case Lake. The Company has drilled a total of 15,700 meters of core between 2017 and 2022 at the Property. The Case Lake Property is owned 100% by Power Metals Corp. A National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report has been prepared on Case Lake Property and filed on July 18, 2017.
Figure 1 - Case Lake property map showing spodumene bearing LCT pegmatite dikes & regional distribution of pegmatite bearing granitic domes (CNW Group/POWER METALS CORP)
Figure 2 – Case Lake property map showing Li2O (%) in rock samples and location of untested target areas (CNW Group/POWER METALS CORP)
Scientific and Technical Disclosure
The scientific and technical disclosure included in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Amanuel Bein, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for Power Metals, a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects.
Power Metals
Power Metals Corp. is a diversified Canadian mining company with a mandate to explore, develop and acquire high quality mining projects. We are committed to building an arsenal of projects in both lithium and high-growth specialty metals and minerals. We see an unprecedented opportunity to supply the tremendous growth of the lithium battery and clean-technology industries. Learn more at www.powermetalscorp.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Johnathan More, Chairman & Director
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