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Nevada Energy Metals (TSXV:BFF) (OTCQB:SSLMF) announced that it has acquired 160 placer claims, with an area of 3,200 acres/1,295 hectares, located in northern Big Smokey Valley, Township 13N., Range 43E, Nye County, Nevada.
Nevada Energy Metals (TSXV:BFF) (OTCQB:SSLMF) announced that it has acquired 160 placer claims, with an area of 3,200 acres/1,295 hectares, located in northern Big Smokey Valley, Township 13N., Range 43E, Nye County, Nevada.
As quoted in the press release:
The claims were located with the benefit of historical brine sampling results for lithium in the basin. Values were reported in the range of 130 to 155 ppm lithium for 4 samples (J.R. Davis, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Co.). The northern basin is fed by geothermal brines that are meteoric waters heated by relatively deep circulation in the earth’s crust. The dominant structural controls bounding the playa are high angle, large displacement “normal” faults which provide conduits for fluid migration and dictate resource localization.
Gravity survey results indicate an asymmetrical nature of the subsurface in the central and southern portions of the basin and that there is subsurface closure of the valley as it approaches Round Mountain to the south. Gravity data also indicates the presence of subsurface structural features associated with three of the known high temperature geothermal systems in the area. The depth of valley fill is calculated to be approximately 5,100 feet.
Nevada Energy Metals CEO, Rick Wilson, stated:
We are thrilled about adding a sixth lithium exploration project to our growing portfolio of properties. The desert basins of Nevada are virtually unexplored by deep drilling for lithium brine deposits that are similar to Clayton Valley. I am looking forward to an exciting exploration season this year and next.
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