Lithium Mineralisation Confirmed Over 3km Trend At Adina

Lithium exploration and development company Winsome Resources (ASX:WR1; “Winsome” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received assay results from the Adina East Prospect. Intersections are summarised in Table 1 and confirm the presence of high grade lithium mineralisation 1.9kms east of the Adina Main Zone. These results mean that mineralisation has now been defined over 3km at Adina, measured from the 2018 MetalsTech drilling at Adina¹ to the Adina Main Zone to Adina East (Figure 1). The relationship between these mineralised zones will be tested by forthcoming drilling.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Assay results from Adina East confirm high grade lithium mineralisation some 1.9km east of the Main Zone.
• New results are detailed in Table 1 and include:
  • 1.50% Li2O over 12.2m from 63.3m (AD-22-043),
  • 1.77% Li2O over 6.0m from 83.4m (AD-22-044), and
  • 1.26% Li2O over 15.0m from 47.4m (AD-22-045).
• These results bring the total strike length of lithium mineralised trend at Adina to over 3 km, with mineralisation remaining open to the east and west.
• High resolution gravity survey provides additional targets for discovery of new spodumene-bearing pegmatite swarms.
• Third drill rig being mobilised to test targets delineated in gravity survey as well as potential strike and depth extensions to main pegmatite body.

“We have now extended the strike of lithium mineralisation at Adina to 3 kilometres and it remains open to both the east and west. As part of our expanded drilling programme we will continue to test the broader Adina project to determine the scale of mineralisation as well as the link between Adina East, Adina Main and the previous drilling undertaken at Adina by MetalsTech. We look forward to further results from our intensive drilling campaign in coming weeks.”

Table 1. Key mineralised intercepts, Adina East Zone

Commentary on Adina East results

The presence of mineralisation away from the Adina Main Zone is not unexpected given the mineralisation delineated previously by MetalsTech. A 10-hole reconnaissance diamond drilling campaign was completed in 2018 with multiple, well-mineralised pegmatite zones intersected over a strike length of approximately 800m². This area was the initial focus of Winsome’s exploration at Adina until the Jamar discovery, which is now referred to as the Adina Main Zone. Significant results from this drilling include:

• 3.20m @ 1.45% Li2O from 95.89m (AD18-001)
• 3.89m @ 1.40% Li2O from 8.78m (AD18-002)
• 0.92m @ 1.85% Li2O from 87.06m (AD18-003)
• 4.42m @ 1.42% Li2O from 92.80m (AD18-003)
• 3.37m @ 1.32% Li2O from 40.63m (AD18-004)
• 8.02m @ 1.27% Li2O from 52.34m (AD18-005)
• 2.11m @ 1.24% Li2O from 38.00m (AD18-006)
• 1.54m @ 1.50% Li2O from 43.86m (AD18-006)

Lithium mineralisation at all three prospects (Adina Main, Adina East and Adina) occurs as spodumene crystals hosted in pegmatite with no obvious visual differences observed during logging. Multiple phases of pegmatitic intrusions are suspected to have occurred over time as detailed previously and accordingly it is currently not known whether the three prospects represent the same body, offset by faulting, or represent three or more phases of intrusive activity. Further drilling and analysis will be required to ascertain this and allow a robust geological model to be built up.

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