92 Resources Updates on Metallurgical Program for Hidden Lake Lithium Project

92 Resources Corp. (TSXV:NTY) released an update on the Phase I preliminary metallurgical program for its Northwest Territories-based Hidden Lake lithium project.
As quoted in the press release:

The metallurgical program is the first applied to the pegmatites forming the Hidden Lake Project, and is comprised of two phases; mineralogy, and mineral processing. The Company is pleased to report that the Phase I mineralogy program is now well-advanced, with QEMSCAN and Electron Probe Micro Analysis (EPMA) work completed on the four composite samples representing the HL1, HL3, HL4, and D12 pegmatites.

Highlights include:

• Bulk mineralogy and liberation are very similar across all four pegmatite composites (HL1, HL3, HL4, and D12)
• Spodumene is confirmed as the primary host of lithium
• Spodumene is coarse grained, with very good liberation characteristics
• Iron content of the spodumene is low, averaging 0.22% FeO
• Columbite group minerals are the primary host to the Ta, and may potentially be recoverable
• All work to date indicates that conventional flowsheet approaches for processing of spodumene bearing pegmatites are applicable

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