Pegmatite Body At Adina Extended To 1,600m Of Potential Strike By Step-Out Drilling

Winsome Resource (ASX:WR1; “Winsome” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing diamond drilling program at its 100 per cent-owned Adina project in Quebec, Canada.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Strike of the Adina pegmatite has increased to a potential 1,600m, with step out drilling intersecting spodumene-bearing pegmatite almost 1km east of previous reported intersections.
  
• Second drill rig is now operating at Adina to fast track the expanded drilling programme.
• Drilling continues to intersect broad widths of spodumene bearing pegmatite including:
  • 52.2m in AD-22-059 (from 118.2m)
  • 50.8m in AD-22-037 (from 162.3m)
  • 49.9m in AD-22-042 (from 30.7m)
• Samples from previous drilling with visual lithium mineralisation in core are being analysed with results expected to be received and released shortly.

A second drilling rig has been mobilised to Adina and begun drilling on site. This will enable the Company to rapidly progress its expanded drilling programme of 20,000 metres. Drilling will focus on the Adina Main (Jamar) zone for Q1 CY2023, after which drilling will test other targets within the Adina property.

The Company anticipates being able to provide the next set of assay results shortly.

WINSOME RESOURCES MANAGING DIRECTOR CHRIS EVANS SAID:

“This new intersection of spodumene bearing pegmatite further to the East of the Jamar discovery not only significantly extends the total known strike length of mineralisation at Adina but validates the use of gravity surveys to successfully identify pegmatites which are under cover and thus not visible via surface exploration. This opens up a raft of additional targets recently identified using gravity surveys at Adina and potentially further drilling in the latter half of 2023. Well done to the Winsome team working hard on site to produce these exciting results.”

Adina East

As summarised above drill hole AD-22-043 has validated the Company’s previous hypothesis that the Adina Main (or Jamar) pegmatite body extends east from the main / discovery outcrop. This was based on the apparent relationship with a large and continuous gravity low which trends eastward from Adina Main. AD- 22-043 was drilled to test this trend and intersected 17.1m of spodumene bearing pegmatite. As a result this intersection extends the strike length of the pegmatite body to some 1,600 metres, representing a step out of 1.0km from previously reported drilling (see Figures 1, 2 and ASX Announcement 6 January 2023). Significantly, the pegmatite body remains open to the east, southwest as well as down dip.

20 drillholes have now been planned between the Adina Far East zone (intersected in AD-22-043) and the Adina Main zone, as well as to test other gravity lows and target anomalies where buried pegmatites are interpreted to occur. Drilling of these targets is scheduled to commence approximately 8 weeks after resource drilling at Adina Main has been completed.

Adina Main

Drilling is now concentrating on the Adina Main zone with the goal of drilling out the pegmatite body at a regular spacing. As of 19th January 2023, the Company had completed over 4,700m of NQ diamond core drilling across 24 holes. A further 30 holes for approximately 7,500 metres are planned to be completed by the end of Q1 CY2023 which will provide data over a strike length of 700 metres, and down to 250m from surface.

The key new results from the Adina Main drilling program since the last update (see ASX announcement dated 6 January 2023) are set out below in Table 1 and shown on Figure 1. The majority are from the eastern portion of the Main Zone, with multiple [thick] intersections of spodumene-bearing pegmatite on each section.

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