Patriot Battery Metals (TSX-V: PMET) has released core assay results for 12 additional drill holes at its wholly-owned Corvette lithium property in Canada. The company’s main focus has been on the CV5 pegmatite, situated about 13.5 kilometers south of the regional Trans-Taiga Road and powerline infrastructure in Quebec’s James Bay region.
The drilling targeted mineralization at shallow to mid-level depths along a significant strike length of the pegmatite, with notable intercepts including 113.4m at 1.61% lithium oxide from 162.1m, 38m at 2.17% lithium, and 28.6m at 2.31% lithium.
In one drill hole, 20 individual samples returned grades exceeding 3% lithium oxide, with two adjacent samples averaging 2m at 6.41% lithium and containing a large spodumene crystal. This crystal is believed to be the largest discovered at the property to date.
Additionally, high-grade pegmatite in another hole extended to the surface, showing 39.9m at 1.30% lithium oxide from 69.9m, including 18m at 2.28% from shallow depths.
Tantalum grades remain strong at the CV5 pegmatite, with individual 1m samples showing over 1,000 parts per million tantalum pentoxide in six of the 12 holes. High-grade lithium-tantalum intervals included 18m at 2.16% lithium oxide and 316ppm tantalum pentoxide, along with 42.2m at 1.52% lithium oxide and 300ppm tantalum pentoxide.
Patriot anticipates further defining the tantalum zonation at Corvette with the return of all drill core assays. Tantalum is considered a secondary commodity of interest at the property, and the company plans to explore recovery into a marketable concentrate as they advance flowsheet studies.
