Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (ASX: PMT) (TSXV: PMET) has traced the CV5 spodumene pegmatite continuously by drilling over a lateral distance of at least 3.15 km and remains open along strike at its wholly owned Corvette Property, located in the James Bay Region of Quebec.
The winter phase of the drill campaign is focused on the CV5 Pegmatite, located approximately 13.5 km south of the regional and all-weather Trans-Taiga Road and powerline infrastructure and is currently accessible by winter road.
Since the last drill programme update, the company has reported a further extension of the CV5 Pegmatite eastwardly by 550 m – to 3.15 km combined strike length – through dominantly spodumene-bearing pegmatite in drill holes moving eastwardly from CV23-108 through 125. Each hole over this 550 m corridor has intersected various widths of continuous pegmatite, dominantly spodumene-bearing, ranging in width from approximately 5 m to 50 m (core length).
As of March 20, 2023, the company has completed 52)drill holes with another seven actively coring, for a collective total of 59 holes and 21,780 m (CV23-105 to 163).
Six of these rigs are active at the CV5 Pegmatite with one rig active at a different area of the Property testing a potential infrastructure location in support of advancing the Pre-Feasibility Study.
The CV5 Pegmatite continues to grow, having been now traced continuously over a strike length of 3.15 km, drill hole to drill hole, and remains open at both ends along strike, and at depth along most of its length,” Vice President of Exploration, Darren Smith, said.
“Although hindered by an uncharacteristically warm winter period, limiting amenability of ice-based drilling, we have been able to meet and already exceed our winter programme objectives in terms of meterage drilled and new spodumene pegmatite discovered. We are now within approximately 1.5 km of the CV4 Pegmatite cluster to the east and have just begun to step-out westwardly towards the CV13 Pegmatite cluster.”
