Recently listed Pioneer Lithium (ASX: PLN) has commenced a short and concentrated field exploration programme at the newly optioned Benham Lithium Project, located in the north-west region of Ontario, Canada.
This is our first opportunity to explore the ground at Benham. It is a great effort by the team to have mobilised so quickly to commence a prospecting and mapping campaign, just a week and a half since executing the option agreement,” managing director Clinton Booth said.
Field Work Programme
The targeted fieldwork programme, which is being undertaken in conjunction with experienced lithium geological consultants Coast Mountain Geological (CMG), will include geological mapping to identify pegmatite outcrops, structural interpretation, and the collection of rock chip samples for geochemical analysis, with the aim of identifying favourable host rocks, geotectonic setting and testing for the dispersion of LCT (Lithium-Caesium- Tantalum) pegmatite-associated geochemistry and accessory minerals.
The Benham Project comprises 30 claims totalling approximately 1,245ha, located immediately south of the boundary between the Winnipeg River and Western Wabigoon Sub-provinces of the Archaean Superior Craton, straddling a narrow greenstone belt proximal to the peraluminous, two-mica Ghost Lake Batholith and its smaller satellites.
The project is located approximately 70km west of Critical Resources’ Mavis Lake Lithium Project, which comprises over 20 LCT (Lithium-Caesium-Tantalum) pegmatites that are genetically related to the Ghost Lake Batholith.
