In a recent update, the top miner said the discoveries were found over substantial widths in the first two holes with the longest running zone stretching from 28.3 meters (m) to 46.3m in hole KSDD001.
The firm said analysis would be needed to determine quantities of the metal but maintained the preliminary core analysis was indicative of lithium-bearing LCT pegmatites.
Galileo chairman and CEO,
"We are pleased with the thickness of the pegmatite intersections and are highly encouraged by the low potassium/rubidium ratios, which academia and past practice show to be often strongly indicative of lithium presence.
"We are preparing to dispatch some of the core to get an early indication of lithium content," he said.
Galileo has a current interest of 29% in the two Projects (collectively known as the Sinamatella licenses), held through its interest in
It is also working on the
The company believes that little exploration has been carried out on the license area in the past 25+ years on the back of good historical data available to advance exploration for lithium.
The license area encloses extensions and splays of the
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