Nevada Energy Metals Inc. "the Company" (TSX-V: BFF; OTCQB: SSMLF; Frankfurt:
A2AFBV) is pleased to announce that a surface sampling program designed
to test for lithium values in playa evaporates has been initiated at
the Company's 100% owned Black Rock Desert Project. Geochemical sample
points are being arranged on a grid pattern of 11 lines spaced 400
meters apart with stations every 200 meters along the lines. It is
expected that 170 sample points will be measured. Results should be
available in approximately 3 weeks.
The
Black Rock Desert Lithium Project consists of 128 placer claims, (2,560
acres/ 1,036 hectares) located in southwest Black Rock Desert, Washoe County, Nevada. The nearest population center is the town of Gerlach, which lies 177 kilometers north of Reno.
The
western arm of the Black Rock Desert covers an area of about 2,000
square kilometers and contains 5 of the 30 currently listed Known
Geothermal Resource Areas in Nevada.
The property covers an area of playa underlain by a moderately deep
basin interpreted from gravity and seismic surveys indicating a maximum
thickness of valley-fill deposits of about 1,200 m/ 3,600 ft. A high
salt content prevents any significant vegetation from growing on the
playa surface. Locally, the basin is being fed in part by boiling
springs and siliceous sinter containing strongly anomalous Lithium
values (up to 3.5 ppm) that flank the property on the west side. (U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 81-918.) While these lithium values
are well below those of producing lithium bines, they do represent a
significant source of metal available for evaporative concentration
within the playa basin.
The
company plans to carry out additional exploration programs this fall to
determine the potential for an economic lithium brine deposit. Future
exploration will consist of shallow auger sampling followed by a high
resolution geophysical program to define potential drill targets.
Nevada Energy Metals has acquired a 100% interest in the property, free of royalty payments.
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