Strike Length Increases to 44 Kilometers!
Usha Resources (TSXV:USHA; OTCQB:USHAF; FSE: JO0) has secured access to the nearby Lithium project area Abiwin in the northeast, which includes 38 mineral claims, in the immediate vicinity of its flagship project White Willow in Ontario. This adds additional target pegmatites to the existing ten targets already identified for Usha’s planned maiden drilling program. Combined, the White Willow LCT pegmatite field now covers a strike length of 44 kilometers.
The Abiwin mining claims are geologically similar to the White Willow property and are located along the trend of the Maple Leaf pegmatite and the fractionated pegmatite corridor identified on the White Willow property. With an area of 22,000 hectares, it now controls a significant portion of a new lithium district, near which other lithium companies have already successfully proven resources.
Preliminary prospecting on the Abiwin project led to the discovery of 29 pegmatite dykes. The muscovite geochemistry in these pegmatites indicates a highly fractionated signature. LIBS[i] analyses yielded up to 6,700 ppm rubidium (Rb) and a K/Rb ratio of ~13 (potassium/rubidium), indicating spodumene-type pegmatites. The White Willow LCT pegmatite field hosts ultramafic intrusions over ~44 kilometers, with historical assessment work reporting up to 33 g/t Pt+Pd and 3% Cu in grab samples and up to 0.72% Zn over 2 meters in chip samples.
Deepak Varshney, CEO of Usha Resources, stated: “The Abiwin claims are an exciting addition to our growing portfolio of critical metal occurrences in Ontario, and the preliminary results from the pegmatites underscore the potential for new discoveries in this rapidly expanding White Willow LCT pegmatite area. The claims are in an excellent environment for spodumene-type pegmatites, within the metasedimentary rocks of the Quetico Subprovince and only 3 kilometers from the Quetico Fault, offering enormous exploration potential not only for lithium but also for a wide range of critical metals.”
