Midland Exploration, in partnership with Rio Tinto (RIO) Exploration Canada, announced preliminary results from the first drilling campaign for lithium on the Galinee project, and results from surface prospecting on Galinee, Wookie, and Shire projects. The 2024 drilling campaign’s main objective was to test the 2023 Iceberg, Iceberg South and Iceberg South-West lithium showings while prospecting aimed to find new showings. This press release reports results from the first thirteen drill holes of the 2024 campaign out of a total of twenty-eight. The Galinee project is located approximately 5 kilometers east of the Adina lithium deposit held by Winsome Resources, is wholly owned by Midland, and is subject to an option agreement signed with RTEC in June 2023 and amended in April 2024. Highlights: On Galinee, best results from the first thirteen drill holes out of twenty-eight: 1.38% Li2O over 37.86 meters, including 1.88% Li2O over 21.35 meters; 1.94% Li2O over 20.97 meters, and also 2.47% Li2O over 11.52 meters; 1.49% Li2O over 26.50 meters, including 1.85% Li2O over 19.20 meters; 0.89% Li2O over 33.30 meters, including 1.87% Li2O over 16.70 meters; On Galinee, at least seven meter to decameter-scale spodumene pegmatites were intersected during the 2024 drilling campaign, which remain open and further to be tested; On Galinee, two new lithium showings were identified in 2024,White Lightning and Snow Fox, with selected grab samples up to 4.62% Li2O and 4.19% Li2O respectively; On Wookie, identification of the Grogu spodumene pegmatite showing.
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