Summit Minerals Limited’s recently conducted comprehensive satellite and radar survey at the Castor Lithium Project in Canada has identified lithium-bearing minerals at over 100 potential targets for exploration activities.
Following this, subsequent field investigations will be conducted through rock fragmentation and mapping at the Quebec, Canada site.
Summit Minerals Limited has employed Sentinel and Radar imagery for the analysis in order to accelerate and hone exploration targeting while the company waits for fire restrictions to lift on the site.
The new lithium targets showcase the presence of Sentinel and ALOS-1 footprints, historical rock geochemistry and unique geological features at the project site.
The areas that have been identified with high potential for pegmatite and lithium are now being ranked and prioritised based on Sentinel and Radar feedback, geological mapping and established rock geochemistry.
Several pegmatite occurrences spanning over a 33-kilometre strike length along the Greenstone Belt of Lake Yasinski have also been mapped.
Summit Minerals Limited Exploration Manager Jonathan King said: “The application of remote sensing techniques at Castor has culminated in us identifying multiple targets, including interpreted outcropping pegmatites and potential pegmatite-bearing structures, many with spectral and petrophysical similarities to the lithium-bearing pegmatites on Patriot Battery Metals’ nearby Corvette Project and Winsome’s Cancet Project.”
A high-definition LiDAR survey is also scheduled for late August to early September.