Zenith Minerals has commenced drilling at the Yilmia Lithium Project, located south of Coolgardie in Western Australia.

The Yilmia Lithium Project is situated in a geological setting akin to the recent Kangaroo Hills lithium pegmatite discovery by Future Battery Metals.

Zenith is the first to test the area for lithium pegmatites. Initial findings from Zenith’s first drill line confirm the extension of the greenstone host under soil cover into the project area. Notably, three holes within this drill line intersected pegmatites, with thicknesses reaching up to 20m.

Comprehensive geophysical data combined with historic soil geochemistry, primarily targeting nickel, suggests that the project is likely to encompass an eight-kilometre-long greenstone package, which is deemed highly prospective for lithium pegmatites on the southern edge of the Woolgangie Monzogranite.

A pronounced aeromagnetic anomaly aligns with ultramafic and mafic rock units, as indicated on government geological maps, further to the east of the Yilmia project area. This anomaly extends through the northern part of the project area, under soil cover, suggesting the greenstone belt’s potential extension further west through the Yilmia project’s tenure.

Historic soil sampling programs and a previous EM geophysical survey, conducted during nickel exploration, further support the presence of greenstone within the Yilmia project area. Given the absence of rock outcrop within the target zone, drill testing is imperative.

Zenith has initiated a program of approximately 3,000 to 6,000m of aircore drilling on 800m spaced lines to examine the lithium target zone. The first line of drill holes completed at the project area’s eastern margin intersected pegmatites up to 20m thick, within a greenstone host rock package comprising ultramafic and mafic lithologies. All assay results are currently pending.