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VANCOUVER, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - PETRO HORIZON
ENERGY CORP. (TSXV.PHE), announces that it is pleased to report
that a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report on the
Brazil Lake property (BLP) has
been filed on the Sedar system and is also available on the
Company's website at www.petrohorizonenergy.com.
The Report, prepared for the Company by Mercator Geological
Services (Mercator) of Dartmouth,
provides the first comprehensive description of the geology and
compilation of available information pertaining to a potential
lithium deposit on the 3,160 acre property located approximately 30
kilometres north of Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia, and 12 kilometres west of the Avalon Rare Metals
(AVL) East Kemptville Project.
Ron Bourgeois, President, states
"with confirmation of the projects's merits and detailed
recommendations of drilling by Mercator, the Company can advance
this project to the next stage."
Highlights of the NI 43-101 compliant report are:
- Work to date shows that Li2O grades of economic interest are present.
More specifically, hole BZ-02-15 returned a weighted average Li2O
grade of 1.47% over a true width of 12.53 m, beginning at a down hole
depth of 30.9 m, and BZ-93-4 returned a weighted average grade of
1.27% Li2O over 20.9 m true width, beginning at a down hole depth of
47.1 m. These intercepts and others contain sub-interval Li2O grades
exceeding 2.5%. This indicates that potential exists at the BLP for
definition of mineralized zones at insitu Li2O grades comparable to
the 2.76% Li2O reserve grade of the underground Cabot owned TANCO
Mine at Bernic Lake, Manitoba, but over thinner true widths to date.
- Thin overburden at Brazil Lake would factor favorably in economic
analysis of lower cost open pit development, while near vertical dip
orientation of the dikes could factor favorably in consideration of
subsequent underground mining of thinner, high grade shoots within
the dikes.
- Prior work by Champlain Minerals Inc. has also been directed toward
definition of valuable mineral or metal components of the BLP dikes
additional to lithium, and preliminary results show that potential
exists for creation of industrial mineral products such feldspar,
quartz and mica. The company is also investigating potential for
recovery of rubidium, tantalum and tin from dike materials.
- Initial processing studies directed toward beneficiation of lithium
bearing spodumene, as well as feldspar, quartz and mica have returned
favourable results but additional work is required on this front.
- The presently known North Dike and South Dike pegmatites of the BLP,
along with adjacent boulder prospect areas such as those at
Deerfield, Army Road, Church Road and Gardiners Mills define a
district scale area in which additional spodumene-bearing pegmatites
can be expected to occur. The North Dike and South Dike provide
indications of lithium grades that can be expected in this setting
and are considered to be of economic interest under current market
conditions. Combined attributes of the BLP are further interpreted as
indicating that good potential exists for new discoveries of
spodumene-bearing pegmatites, and that further exploration to
evaluate district-scale potential is warranted.
- Future exploration should include additional drilling-based
evaluation of the North Dike and South Dike pegmatites as well as
continuation of basic exploration programs along the favourable
northeast trend of the BLP. Drilling focus should initially be placed
on assessment of the North Dike, with particular attention given to
testing of the potential downplunge extension of the dike's thickened
central zone of enhanced spodumene occurrence.
- Regional property exploration should be pursued with emphasis
initially placed on detailed prospecting in all areas not covered to
date. This will serve to identify glacial float trains and provide
target areas for focused follow-up by surface trenching or reverse
circulation drilling methods to test for bedrock pegmatite sources.
- Further laboratory metallurgical study of spodumene, mica, silica and
feldspar beneficiation methods is necessary to better establish
technical and costing parameters for future economic assessment of
the BLP.
J. Paul Sorbara, M. Sc., P.Geo, a
Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 is responsible for the
technical information contained in this release.
On Behalf of the board of directors
"Ron Bourgeois"
Ron Bourgeois, President
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Petro Horizon's interim and annual financial statements and
management's discussion and analysis of those statements, all of
which are filed and available for review on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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