NW Ontario Projects

Overview

The Superior Craton of NW Ontario contains lithium resources combined of over 100 Mt. Narryer see this this region to be highly prospective and acquired the Hailstone Project in 2023. In late 2023, the company identified through a regional lithium targeting exercise of vacant ground in the Superior Province in NW Ontario region (Figures 6) by CSA Global (ERM), Perth other key opportunities. Narryer identified low-cost entry, greenfield opportunities at Zircon Lake and Sapawe Projects. Fieldwork in these regions underway in 2024.

The Sapawe Li Project (61km2 in area) is situated approximately 150km WNW of Thunder Bay, with the mineral claims proximal to the Trans-Canada Highway, a major rail network and the town of Atikokan. The area surrounding the Sapawe mineral claims has been a focus for gold, base metal and PGE exploration and mining, with Rio Tinto, Solstice Gold, and Agnico Eagle active nearby. The Sapawe mining claim area features metasediments near a two-mica granite intrusive system, with known nearby LCT pegmatites, and runs along major tectonic-scale structures. The Quetico Subprovince is a fertile lithium region, containing the Georgia Lake (Rocktech Lithium, TXS-V:RCK) and Jackpot (Imagine Lithium, TXS-V:ILI) Lithium Projects, as well as other spodumene hosted pegmatite discoveries. This includes LCT pegmatites observed in adjacent tenure to Sapawe (White Willow Li Project of Usha Resources, TSX-V:USHA).

Map showing location of 2 mica granites and registered Li, Cs and Rb mineral occurrences, in relation to the Sapawe Project

The Zircon Lake Li Project (90 km2 in area) is situated ~200km NE of Thunder Bay and is ~70km by road from the town of Terrace Bay on Lake Superior. The area is dominated by forestry land but contains outcrop. It is situated in the Quetico sub province, which contains the Georgia Lake Li Deposit (TSX-V:RCK), Jackpot Lithium Deposit (TSX-V:ILI) and the recent Riches lithium discovery (TSX-V:TEA). Key targeting criteria for ground selection was: 1) known lithium province (Quetico Li District); 2) the presence of two mica granite intruding metasediments, with tenure occupying the potential “Goldilocks Zone” (this is the optimum distance from a fertile granite, where potential lithium-hosted pegmatites may occur); 3) evidence of major NE-SE trending crustal structure; 4) and mapped pegmatites.

Quetico Lithium District, showing lithium occurrences and mapped 2 mica granites, with location of Zircon Lake Project.

The Hailstone Project is ~ 45 km northwest of the Root Bay Lithium Project (Green Technology Metals) and 16 km east of both the Whitecap and Allison Lake North LCT pegmatite swarm. To the west and northwest of the Hailstone Project there are several LCT pegmatite occurrences within the Allison Lake Batholith and the surrounding metasedimentary rocks.

Fieldwork in 2023 identified pegmatites intruding metasedimentary rocks, Sampling identified a feldspar fractionation trend to follow up in 2024.