Brunswick Exploration Inc., a Montreal-based mineral exploration venture, announced that it has staked multiple claim groups totaling 115,837 hectares in west-central Nova Scotia, all within the massive peraluminous South Mountain Batholith, about 30 km west of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Maritimes Critical Minerals Claims. Image Credit: Brunswick Exploration Inc.
We have further expanded our grassroot lithium portfolio with additional properties in Nova Scotia. Once more, we are the first to assemble comprehensive regional critical metals properties and we believe we have secured the best targets throughout the province. Nova Scotia is a great jurisdiction with a storied mining history and current operating mines.
Mr. Killian Charles, President, Brunswick Exploration Inc.
Mr. Killian Charles adds, “BRW has now secured a host of exciting targets in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and we continue to see multiple opportunities to expand our portfolio. Our Phase 1 exploration program will focus on prospecting and soil/stream sampling and is expected to begin in Q2 in all three provinces. We look forward to putting Eastern Canada on the map for critical metal exploration and discovery.”
The merged critical metals land package in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick consists of 2000 claims covering over 150,000 hectares of land. Numerous historical exhibits and above 150 peraluminous pegmatite dykes coincidental with lithium till and rock anomalies have been discovered in this fast-expanding portfolio.
Nova Scotia Critical Metals Project Overview
The properties, which are about 30 km west of Halifax, consist of 6,524 claims and 87 licenses with a total surface area of 105,624 hectares. Within the South Mountain Batholith (“SMB”), there are over 100 pegmatite dykes that have never been explored for lithium (spodumene mineralization).
Till samples were taken at roughly 2 km intervals over areas underlain by numerous Devonian granitoids of the SMB as well as Cambrian Meguma sediments by the Government of Nova Scotia. Lithium and tin values in multiple till and rock samples from the government database were highly anomalous. The Brazil Lake lithium deposit and the East Kemptville Tin mine (Rio Algom 1985–1992) are both located within or close proximity to the SMB.