Critical Elements has discovered a new in-situ mineralization of allanite or colombite, molybdenite and phosphate at its BC Niobium, Tantalum & Rare Earths Elements property.
Currently, the company has completed an aerial survey and has obtained the initial aerial radiometrics and magnetic information from Aeroquest and it is employing this information aggressively to design traverses for Hiren, Kin, IRC and Trident.
The campaign has incorporated the silt-stream samples compilation for the Hiren, Kin and Trident properties. The silt program produced 1.6 silts / sq. km of sample density in average and returned 312 silt samples totally. The field camp has used a handy XRF for testing the silt samples, and the XRF has significantly helped the field traverses direction during 2011.
The program received the support of both infield XRF silt-stream analysis and the aerial information. New considerable in-situ mineralization, which is in the form of allanite or colombite, molybdenite and phosphate connected along with quartz, aplitic granite and syenite layers were revealed by the Kin property’s traverses. Nearly all these mineralized systems are related with thorium radiometric anomalies with analogous features to the mineralization seen in the high-grade REE boulder samples that were collected in 2010 and yielded up to 2.7% Nb2O5 and 5.26% TREO. Additionally, the company has identified ±5 m broad molybdenite-bearing sills at the Trident property during this season.
The company was delighted to have Leo Millonig for a part of the Trident-Kin program. Several samples have been gathered by him to support the mineral discovery.