Overview
The Ear Falls project covers the Sandy Creek pegmatite and is located near the town of Ear Falls, Ontario. The land package includes a 13 kilometer long structural controlled exploration corridor that was delineated by the metasedimentary granite contact and outlined by a <100 K/Rb fractionation contour. Measuring the ratio variations between potassium (“K”), cesium (“Cs”), rubidium (“Rb”) in samples is a common and useful exploration tool to display the fractionation trend or the relative degree of evolution of S-type, peraluminous granites and related pegmatite granites and the rare-element pegmatite groups that fractionated from the parent granitic rocks.
After the discovery of the spodumene-bearing pegmatites at Ear Falls, a former operator carried out a more advanced exploration program with the objective to gather additional geological data to construct a more complete geological model of the Ear Falls spodumene system. The program included high resolution drone imagery, detailed mapping, stripping, channel sampling, and drill testing the spodumene zone. During the program, a total of 205 individual pegmatite outcrops were mapped along the main structural controlled exploration corridor. Both the stripping and the channel sampling programs extended the spodumene pegmatites and exposed subparallel dykes on surface. A 2023 drilling program, consisting of 7 holes covering the 125 meter strike length of the spodumene zone, better defined the structural control and the composition of the pegmatites as well as the distribution of the spodumene.