In a note to investors, the Australia Stock Exchange (ASX)-listed Prospect said it would be devoting its energies to exploiting the Step Aside resource, boosted by a US$21 million war chest. “The successful completion of our Arcadia transaction continues to attract first-rate partners seeking development partners, putting the organisation in a leading position to capitalise on the mineral rich sub-Saharan region,” managing director and CEO, Sam Hosack, said as he shared results for the quarter ended December 2022 with investors.
His report included findings from Prospect’s first exploratory drilling campaign at Step Aside during the quarter.
The project is a single claim with a total area of about 100 hectares within the Harare Greenstone Belt, west of the Mashonganyika Fault, and is eight kilometres north of Arcadia Lithium Mine.
Prospect owns the claim outright.
Positive historical regional stream and soil sample geochemical results, according to Prospect, have demonstrated the lithium potential of Step Aside.
In July 2022, Prospect began a preliminary reverse circulation and diamond drilling campaign at Step Aside.
Drilling activities for the programme’s 30 holes, totalling 1 636 metres, were finished in October.
The Step Aside surface pegmatites that were outcropping, surveyed, and identified were the focus of the drilling activity.
According to the firm, the main goal of this programme was to define the geometry, grade and type of the pegmatites and lithium mineralisation.
Prospect said it had cash reserves of over A$30,3 million (US$21,47 million), placing it in a good position to operate during the current year.
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