BACKGROUND
- The project is located in Belleterre Quebec, 95 kilometers south of Rouyn-Noranda and is located within a favourable geological setting for multiple critical minerals.
- Vior has assembled a district scale land package consisting of 1,195 claims covering over 670sq.km within the Belleterre Greenstone Belt region.
- Belleterre Critical Project includes 741 Claims coving an area of 424 km.sq
- The project hosts the former high-grade Belleterre Gold Mine and is also in close proximity to the past producing Magmatic Ni-Cu Mine Lorraine (600 000 tonnes at 0.47 % Ni, 1.08 % Cu) and is 20 km south of the advanced Tansim Lithium Project, owned by Sayona Mining Ltd (“Sayona”) (ASX:SYA).
GEOLOGY
- Vior delineated, over 80 km, a prospective critical mineral corridor that contours the East and South flank of the Belleterre Gold Project. Extending south of from the Reservoir Decelles Batholith (RDB) through the Pontiac Sedimentary Belt this corridor includes multiple base metal showings and historic EM anomalies. Additionally, pathfinder indicator elements for lithium have been documented in a prospective pegmatite dyke swarms to the North, similar to the Tansim project.
- Initial findings have already indicated the occurrence of two-mica granites and swarms of pegmatites, significant precursors for the formation of lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites.
NEXT STEPS
- The team is focused on validating all available exploration historic data and advancing a regional geological, geochemical and geophysical mapping program.
- The primary objective is to thoroughly map and sample the highly prospective base metal corridors and lithium-bearing pegmatites. Access for prospecting in the region is exceptionally favourable, facilitated by the presence of multiple all-season logging roads and ATV trails.
- Vior is employing portable X-ray fluorescence (“pXRF”) field measurements to enhance the accuracy of identifying base metal mineralization and confirming the presence of evolved LCT pegmatites.