Mr. Chris Eager reports
RESOURO STRATEGIC METALS INC TIROS DRILLING CONTINUING TO DELIVER HIGH GRADE RESULTS
Resouro Strategic Metals Inc. has provided an
update
on
activities
at
the
Tiros
rare
earths and titanium project in Brazil.
Highlights from the latest drilling results include:
ACTIR33
-
40
metres
at
4,343ppm
TREO
1,000ppm
NdPr
and
11.46%
TiO2,
from
10
metres
ACTIR36
-
40
metres
at
4,576ppm
TREO
and
928ppm
NdPr
and
15.15%
TiO2,
from
6
metres
Exploration
The drilling campaign at Tiros has been designed to increase the geological understanding of the Tiros central Mineral Rights to enable a geological resource model to be produced and to estimate a Maiden JORC Resource. A large number of samples from the recent drilling are still at the laboratory awaiting analysis.
The
results
announced
to
date,
including
those
in
the
Company's announcement of January 18, 2024 - "Recent Drilling Results Released Producing Highest Grade/Thickness Results from the
Tiros Project") together with the results detailed in this announcement, demonstrate the significant potential for Tiros to be an industry leading project.
Selected Intercepts from the latest drilling at Tiros include;
To
date
the
orebody
is
open
in
all
directions and has continued to show drilling and assays in all directions containing the typical high-grade materials found and reported to date. For the full details refer to Table -1, see below for the details. The potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.
Exploration has focused on the Tiros Block located in the centre of the Project Area, which makes up approximately 9% of the total 477km
2 Tiros Project (see
Figure 1
). RSM recently acquired additional Mineral Rights in the Northern and Southern areas, and initial exploration data indicates similar potential to the Tiros central tenements. Resouro's exploration team has developed a scout drilling plan to further assess the potential of Capacete Formation identified in the new Mineral Rights.
Figure
1
The Tiros Project showing the recently completed exploration in the Tiros central tenements (yellow) and the recently
approved
and
existing
tenements
to
the
north
and
south presently
being
scheduled
for exploration
Metallurgical Testwork
Resouro has commenced engaging a number of leading laboratory and subject matter experts to undertake conventional Ionic Clay Extraction and non-conventional tests that have shown promise of much greater recoveries seen in the industry. Works that will be undertaken are targeting towards producing a series of flowsheets options to produce Mixed Rare Earth Carbonates and TiO2 Concentrates. This work will include an extensive program including;
1. Physical and chemical characterization of the representative samples
granulochemicalanalysis;
petrographicstudy;
X-ray diffractometry;
SEM-EDS;
characterizationofnaturalfines andfinesgrinding;
comminution,particlesizeseparation;
measurementofthedegree ofrelease;
studiesofphysical concentration,withemphasisonmagneticseparation.
2. Studies of enrichment of raw materials (hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy operations) and processing / use of tailings stability of crystalline phases versus temperature variation;
chemicalreactivitytests-dependenceonchemicalreagentconcentration,temperatureandreactiontime,
massrecoveries,filtrationratesandtailingsdisposal,
chemicalprocessing,massbalanceandenergyroute,
optimizationofthe variablesofthetechniqueandconsumptionofrawmaterials,
obtainingandcharacterizing theproduct(s),
Processingflowchart,materialbalanceandenergy.
Quality
Assurance
Quality
Control
A QA/QC program is in place for every batch of samples sent to the laboratory including blanks, different types
of
standards,
for
REE
and
titanium,
and
also
field
duplicates.
Further,
a number
of
samples
in
each batch are later chosen for testing in a secondary laboratory and in the primary laboratory, as pulp or coarse duplicates.
Qualified
Person
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Rodrigo Mello B.Sc. Geology, FAusIMM and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr Mello has reviewed and verified the drilling and assay data included in this announcement.
Next Steps
Drilling at Tiros has produced consistently thick intercepts at elevated Rare Earth and TiO2 grades which provides Resouro with a high level of confidence to proceed to further technical studies. The next step is to estimate a JORC Compliant Resource Exploration Target and then incorporate all of the assays from samples pending from the laboratory with the aim to produce a Maiden JORC Resource. This information together with the results of Metallurgical test-work, when received, will be used to build a comprehensive Geo-metallurgical
model
of
the
deposit. The Geo-metallurgical model will be the be the foundation for the Company's technical studies.
Commenting
on
the
latest
drilling
and
assay
results
and
exploration
update
for
the
Tiros
Project,
CEO and President of Resouro, Chris Eager, commented:
"The remarkable thing about Tiros is the consistency and continuity of high TREO grades and very high
NdPr
grades
strongly
correlated
with
extremely
high
TiO
2
Grades.
The
orebody
is
unconstrained
in
every
direction
including
depth
and
combined
with
our
recently
approved
northern
and
southern
tenements,
highlight the potential of the scale of the Tiros Project. For this reason, the Board has approved the
advancement
of
the
project
technical
studies
which
is
under
detailed
review.
This
work
is
intended
to
highlight
the
potentially
significant
value
that
could
be
derived
from
the
Tiros
asset.
I
am
looking
forward
to
sharing
detailed
results
on
this
work
over
the
coming
months."
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