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Coal Creek scans show wide lithium zone

Grades as high as 4.29% Li identified in historical drill core North of 60 Mining News – May 27, 2022

Last updated 5/26/2022 at 1:46pm

Core from historical drilling at Coal Creek tin-silver-lithium target in Alaska.

Discovery Alaska Ltd.

Scans of this sample from greisen encountered in DDH-25, a hole drilled at Coal Creek in the 1980s, returned 3.67%, 1.07%, and 2.88% lithium.

Discovery Alaska Ltd. May 23 reported that its initial scanning with a handheld analyzer identified lithium across the entire length of core from 12 historical holes drilled at the Coal Creek prospect on the company's Chulitna property in Alaska.

Situated about four miles west of the Parks Highway, roughly midway between Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, Chulitna is a roughly 77-square-mile prop...

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