Li-FT Power Ltd. has announced commencement of exploration activities set for the 17th of July 2025, at the Cali Lithium Project in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Cali project is located towards the northwest end of the Little Nahanni Spodumene Pegmatite Group, comprising numerous spodumene dykes emplaced within a structural corridor that is at least 13 km long and 100’s of meters wide. Prospecting and sampling of this corridor in the summer of 2023 confirmed several contiguous and parallel dyke zones between 100 to 300 meters wide.
Li-FT’s 2023 work also confirmed that many of the dykes contain coarse spodumene crystals, with rock sampling returning grades up to 3.04% Li2O. In 2024, LIFT staked an additional 9,681 hectares covering the corridor further to the northwest following the approval of an amendment to the Sahtú Land Use Plan (the Nááts’ı̨hch’oh Amendments) which allows for exploration staking and potential future development of the dyke corridors. The 2025 work program will focus on the unrealized potential of the Little Nahanni structures extending into the newly acquired claims, as well as the collection of trench and metallurgical samples in the established mineralization zones identified in the 2023 work programme.
A total of 1,100m of trenching is planned in zones of high grade spodumene mineralisation mapped and sampled in 2023. Trenches will be opened perpendicular to the dyke corridors to help understand grade and width continuity in preparation for future drill testing. Additional bulk metallurgical samples of the dykes will be collected for early-stage information on spodumene recovery by dense media separation (DMS). An area of 1,877 hectares immediately northeast of the trenching programme has also been selected for prospect mapping and sampling in the 2025 programme. High-resolution LiDAR and orthophoto interpretation of this area has identified continuity of the Cali dykes to the northwest and thereby also high potential for spodumene mineralization. Field teams will focus on the fertility of these zones through collection of detailed geochemical and mapping data for future follow-up trenching and metallurgical studies.
“The 2025 exploration programme will significantly advance the understanding and economic potential of the Cali Lithium Project,” Francis MacDonald, CEO of Li-FT commented. “By integrating trenching, metallurgical testing, and extensive prospecting across underexplored extensions of the spodumene corridors, Li-FT aims to position the project for potential future resource delineation. We believe that the Cali Project could eventually be a significant source of spodumene in western Canada.”
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