ENRG Elements has been granted a tenement package of about 500 square kilometres and considered highly-prospective for lithium and tin mineralisation, just 70km east from its Agadez uranium project in Niger.
Management believes the Tarouadji project’s favourable geological setting to host lithium complements the company’s existing uranium and copper assets, in addition to expanding its critical minerals portfolio.
ENRG says its latest addition to its Niger holdings represents a strategic move that places the African explorer in a strong position logistically to manage any exploration and development of a potential lithium discovery, due to the relative proximity of Agadez.
Taroudji was previously explored in 1969 through surface sampling and geological mapping. The company says the region contains the world’s largest ring dykes with the project also host to several identified pegmatite intrusions.
ENRG is studying historic sample results that identified lithium and tin anomalies and will report them in accordance with JORC code 2012 once verified. The initial exploration program will cover several targets, which are being investigated for lithium and lithium pathfinder minerals including tin, caesium and tantalite.
The Tarouadji Project offers a unique opportunity for the Company to acquire an area that is host to historic exploration activity that identified a strong lithium anomaly extending for over 2km within granitic host rocks that is adjacent to historic alluvial tin mining. ENRG Elements managing director Caroline Keats
The company says it aims to begin an exploration program at Tarouadji using a staged approach, highlighting its dedication to unlocking new resources and advancing its position as an explorer of uranium, lithium and copper for a carbon-neutral and electric future.
ENRG recently completed an induced-polarisation survey at its Ghanzi West copper-silver project in Botswana’s renowned Kalahari copper belt.
Six wholly-owned prospecting licences make up the company’s extensive 2630sq-km tenure in Botswana. Management considers its significant ground position in the world-class Kalahari copper belt as an ideal location for a large-scale discovery, as demonstrated by the neighbouring resources defined by other explorers. Rio Tinto has acquired ground south-east of ENRG’s interests and ASX-listed Noronex is already mining copper to the south-west.
In April, ENRG bolstered its Agadez uranium mineral resource estimate by more than 100 per cent to 31.1 million tonnes grading 315 parts per million triuranium octoxide for 21.5 million pounds of yellowcake. The company’s improved resource estimate includes an increase in grade of 6.8 per cent from 295ppm to 315ppm triuranium octoxide.
Agadez sits in the highly-prospective Tim Mersoi Basin in Niger – one of the globe’s premier uranium mining districts. The 114,000sq-km basin extends into Mali, Algeria, Benin and Nigeria and hosts French nuclear giant Orano’s 134-million-pound Somair and 75-million-pound Imouraren mines.
The addition of Tarouadji gives ENRG another potential carbon-neutral string to its bow as governments around the world work towards a “green-energy” future.
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