ECLIPSE METALS (ASX: EPM and FSE: 9EU) (Eclipse or the Company) has released its quarterly report highlighting the project advancements and other activities during the December 2022 quarter. Here are the updates on the activities carried out by Eclipse.
Multi-commodity Greenland Project Updates
ECLIPSE METALS has completed the maiden percussion drilling and trench sampling program at its SW Greenland multi-commodity project. Initial stages of exploration at Ivigtût mine precinct and Grønnedal carbonatite were completed in November 2022.
Grønnedal Carbonatite Complex
Thirty-one drill holes over a ~3.0km by ~1.5km area to vertical depths of between 3m and 22m were completed at the Grønnedal carbonatite complex, and trenches were excavated where drilling was impossible.
The drill samples taken at Greenland were tested using a portable XRF (pXRF) analyser. Grønnedal carbonatite complex shows favourable praseodymium (Pr) and neodymium (Nd) ratios and may have global significance due to the presence concentrations of these two valuable rare earth elements.
The samples are yet to be analysed at an Australian laboratory for potential REE and other base metals. Though pXRF tests are not definitive, ECLIPSE believes that the preliminary results and previous laboratory results indicate a significant enrichment of the commercially more valuable REEs — Pr and Nd.
Previous rock chip samples and pXRF data also demonstrate unusual patterns of Pr/La and Nd/Ce ratios, around 55%, compared to other REE-mineralised carbonatite complexes such as Mountain Pass in California and Mt Weld, Western Australia.
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