# Li3 Lithium Corp Uncovers 1.2km Mineralized Pegmatite Body at the Mutare Lithium Project in Zimbabwe

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/CUCU/news/7442847187690358/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2023-08-10T20:02:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Li3 Lithium Corp

- Ticker: CUCU

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Zimbabwe

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-09-15 19:26:39 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.70 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Li3 Lithium Corp has identified a 1.2km long lithium-mineralized pegmatite body at the Nels Luck target within its Mutare Lithium Project in Zimbabwe. Initial trenching results from 842 channel samples show encouraging Li2O grades, including 36m at 0.37% Li2O, which will guide an upcoming 5,000-meter exploration drilling program.

Reasoning: Initial trenching results at the Nels Luck target confirm a significant 1.2km lithium-bearing pegmatite body, with encouraging Li2O grades despite weathering, warranting the planned follow-up drilling program.

- Positive factor: large\_mineralized\_body\_identified

- Positive factor: encouraging\_initial\_results

- Positive factor: upcoming\_drilling\_program

- Positive factor: proximity\_to\_world\_class\_mine

- Negative factor: results\_from\_trenching\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_on\_grades\_mentioned

Low confidence — this extraction should be reviewed alongside the original source.

Facts used in scoring: 15

## Classification and evidence

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: The company identified lithium mineralization over 1.2 kilometer strike at the Nels Luck pegmatite target and states it 'remains open at depth and along strike'.

Evidence · text

> identified lithium mineralization over 1.2 kilometer strike at the Nels Luck pegmatite target from its ongoing exploration program at the Mutare Lithium Project, located in Zimbabwe. ... which remains open at depth and along strike.

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: The release details QA/QC procedures including insertion of blanks and standards, chain of custody, and analysis by an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certified laboratory.

Evidence · text

> Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Li3 Lithium's trenching and sampling programs are under the control of the Company's geological employees and are consistent with industry best practices. One blank \(cement\) and one standard \(AMIS-0565, or AMIS-0656, or AMIS-0355\) is inserted as samples every 20 samples \(18 rock samples, one CRM, one blank\). Trenching samples are transported by Li3 Lithium's employees following a defined chain of custody, to Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe. All samples were pulverized to produce a 30g charge and then analyzed by G706 \(multi acid digestion with AAS finish\). Zimlabs is a subsidiary of GNK laboratories and is internationally accredited laboratory testing provider with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification \(Laboratory Accreditation Number: TEST-S 0010 \(lSO/lEC t7025:20t7l\).

**Cut-off Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Cut-off grade used for resource reporting is clearly stated, enabling like-for-like comparison.

Why it applies: The summary table for trench composite results explicitly states the cut-off grade of 0.10% \(1000 ppm\) Li2O.

Evidence · table

> Summary of Lithium Oxide \(Li 2 O\) trench composite results greater than 0.10% \(1000 ppm\) from the Nels Luck area.

**Apparent Width Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Interval given as downhole width with no true width or drill orientation — apparent width may overstate true thickness.

Why it applies: The reported intervals are from trenching, which typically provides apparent widths, and no true width or drill orientation is provided for these surface samples.

Evidence · text

> The trenching program consisted of 25 trenches for a total of 2349m \(Table 1\).

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: The company highlights the project's proximity to a known world-class lithium mine as a key positive factor.

Evidence · text

> the Nels Luck area of the Mutare Lithium Project is just 15km from the world-class Sabi Star Lithium Tantalum Mine.

**Exploration Program**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: No canonical definition is currently available.

Why it applies: The document describes an 'ongoing exploration program' and 'initial phase' of work aimed at identifying targets for an 'upcoming exploration drilling program'.

Evidence · text

> from its ongoing exploration program at the Mutare Lithium Project

**Pegmatite Deposit**

Polarity: neutral

Story-specific tag

Definition: No canonical definition is currently available.

Why it applies: The document explicitly identifies the mineralization as occurring within 'pegmatite' bodies.

Evidence · text

> identified lithium mineralization over 1.2 kilometer strike at the Nels Luck pegmatite target

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 15. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (15)

### MP23-NLE-TR003

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-0)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLE-TR003
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.13
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 29 m
- From: 51 m
- To: 80 m
- Hole Depth: 96 m
- Intercept Depth: 51 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 404250
- Northing: 7885460
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 857 m
- Azimuth: 345 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLE-TR003 returned 0.13% Li2O over 29.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.13

Context: 29

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLE-TR004

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-1)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLE-TR004
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.13
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 24 m
- From: 59 m
- To: 83 m
- Hole Depth: 88 m
- Intercept Depth: 59 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 404325
- Northing: 7885486
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 854 m
- Azimuth: 343 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLE-TR004 returned 0.13% Li2O over 24.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.13

Context: 24

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLE-TR006

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Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLE-TR006
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.15
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 4 m
- From: 198 m
- To: 202 m
- Hole Depth: 202 m
- Intercept Depth: 198 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 404528
- Northing: 7885428
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 870 m
- Azimuth: 328 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLE-TR006 returned 0.15% Li2O over 4.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

- Negative factor: narrow\_intercept

Evidence · table

> 0.15

Context: 4

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR001

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-3)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR001
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.14
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 11.5 m
- From: 66.5 m
- To: 78 m
- Hole Depth: 137 m
- Intercept Depth: 66.5 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403931
- Northing: 7885307
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 853 m
- Azimuth: 310 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR001 returned 0.14% Li2O over 11.5m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.14

Context: 11.5

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR002

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Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR002
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.13
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 17 m
- From: 63 m
- To: 80 m
- Hole Depth: 135 m
- Intercept Depth: 63 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403880
- Northing: 7885283
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 850 m
- Azimuth: 299 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR002 returned 0.13% Li2O over 17.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.13

Context: 17

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR002

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Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR002
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.27
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 3 m
- From: 99 m
- To: 102 m
- Hole Depth: 135 m
- Intercept Depth: 99 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403880
- Northing: 7885283
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 850 m
- Azimuth: 299 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR002 returned 0.27% Li2O over 3.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

- Negative factor: narrow\_intercept

Evidence · table

> 0.27

Context: 3

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR002

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Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR002
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.15
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 12 m
- From: 123 m
- To: 135 m
- Hole Depth: 135 m
- Intercept Depth: 123 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403880
- Northing: 7885283
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 850 m
- Azimuth: 299 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR002 returned 0.15% Li2O over 12.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.15

Context: 12

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR003

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Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR003
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.23
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 9 m
- From: 39 m
- To: 48 m
- Hole Depth: 90 m
- Intercept Depth: 39 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403755
- Northing: 7885262
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 853 m
- Azimuth: 308 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR003 returned 0.23% Li2O over 9.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.23

Context: 9

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR003

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-8)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR003
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.11
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 3 m
- From: 86 m
- To: 89 m
- Hole Depth: 90 m
- Intercept Depth: 86 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403755
- Northing: 7885262
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 853 m
- Azimuth: 308 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR003 returned 0.11% Li2O over 3.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

- Negative factor: narrow\_intercept

Evidence · table

> 0.11

Context: 3

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR004

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-9)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR004
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.17
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 10 m
- From: 2 m
- To: 12 m
- Hole Depth: 67 m
- Intercept Depth: 2 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403682
- Northing: 7885252
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 859 m
- Azimuth: 336 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR004 returned 0.17% Li2O over 10.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.17

Context: 10

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR007

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-10)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR007
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.37
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 36 m
- From: 25 m
- To: 61 m
- Hole Depth: 62 m
- Intercept Depth: 25 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403504
- Northing: 7885173
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 874 m
- Azimuth: 317 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR007 returned 0.37% Li2O over 36.0m, representing the highest grade and a significant width, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Positive factor: highest\_grade\_intercept

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.37

Context: 36

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR008

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-11)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR008
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.32
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 38 m
- From: 54 m
- To: 92 m
- Hole Depth: 92 m
- Intercept Depth: 54 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403469
- Northing: 7885133
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 876 m
- Azimuth: 325 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR008 returned 0.32% Li2O over 38.0m, representing a significant width, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.32

Context: 38

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR009

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-12)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR009
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.35
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 13 m
- From: 42 m
- To: 55 m
- Hole Depth: 87 m
- Intercept Depth: 42 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403418
- Northing: 7885122
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 874 m
- Azimuth: 340 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR009 returned 0.35% Li2O over 13.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.35

Context: 13

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR009

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-13)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR009
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.26
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 21 m
- From: 64 m
- To: 85 m
- Hole Depth: 87 m
- Intercept Depth: 64 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403418
- Northing: 7885122
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 874 m
- Azimuth: 340 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR009 returned 0.26% Li2O over 21.0m, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.26

Context: 21

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

### MP23-NLW-TR010

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/li3-lithium-corp-uncovers-1-2km-mineralized-pegmatite-body-at-the-mutare-lithium--8bc8d5cb-dc90-443a-a632-53fed6aa3ea5#fact-drill-facts-14)

Mutare Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Hole ID: MP23-NLW-TR010
- Project: Mutare Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: zimbabwe
- Reported Region: Zimbabwe
- Ticker: CUCU

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.25
- Grade Unit: % Li2O
- Intercept: 21 m
- From: 0 m
- To: 21 m
- Hole Depth: 27 m
- Intercept Depth: 0 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: pegmatite
- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: channel

#### Location

- Location: Nels Luck
- Easting: 403353
- Northing: 7885167
- CRS: WGS84 UTM Zone 36S
- EPSG: 32736
- Elevation: 876 m
- Azimuth: 348 °
- Loc. Confidence: high
- Loc. Source: document

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: Zimlabs in Harare, Zimbabwe
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: blanks, standards, chain\_of\_custody

#### Deleterious

- Deleterious Flag: No

#### Metal Equivalent

- Assumptions Disclosed: No

#### Compositing

- Cutoff Grade: 0.1
- Cutoff Unit: % Li2O
- Dilution Disclosed: No

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trench MP23-NLW-TR010 returned 0.25% Li2O over 21.0m from surface, confirming lithium mineralization in a weathered pegmatite, with potential for higher grades at depth.

- Positive factor: lithium\_mineralization\_confirmed

- Positive factor: good\_width\_for\_trenching

- Positive factor: near\_surface\_mineralization

- Negative factor: apparent\_width\_only

- Negative factor: weathering\_impact\_mentioned

- Negative factor: grades\_below\_typical\_thresholds\_for\_unweathered\_ore

Evidence · table

> 0.25

Context: 21

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Nearology Play**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results.

Why it applies: proximity is offered as the value premise: "Initial assay results from the first-half of the 2023 trenching and surface sampling programs are promising given that t"

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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