Q2 Metals (TSXV:QTWO) has announced the extension of a mineralized zone to 750 meters at its Cisco Lithium Property in Quebec’s James Bay region. The company reported this development as part of its ongoing 2024 exploration program.

Neil McCallum, Q2 Metals VP of Exploration, commented in a press release: “Our Spring 2024 drill program has advanced extremely well in a short amount of time. Every hole drilled this campaign has intersected mineralized pegmatite and we are eager to continue to define and expand on the scale of Cisco and its potential to be a significant deposit.”

The Spring 2024 Drill Campaign, which began in May, aimed to confirm and expand upon the mineralized CO1 Zone identified by previous property vendors in 2023. Initial results from drill hole CS24-010, announced on June 17, 2024, revealed significant spodumene-pegmatite intervals, including five spans greater than 10 meters wide, with a total mineralized interval of 194.8 meters.

Recent drilling has further extended the known mineralization. Four additional holes (CS24-011 to 014), totaling approximately 1,215 meters, targeted the area between the CO1 and CO3 outcrops. These new results have helped define a spodumene mineralized pegmatite with a strike length of 750 meters, which remains open in all directions.

The company noted that the mineralized intervals encountered do not represent true width, and the modeled pegmatite zone is being refined with each new hole. The drilling program has confirmed that mineralization continues between the CO1 and CO3 outcrop zones, with pegmatite bodies trending roughly 45 to 60 degrees in a northeast-southwest direction. This verification has implications for potential mineralization continuity across a larger 1.1 by 1.7 kilometer area. Q2 Metals plans to continue testing the mineralization along strike in both directions within the CO1-CO3 Zones before moving on to other surface-mineralized areas, including the CO2 outcrop located approximately 1.2 km east of the CO1 Zone.

The Cisco Property, comprising 222 mineral claims over 11,374 hectares, is situated in the Frotet Evans Greenstone Belt of the southern James Bay Lithium District. This geological setting also hosts the Sirmac and Moblan lithium deposits, located 130 km and 180 km away, respectively.

All rock and drill core samples from the project are being processed at SGS Canada’s preparation facility in Val D’Or, Quebec, with final analysis conducted at their laboratory in Burnaby, BC. The company has implemented a quality assurance and quality control protocol following industry best practices.

As exploration continues, Q2 Metals aims to further define and expand the lithium potential of its properties in this emerging lithium district.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Highlights from the results are as follows:

• Four (4) additional holes for approximately 1,215 metres (m) have been drilled at the Cisco discovery zone (CO1 Zone) as drilling continues to the CO3 Zone, located 750 m southwest, confirming and extending previously encountered mineralization.
• Drill hole CS24-011 encountered six (6) individual spodumene pegmatite intervals, for a total cumulative width of 125.1 m.
• Drill hole CS24-012 encountered eight (8) spodumene pegmatite intervals, for a total cumulative width of 78.1 m.
• Drill hole CS24-013 encountered twelve (12) spodumene pegmatite intervals for a total cumulative width of 120.0 m.
• Drill hole CS24-014 encountered thirteen (13) spodumene pegmatite intervals for a total cumulative width of 131.6 m.

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