Cypress Tests Feasibility of Extracting Lithium from Claystones at Clayton Valley Project, Nevada
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Cypress Development Corp. has begun initial bench scale testing of the feasibility of extracting lithium directly from the claystones at the company’s 1320 acre Clayton Valley Lithium Brine Project located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA.
Cypress’ Clayton Valley Project is located on the south flank of “Angel Island” and immediately southeast of the Albemarle Silver Peak lithium mine. Cypress’ Clayton Valley claims share their western boundary with placer claims controlled by Pure Energy Minerals. Pure Energy has identified a lithium resource at its northern resource area, that is located to the immediate west of Cypress’ established boundary.
Phase 1 surface sampling of the claystones at Cypress’ Clayton Valley Project was completed at the end of January in an area within the northwest portion of the property on the west flank of Angel Island. The initial sampling program returned the highest reported assay result for lithium in claystone known by the company to be publicly reported in Clayton Valley, Nevada. The lithium assays results encountered by Cypress suggest a strong possibility of an essentially continuously mineralized volume of claystone at surface on extensive portions of Cypress’ Clayton Valley property.
A Phase 2 surface sampling program is underway which will better define the extent of the near surface lithium mineralization identified in the January 2016 program. The first sample group has been submitted to ALS Chemex in Reno, Nevada and Cypress is awaiting the assay results.
Given the high grade nature of the lithium contained in these claystones, the company has begun initial bench scale testing of the feasibility of extracting the lithium directly from the claystones.
Based on the geologic setting, field observations, and the results of initial bench extraction testing on a small group of samples collected, Cypress believes that the lithium in the sampled claystones is contained within a highly soluble carbonate rich clay mineral. The goal of the current bench scale testing is not to complete a detailed mineralogy on the claystones but in fact is to begin to determine the potential economic value of the discovered mineralization.
Cypress is in the early stages of conducting a series of chemical tests designed to determine the solubility of the mineralized claystones on the property and will carry this study forward as additional samples are collected and delivered to the lab.
Cypress Development has also made an application for a notice of intent to work permit with the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada in preparation for a planned Phase 3 exploration and drilling program at its Clayton Valley lithium project.
About Cypress Development Corp.
Cypress Development Corp. is a lithium and zinc-silver exploration company developing projects in Nevada, U.S.A.
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