Maytham Lithium Property

The Maytham Property is a lithium-REE exploration opportunity located 34 km north of Nakina, Ontario.

The Maytham-Queenston Lakes Batholith is a large 10 km x 13 km S-type, peraluminous granite that was examined by the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) during Operation Treasure Hunt between 2001-2006. The batholith was found to display several features in common with other peraluminous, fertile granites that are known to be associated with lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites, such as graphic blocky potassium feldspar, radiating fans of green plumose muscovite, quartz intergrowth, graphic tourmaline-quartz, and garnet-green muscovite aplite layers.

The OGS concluded that several of the features observed were similar to other fertile granites such as those at Onion Lake as well as those observed at the South Aubry spodumene pegmatites and recommended additional exploration in this general area.

The Maytham Property is located along the English River-Wabigoon Subprovince Boundary, a favourable geological setting for the occurrence of LCT pegmatites. Based on a series of samples transecting the batholith east to west, the OGS concluded that fractioning of the pegmatites appears to increase progressively toward the western portion of the batholith. The property was therefore staked to cover the western contact of the Maytham-Queenston Batholith with the surrounding metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks.

The nearest spodumene-bearing pegmatite at Superb Lake is located 11 km west of the property in a similar geological setting.