Grit Metals completes maiden drilling at two Lithium targets, Finland
Grit Metals Corp. [TSXV: FIN; FSE: K9T; OTCQB: EUEMF] posted an update on its 100%-held prospects in the Central Finland Lithium Project where it has completed its 2,800-metre maiden diamond drilling campaign at Kyrölä and Mörkylä, situated with in the Nabba and Jlyhä permits, targeting Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum (LCT) type pegmatites.
Highlights: The campaign has been completed for a total of 2,787.40 metres for 29 diamond holes across Kyrölä and Mörkylä targets, part of the Nabba and Jylhä permits, respectively
All core logging is complete, and samples are in the final stage of cutting before being submitted to ALS Sodankylä for analysis. Assay results will be released once received, reviewed and verified by the company.
Additional surface sampling of spodumene boulders has also taken place, building on previous field campaigns. These have already been sent to the lab for analysis.
The completion of the program represents an important milestone for the company, with drilling having tested priority targets defined by surface mapping and sampling.
Jeremy Poirier, CEO of Grit Metals commented, “Our geology team and drill contractor was extremely efficient in their execution of this drilling campaign. All core has been logged, and final cutting is ongoing before submitting four batches of samples for analysis. We look forward to sharing the assay results once received.”
At Kyrölä, 16 diamond holes were drilled for total combined metreage of 1,603.4 metres, testing the well-defined geochemical boulder trend up-ice. At Mörkylä, 13 holes for a total of 1184.0 metres tested the area up-ice of the Mörkylä discovery boulder cluster.
At the Nabba Permit, the Kyrölä target comprises an approximately 850 metres by 110 metres transported boulder anomaly with a coherent geochemical trend and an interpreted up-ice pegmatite source located approximately 300 to 500 metres northwest, discovered in 2023. Kyrölä is situated 1.5 km west of Keliber’s Mateneva spodumene-bearing LCT pegmatite occurrence.
Within the Jylhä Permit and located approximately 1.5 km southwest of the Leviäkangas lithium deposit (M+I 0.3 Mt at 1.04% Li₂O, Inferred 0.6 Mt at 0.97% Li₂O), Mörkylä is a 275-metre boulder trend containing coarse spodumene originally discovered in 2024. Samples from the discovery boulder cluster assayed up to 2.46% Li₂O.
Grit Metals’ exploration targets are located within the emerging Kaustinen lithium district, in some cases as little as 1.5 km along strike from ground held by Sibanye-Stillwater through the Keliber joint venture. With the Keliber lithium project advancing through development and construction, the company believes the proximity to active operations, infrastructure and established operators supports the district-scale potential of lithium mineralization and enhances the strategic positioning of its exploration portfolio.
Grit Metals is a junior exploration company focused on lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatites in central Finland. The company’s exploration is located within 1 km of Keliber’s integrated lithium mine and production complex, a project developed by Sibanye-Stillwater Limited in partnership with Finnish Minerals Group.
Keliber represents approximately €783 million of capital invested to complete construction, with a further €200 million shareholder financing package agreed to support staged ramp-up. The project comprises mining areas, the Päiväneva spodumene concentrator and a lithium hydroxide refinery at Kokkola, forming an integrated hard-rock lithium supply chain in the region.