Avalonia Lithium Project

The Avalonia Lithium project is comprised of eight prospecting licences totalling 292 square kilometres centred 80 km south of Dublin straddling Counties Carlow and Wicklow in southeastern Ireland. The Property encompasses an extensive NE-SW oriented 50 kilometre long rare metals pegmatite belt situated within the East Carlow Deformation Zone along the eastern side of the Leinster Granite. Since acquiring the licences in 2009, International Lithium Corp has conducted a series of exploration programmes to advance the project:

2015 Magnetic Susceptibility Survey
2015 Drilling & Continued Soil Survey 
2014 Reconnaissance Soil Survey 
2013 Diamond Drilling Programme 
2013 Orientation Soil Survey 
2011 Boulder Mapping & Prospecting 

Historical Work (pre-2009) 

Laboratories & Methods 

Current & Planned Work

Early in 2016 International Lithium Corporation plans to conduct high-resolution, ground based magnetics surveys of selected geochemical targets. This will be in conjunction with selecting trenching targets and preparing for diamond drilling following trenching and geophysical surveys.

2015 Magnetic Susceptibility Survey

In preparation for detailed magnetic surveys within anomalous geochemical areas, International Lithium Corp. compiled magnetic susceptibility measurements from select drill core samples collected during the 2013 and 2015 drilling campaigns. The magnetic susceptibility data confirm that spodumene bearing pegmatites have virtually zero magnetic susceptibility in contrast to granitic units which have distinct elevated magnetic susceptibility and schistose host rocks that report magnetic susceptibilities an order of magnitude higher than the granites. The stark contrast in these physical properties should allow the Company to use high-resolution ground based magnetometer surveys to map the contact zone between the pegmatites and host rocks through cover. Based on these preparatory results the Company anticipates the magnetometer surveys will provide an accurate and efficient method of developing drill targets.

2015 Drilling & Continued Soil Survey

In May 2015, a programme begun in September 2014 and consisting of mapping, prospecting and geochemical sampling over the 30 kilometre strike length of the lithium-pegmatite belt was completed along with a preliminary interpretation of the results.

A total of 22 targets defined by geochemical anomalies were identified, of which 13 are new targets not associated with historically identified sources. The geochemical targets now identified along the belt have a significant probability of deriving from spodumene bearing pegmatites. Only 7 of these targets have had any drill testing with three showing significant spodumene intersections and elevated lithium concentrations.
The regional and detailed geochemical surveys were designed to test the belt in areas between the historically identified lithium bearing boulder trains. The surveys have successfully outlined the main lithologies through cover and subsequent drill testing confirms that pegmatites can be traced through cover by soil geochemistry.

A small 680 metre drill program of fifteen holes was conducted over two target areas more than three kilometres apart. Each area had a line of short holes drilled across the target. At the first target several quartz-feldspar pegmatite bodies were intersected but none with significant spodumene. At the second target area spodumene bearing pegmatite grading 1.29% Li2O over 1.60 metres was intersected at shallow depth, adjacent to subcrop containing spodumene (MON15-09). In addition, part of the second target area successfully tested below a lithium soil anomaly for a blind bedrock source. MON15-14 intersected pegmatite grading 2.24% Li2O over 0.71 metres. All widths are reported in core length and do not reflect true width. Both tests in the second area confirm the viability of the exploration methods used for advancing exploration targets to the delineation drilling stage.

Oriented core technology was used at both targets to maximize collection of structural data and confirm the orientation of the pegmatite bodies to better target future drilling campaigns. Previous pegmatite drilling experience indicates that granitic pegmatites can occur in proximity to spodumene and rare metal bearing pegmatites.

2014 Reconnaissance Soil Survey

From September to December 2014, International Lithium Corp. conducted the first phase of a regional and prospect scale geochemical survey along the length of the Leinster pegmatite belt and mapped the distribution of pegmatite boulders between historical prospects. The exploration goal was to extend known mineralized zones and identify new prospects in areas with less historical exploration. It is well established that mapping pegmatite boulder patterns has directly led to the discovery of prospects within the belt. Utilizing soil geochemistry in conjunction with this provides additional ability to trace where known pegmatites extend under cover without boulder trains, and the potential to discover new pegmatites beyond the areas with boulder accumulations.

Soil sampling was conducted using a combination of power and hand augers to reach the C-horizon where a sample was collected and described. A total of 2403 subsoil samples were collected and submitted to ALS Limited (formerly OMAC Laboratories Ltd) in Loughrea, Ireland. ALS is an internationally recognized company with expertise in geochemical analysis. Subsequent to the crew standing down for the holiday season, the complete analytical results were received and reviewed.

Based on the highly encouraging results, additional soil sampling was planned to begin in January 2015 to:

• infill remaining intervals along the Belt,
• test extensions to newly identified anomalies and
• test for parallel pegmatites along the newly defined, wider belt.

2013 Diamond Drilling Programme

In June of 2013 International Lithium Corp. completed a diamond drilling program totalling 594 metres, on two prospects at the Avalonia Lithium Project, Ireland. The drill program confirmed historical drill results at the Aclare prospect 85 kilometres southwest of Dublin and successfully intersected lithium bearing spodumene pegmatites in a previously untested area, below a spodumene bearing boulder field at the Moylisha prospect.  The Company has conducted preliminary testing on only two of the six main prospects located along the 35 kilometre lithium pegmatite belt.  All of the 19 known spodumene occurrences that make up the belt are within the Company’s prospecting licences.

Key Highlights:

1. Pegmatite intersected at Aclare containing 2.23% Li₂O over 23.3m including 3.43% Li₂O over 6.0m (drill width)* confirms historical results.
2. Multiple pegmatite dyke intersections and 1.50% Li₂O over 5.60m at Moylisha are consistent with historical results and confirm the prospectivity of the area.
3. Step out drilling, 500m south of historical work at Moylisha, intersected lithium and other rare element mineralization within multiple, closely spaced, parallel pegmatites.

* All widths reported are drill core widths and have not been converted into true width.

At Aclare, drill hole ACL13-04 returned 23.3 metres grading 2.23% Li₂O in an area where historical drilling in the 1970s and 1980s had previously identified high lithium grades (see “Avalonia Lithium Project” below).  Historically, the Aclare prospect has received the most exploration work and presents the best area to validate geochemical and geophysical exploration methods and is the principal target for resource delineation drilling.  Historical deep overburden sampling shows a continuation of lithium in soils extending significantly to the south of the drill tested area.  The confirmation of grades in the recent drilling has increased the priority to test Aclare for  a southern extension to the known mineralization.

Analytical results from the three drill holes at Moylisha include 1.15% Li₂O over 3.40m and 1.05% Li₂O over 3.45m in MOY13-01. A total of six (6) pegmatite bodies with greater than 1.5m drill intersection width were encountered in MOY13-01.  This hole was drilled beneath a pegmatite boulder field identified in 2011/12 reconnaissance work and is previously untested by drilling. The boulder field contains a significant number of spodumene pegmatite boulders approximately 400 metres south of historical drilling at Moylisha representing a significant step out from historical results. The pegmatites intersected in MOY13-01 are lower grade than samples from the boulders found at surface and consequently do not explain their source. The number of pegmatitic intersections and the frequency of their occurrence as intersected in the drill holes at Moylisha is particularly encouraging for further exploration.  Drill results in MOY13-02 identified 1.50% Li₂O over 5.6m, similar grades to those reported historically.  The close proximity in MOY13-03 of zoned pegmatites enriched in lithium and other rare elements also demonstrates the prospective character of the Moylisha area.  Historical deep overburden data, in conjunction with orientation survey lines from the 2013 program is being evaluated to identify additional drill targets at Moylisha.

Seven distinct styles of mineralogy and texture are recognized in drill core indicating that multiple pulses of increasingly evolved pegmatite intrusive are present at Moylisha and Aclare.  This is a positive exploration indication since more evolved pegmatites are likely to contain greater concentrations of lithium and rare metals. The following table compares the number of discreet pegmatitic bodies, greater than 1.5 metres in drilling length, intersected at Aclare (ACL) and Moylisha (MOY).

Geochemical orientation surveys using several methods were conducted across the two prospects targeted for drilling.  Lab results for this surface work have been received and are being reviewed by the Company to identify effective exploration methods for extending existing drill targets and identifying new targets along the 35 km long Leinster lithium pegmatite belt.

2013 Orientation Soil Survey

The 2013 exploration program was the first phase of exploration planned and conducted by the Company following strategic partner, Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. (“GFL”) optioning the property in late 2012 (ILC News Release dated 2 October, 2012). The results provided GFL with support for future decisions regarding their increased participation in the project.  The two primary goals of this phase were to confirm results of historical drilling and to test the effectiveness of surface exploration methods in areas where the location of subsurface pegmatites are better constrained.  Drilling was successful in confirming historical results at Aclare and confirming previously undiscovered mineralization at Moylisha. Both the Aclare and Moylisha pegmatites remain open for extension in all directions. Initial reviews of the exploration methods used to help identify pegmatites below cover have been positive, with interpretation of the results ongoing.

Fieldwork and sampling was conducted primarily by Aurum Exploration Services, an international geological consultancy headquartered in Kells, Ireland.  Drilling was conducted by Priority Drilling Limited using HQ and NQ sized core.

2011 Boulder Mapping & Prospecting

Moylisha Discovery

A preliminary reconnaissance of the Property performed by Aurum Exploration Services, the Company’s geo-services consultant in Ireland, discovered within a 250 x 250 metre area a high density distribution of pegmatite boulders. This area is in a recently harvested section of a tree farm in which the pegmatite boulders were previously hidden from view. Four samples (MOY2-5)* were collected in this new area with three of the samples grading better than 3% Li2O and the highest returning 4.59% Li2O representing greater than a 50% spodumene content.

This newly identified lithium pegmatite boulder area is situated 500m to the southwest and along the district trend from past exploration activities at Moylisha, where five drill holes totalling 212 metres were drilled revealing a pegmatite between 5 and 10 metres in width and a best intersection grading 1.66% Li2O over 9.4m.

The observed high grade lithium bearing pegmatites and extensive boulder occurrence within such a small area represents a highly prospective and unexplored zone along strike from a previously identified pegmatite and specifically indicates a potentially sizable, yet to be discovered buried pegmatite body.

The discovery was made during a preliminary reconnaissance exploration programme that included boulder mapping at six of the known lithium prospects and the initiation of exploration for additional occurrences within the Property. A total of 21 varied samples were collected across the Property and of the 8 spodumene bearing pegmatite samples collected, all returned greater than 1% Li2O. The table below lists the 8 highlighted grab samples.

*Grab samples are by definition selective and are unlikely to represent average grades on the property. Grab sample MOY10 was collected in proximity to the past exploration activity at Moylisha.
The 21 samples were analysed at OMAC Laboratories Ltd., Loughrea, Galway County, Ireland. OMAC is part of the ALS Group, a recognized and certified international firm for geochemical analysis and assays. Samples were prepared by OMAC and analysed using ICP-AES following multi-acid digestion.

Historical Work (pre-2009)

Lithium bearing pegmatites were first described in exploration reports in 1970 although it is likely they were known within the academic community in the 1960s or earlier.  In the period from 1970 to the mid 1980s, Irish Base Metals carried out exploration programmes comprising of prospecting, sampling, trenching, geophysical surveys and drilled 47 short boreholes totalling 2,300 metres at 4  lithium pegmatite occurrences.

Approximately 19 lithium pegmatite bodies have been reported historically.  These have been identified primarily through boulder trails with buried pegmatites confirmed historically through trenching and drilling at six locations within the Property. From south to north: Seskinnamadra, Snowy Vale, Aclare, Monaughrim, Moylisha and Stranakelly.  Most locations contain more than one pegmatite body.

Due to the prevalent overburden cover and scarcity of outcrop, prospecting for lithium pegmatite boulders was the most successful exploration method utilised to identify priority target areas. The relative location, size and quantity of pegmatite boulders within the dry stone walls that form field boundaries provided a reliable indication for the approximate position of buried pegmatites. The Aclare occurrence, situated near the center of the Property, has witnessed the most exploration activity on the Property and was initially discovered through this exploration approach.

Thirty-three short drill holes totalling 1,703m were drilled at Aclare. A pegmatite body up to 20 metres wide and traced for more than 400 metres along strike was delineated and an historical resource of 570,000 tonnes grading 1.5% Li2O was reported.

(The historical resource estimate was completed prior to the implementation of NI43-101 and does not conform to any resource category as defined by the CIM Standards and Definitions for mineral resources and reserve estimates. A Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to verify the information regarding the historical resource estimate and therefore the issuer is not treating the historical estimate as current mineral resources and the historical estimate should not be relied upon. It is provided for description of historical exploration activities only. Details regarding the historical estimate can be found in the issuer’s news release dated January 31, 2012)

Five drill holes, for a total of 163 metres, were drilled at Stranakelly situated neat the northeast Property boundary. Lithium-bearing pegmatite mineralization was intersected in four of the holes with hole STK3 grading 1.85% Li2O over 5.3 metres.

Five drill holes, for a total of 212 metres, were drilled at Moylisha, situated approximately 10 kms northeast of Aclare. The width of the pegmatite bodies encountered varied between 5 and 10 metres with one hole grading 1.66% Li2O over 9.4 metres.

Four drill holes, for a total of 280 metres, were drilled at Seskinnamadra situated approximately 8 kms southwest of Aclare. The narrow pegmatite intersections reported from the drilling does not explain the significant frequency and size of the lithium pegmatite boulders mapped in the area that suggests a potentially larger, yet to be discovered pegmatite body.

The observed lithium bearing pegmatites and extensive boulder occurrences within the Property indicate a highly prospective and underexplored region.

Laboratories & Methods

Samples collected from 2009 to 2014 were analyzed at OMAC Laboratories Ltd., Loughrea, Galway County, Ireland. During this time OMAC, previously an independent laboratory, became part of the ALS Group, a recognized and certified international firm for geochemical analysis and assays and is independent of the Issuer. Samples were prepared by OMAC and analyzed using ICP-MS and ICP-AES following four-acid digestion Samples were submitted to OMAC by ILC and Aurum staff. OMAC is an accredited, internationally recognized laboratory with ISO 17025:2005 certification.

Samples collected from 2015 onwards were submitted to Bureaux Veritas at their Acme Analytical prep-lab in Krakow, Poland.  Pulps were shipped to Vancouver, Canada for analysis by Acme Analytical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bureaux Veritas.   Acme and BV are accredited, internationally recognized laboratories with recognized expertise in the analysis of geological materials.

The Company uses industry-recognized practices to ensure quality control.

John Harrop, P.Geo, FGS, is a Qualified Person  as defined by NI 43-101 and has reviewed the technical information contained herein.