Tentative Approval To Drill At The Claybank Beryllium Critical Mineral Project

VANCOUVER – Rockland Resources Ltd. has received tentative approval for drilling at its Claybank Beryllium Project in Utah, located on State lands. The Company will be filing the reclamation surety requirement this week in accordance with completion of the NOI. Along with other supporting documentation being completed this week, Rockland will be prepared to start drilling after 30 days notice to the State.
Will Rascan, President, said, “We are very pleased with the State of Utah and its proactive approach in working with us to streamline the permitting process for Claybank. Utah was recently ranked the number one jurisdiction in the world for mineral exploration and development by the Fraser Institute¹, and we look forward to a long and productive relationship with the state.”
Mineralization at Claybank is constrained to an altered rhyolite tuff breccia erupted against a dolomite breccia and above a welded red rhyolite tuff. This geological position is believed to have constrained the hydrothermal fluids that generated bertrandite within the tuff unit. The property saw historical drilling in 1987 with 31 vertical drill holes distributed along strike of the altered tuff. Nineteen of the drill holes were closely-spaced and identified a zone of beryllium mineralization roughly 70 meters along strike of the tuff. Historical assays for the mineralization zone reported drillhole intercepts from ~2,500-6,500 ppm Be. In 2014, twenty of 31 historic stockpiles taken from outcrop were analyzed by Materion using a lab-based berylometer, with results showing a range from 770-3,216 ppm Be and a weighted average of 1,741 ppm Be. Most recently the Company conducted new sampling of all 31 stockpiles and of similar outcrops on the property. These samples were submitted for analysis and details of the sampling and results will be provided soon.
“Our recent completion of sampling and mapping at Claybank, Beryllium Butte and Meteor Projects in Utah confirm our intent to contribute to the future development and production of this strategic and critical mineral, said Rascan.”