Redhill Resources has started the additional mapping and sampling work at its Honey Comb Hills Rare Earth Property in Utah. The property is located 20 miles from the west of IBC Advanced Alloys Project, which is also based in Utah.
The company has planned for this secondary program to follow up the former mapping and sampling project, which indicated assays of more than 1270 ppm rubidium and 1000 ppm beryllium, 1690 ppm lithium and 1043 ppm total rare earth oxides. Comprehensive mapping demonstrates approximately 500x1000 m anomalous area with a 500x500 m satellite anomalous area. Both anomalies are edged by quaternary alluvium and could significantly broaden under shallow cover.
A wide soil sampling grid is included in the current program to potentially delineate the anomalous regions under shallow cover, which was recommended by a former geophysical survey. Detailed sampling and mapping of historical mines is also in progress.
The property includes an alkalic rhyolite flow dome complex that displays rubidium, beryllium, lithium and rare earth elements. High-grade mineralization occurs in a flat to dipping series of rhyolite tuffs and breccias.
The Honey Comb Hills Property has an analogous geologic environment near Spor Mountain Mine, which is owned by Brush Engineered Metalswho generates about 48,000 tonnes of bertrandite ore per year, grading 0.35% beryllium, representing roughly 60% of global production.
Studies performed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. geological survey in the 1960s prove the grade ad grade of the beryllium deposits in this region.
Source: http://www.redhill-resources.com/