Photo 4. Intersection of niobium, thorium and REE mineralization at 585m in drill hole HK20-002 in hydrothermal breccia with digested fragments sovite dykes and an intense potassic alteration overprint dominated by coarse-grained hydrothermal biotite. A similar style of mineralization occurs over 49 metres starting at 50 m depth in HK20-004. There are up to 0.56% REE oxides and 0.15 % ThO2 in 1 metre core samples. The critical minerals reside in the pale grey, hexagonal and lathe-like REE phosphate minerals which are extremely dense, raising the specific gravity of the core from 3.0 to 3.52 g/cm3.
Photo 4. Intersection of niobium, thorium and REE mineralization at 585m in drill hole HK20-002 in hydrothermal breccia with digested fragments sovite dykes and an intense potassic alteration overprint dominated by coarse-grained hydrothermal biotite. A similar style of mineralization occurs over 49 metres starting at 50 m depth in HK20-004. There are up to 0.56% REE oxides and 0.15 % ThO2 in 1 metre core samples. The critical minerals reside in the pale grey, hexagonal and lathe-like REE phosphate minerals which are extremely dense, raising the specific gravity of the core from 3.0 to 3.52 g/cm3.