Nevada
2022 Drilling Program Update on Bonnie Claire Lithium Project, Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Nevada Lithium Sources Inc. (CSE: NVLH) ( OTCQB: NVLHF) (FSE: 87K) (“Nevada Lithium” or the “Firm“) and its 50% accomplice within the Bonnie Claire Lithium Undertaking (the ‘Undertaking’ or ‘Property’), Iconic Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: ICM; OTCQB: BVTEF; FSE: YQGB) (“Iconic“) are happy to offer an replace on their 2022 mineral exploration and improvement plans for the Undertaking, positioned in Nye County, Nevada.
Nevada Lithium CEO, Stephen Rentschler, feedback: “We’re happy to report that our 50% accomplice, Iconic, who’s operator of our preliminary joint work program, has supplied an replace on the Bonnie Claire Lithium Undertaking 2022 drilling program. This preliminary work program, estimated to value $5mm USD, has been totally funded as a part of the Choice Settlement, whereby Nevada Lithium obtained its 50% possession of the Undertaking. We’re excited that the work program is offering extra information and materials that’s furthering improvement of the Undertaking. We firmly imagine that Bonnie Claire is among the most tasty world lithium belongings remaining in junior builders’ fingers.”
Drill Gap BC2201C
Core gap BC2201C reached a remaining vertical depth of 2001 ft (610 meters), which had a piezometer inserted for groundwater research. All samples not collected for engineering use had been submitted to ALS in Reno for geochemical evaluation. Logging has been accomplished and two thick zones of darkish inexperienced claystone often indicative of lithium-rich sediments, have been recognized. Preliminary assay outcomes are anticipated inside a pair weeks.
Drill Gap BC2202C
Core gap BC2202C is positioned 1,759 ft (536 meters) west of BC2201C. The outlet is additional out on the playa than BC2201C to check whether or not larger grade lithium (+1000 ppm Li) is nearer to the floor than holes close to the margins of the alluvial cowl. As of September 14th, the rig had drilled to 1,443 ft (440 meters) and can drill to a complete depth of roughly 2,000 ft (610 meters). Though not logged but, darkish inexperienced claystone was encountered inside 25 ft (7.6 meters) of the floor.
Drill Gap BC2203C
Near the completion of BC2201C, a second core rig arrived on web site and is ready up 1,840 ft (561 meters) south of BC2201C. This drill gap can be positioned additional out on the playa than BC2201C and also will take a look at whether or not larger grade lithium (+1000 ppm Li) is near the floor. The outlet has been accomplished to a complete depth of 1,998 ft (609 meters). The drill gap is at present being ready for geophysical logging. The core exhibits darkish inexperienced claystone commencing at 17 ft (5 meters) beneath the floor.
Drill Gap BC2201
This mud/rotary drill rig is on web site and has drilled to 80 ft (24 meters) and set casing. This vertical gap might be drilled to a depth of roughly 2000 ft (610 meters) and is positioned 20 ft (6 meters) from BC2201C. This gap might be geochem sampled and in contrast with assays from the adjoining core gap (BC2201C). Primarily based on earlier drilling, the Firm anticipates that the core lithium values could also be 10-15% larger than the mud/rotary gap (see Firm’s Preliminary Financial Evaluation NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Bonnie Claire Lithium Undertaking, Challenge date of February 25th, 2022). As soon as drilling is full, downhole geophysics might be carried out to find out excessive permeability zones together with different information. Water samples might be collected and analyzed, and Barr Engineering will carry out pumping assessments on the permeable zones recognized. This nicely may also be used as a water supply for future drilling.
QP Disclosure
Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P. Geo., Vice President of Exploration of the Firm, and Certified Individual as outlined by Nationwide Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical data on this information launch.
Bonnie Claire Property
The Bonnie Claire Property is positioned inside Sarcobatus Valley, which is roughly 30 km (19 miles) lengthy and 20 km (12 miles) vast. Quartz-rich volcanic tuffs containing anomalous quantities of lithium happen inside and adjoining to the valley. Drill outcomes from the salt flat embrace 2,054 ppm Li over 67.1 m (220 ft) in drill gap BC-1601 in addition to a 475 m (1560 ft) vertical intercept that averaged 1153 ppm Li. Bonnie Claire is one the most important lithium sources in North America with a present NI 43-101 inferred mineral useful resource 3,407 million tonnes (Mt) grading 1,013 ppm Li for 18,372 million kilograms of contained lithium carbonate equal, at a cut-off grade of 700 ppm Li. Mineral sources should not mineral reserves as they don’t have demonstrated financial viability.
The gravity low that characterizes the valley is roughly 20 km (12 miles) lengthy, and the present estimates of depth to basement rocks vary from 600 to 1,200 meters (2,000 to 4,000 ft). The present declare block covers an space of 74 km2 (28.6 mi2) with potential for brine methods and additional sediment sources.
About Nevada Lithium Sources Inc.
Nevada Lithium Sources Inc. is a mineral exploration and improvement firm targeted on shareholder worth creation via its core asset, the Bonnie Claire Lithium Undertaking, positioned in Nye County, Nevada, the place it at present holds a 50% curiosity. A lately accomplished NI 43-101 Preliminary Financial Evaluation returned engaging funding metrics and the Firm is actively advancing the Undertaking in the direction of Pre-Feasibility. Study extra: https://www.nvlithium.com/
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CEO
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Cautionary Assertion
This information launch incorporates sure forward-looking data and forward-looking statements throughout the that means of relevant securities laws (collectively “forward-looking statements”). The usage of any of the phrase “will” and comparable expressions are supposed to establish forward-looking statements. These statements contain recognized and unknown dangers, uncertainties and different components which will trigger precise outcomes or occasions to vary materially from these anticipated in such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements embrace, however should not restricted to, the proposed exploration program, improvement of the Bonnie Claire Undertaking, and development of the Bonnie Claire Undertaking to pre-feasibility. Precise outcomes achieved could range from the knowledge supplied herein on account of quite a few recognized and unknown dangers and uncertainties and different components. The Firm believes the expectations mirrored in these forward-looking statements are cheap, however no assurance may be on condition that these expectations will show to be appropriate. The Firm doesn’t undertake to replace these forward-looking statements, besides as required by regulation.
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Nevada
Henderson police investigate possible remains of missing 17-year-old girl
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Henderson police are investigating the possible remains of a 17-year-old girl who went missing last week.
According to police, the remains were discovered and reported around 10:42 a.m. in the desert area of Desert Sunflower Circle and Spanish Needle Street.
Arriving officers noted that the remains matched the description of Jennaleah Min, who was reported missing last Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.
An initial investigation found that there are no apparent signs of foul play, though it’s still in its early stages.
Parents of Foothill High School students received the following letter over the weekend:
The coroner has not identified the remains yet, though FOX5 has reached out for confirmation.
This is a developing story, check back later for updates.
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Nevada
Henderson Police investigate body matching description of missing 17-year-old girl
HENDERSON (KTNV) — Henderson Police are investigating reports of a dead woman in the desert area near Desert Sunflower Circle and Spanish Needle Street on Sunday morning.
The body matches the description of Jennaleah “Jenna” Hin, the missing 17-year-old girl, according to Henderson Police.
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Search underway for missing 17-year-old girl last seen leaving Henderson home
Jennaleah Reyes Hin was last seen leaving her home in the 1200 block of Grove Park Street at 8:46 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 30.
Now, a makeshift memorial is forming in the area where the body was recovered, with community members dropping off flowers in her honor.
According to officials, she’s never ran away before.
“Straight A student, exemplary in every way, never had problems with her mom and dad,” officials said.
On Sunday, many in our Valley showed an outpouring of support on social media.
One user wrote, “This is horrific. Thoughts are with her family and everyone who knew her and the students and staff at Foothill.”
Another user wrote, “My heart breaks for her parents.”
I did reach out to Hin’s stepfather, Corey Swanson.
A spokesperson for the family returned a comment saying “He will not be answering any texts or calls at this time in relation to the recent development for this tragedy.”
Henderson police say the Clark County Coroner’s Office still needs to confirm the identity of the person whose body was found. They do not believe there was foul play.
Anyone with information in this case is urged to call the Henderson Police Department at 702-267-4911, 3-1-1, or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit Crime Stoppers website. Tips directly leading to a felony arrest, or an indictment processed through Crime Stoppers, may result in a cash reward.
Nevada
Dams in quake-prone Nevada are vulnerable. Near Tahoe, the state is shoring one up – Carson Now
By Amy Alonzo — Dwarfed by drought, the warming climate and other, more immediate environmental threats, earthquakes aren’t at the forefront of most Nevadans’ minds.
But through the mid-20th century, Nevada was known as an earthquake state. While the state has experienced few sizable quakes since then, recent temblors have caught the attention of those who monitor earthquakes.
On Dec. 5, waves of water in the cave that houses rare Devil’s Hole pupfish in Death Valley National Park sloshed nearly 2 feet high after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of California.
Just four days later, a 5.8 magnitude quake struck on an unnamed fault between Yerington and Silver Springs, shaking Northern Nevada and sending objects flying in some buildings.
Neither of the earthquakes resulted in any substantial damage — the California earthquake was too far offshore, while the Nevada quake had its epicenter in a remote area — but they are reminders that seismic activity could result in significant damage to the state’s aging infrastructure. It’s why state officials are proactively shoring up some of Nevada’s oldest earthen dams that, if shaken to the point of breaking, could cause water supply contamination for tens of thousands of people and deadly floods.
Earthquake magnitude is measured on a scale of 1 to 10, with damage starting to be visible around magnitude 5; by magnitude 6, buildings could see structural damage requiring repairs. Nevada experiences about one magnitude 6 earthquake per year, said Christie Rowe, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, but almost always in a remote portion of the state.
If a magnitude 6 or greater earthquake were to occur in Las Vegas, Reno or another densely populated portion of the state, “there’s going to be a lot [of] impact,” Rowe said.
In the case of the recent earthquakes with epicenters in Yerington and off California’s coast, urban areas such as Reno were “pretty lucky,” Rowe said. “If either one had happened in a city, it would have been bad news.”
Inspections around the epicenter of the Lyon County earthquake revealed cracks in irrigation ditches and collapses on the banks of the Walker River but no damage to roads or bridges.
The quake was also a reminder to officials of the state’s seismic history and the need to beef up some of the hundreds of dams across Nevada, most constructed in the days before statewide engineering standards and made of dirt and other natural materials.
Damage from earthquakes is “definitely a concern,” said Keith Conrad, chief of dam safety at Nevada’s Division of Water Resources.
The state recently received federal funds to upgrade the dam at Marlette Lake, one of the oldest dams in the state. Marlette Lake perches on the rim between the Lake Tahoe Basin and Carson City, a popular mountain biking and hiking destination renowned for its fall colors and views down to Lake Tahoe. Its reservoir, restrained by an earthen dam estimated to be more than 150 years old, serves as the water source for multiple Northern Nevada counties and cities.
The state purchased the lake and its surrounding land in 1963, but now its aging infrastructure, combined with its location in an area of high seismic activity, makes it a “high hazard dam.” Annual inspections of the dam indicate a “high probability” of a breach if an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude or greater were to occur. If it breached, it could easily flood State Route 28, which runs between the dam and Lake Tahoe, and, with a sewage pipe running beneath the highway, damage to the highway could release sewage and debris into Lake Tahoe.
The seismic retrofit being done at Marlette should cover a lot of vulnerabilities that could affect the lake, caused by earthquakes or other events, Rowe said.
“If they know that dam is vulnerable, I’m really glad they’re doing preventative work,” she said. “It’s going to be way less expensive than if the dam failed.”
High hazard dams and federal emergency declarations
In 1915, the state experienced its largest earthquake, a 7.3 shaker near Winnemucca.
But there has been little high-magnitude shaking in urban areas since 1960, the exception being a magnitude 6 earthquake in the Wells area in 2008. But earthquake faults are still being discovered across the state (the Yerington-area quake occurred near no known faults) and there is still serious potential for earthquakes, especially in western Nevada.
In Lake Tahoe, there are multiple major fault lines that run beneath the lake, Rowe said, and the area is considered at high risk for earthquakes. While the state has been relatively free of any large quakes during the last few decades, Nevada has had the third most frequent number of large earthquakes in the last 150 years.
Lake Tahoe was created by seismic activity — earthquake faulting caused a portion of the mountains to drop, creating a giant bowl, and volcanic deposits dammed the bowl on its north side.
About 5,000 years ago, Lake Tahoe’s west shore experienced an earthquake large enough to produce a tsunami — and a tsunami-producing fault in the basin is overdue for an earthquake, scientists said more than a decade ago at an annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Earthquakes occur every 3,000 to 4,000 years along the West Tahoe Fault that runs from beneath the lake up to the Echo Summit area. That fault last saw a major quake 4,500 years ago. The Incline Fault, located in the northeast portion of the lake, saw a quake of roughly magnitude 7 about 575 years ago.
During earthquakes, concern first focuses on injury and loss of life, said Rowe. But after that, effects to basic services and communications are of utmost concern, she said.
“The resilience of a community relies on the resilience of the water supply and the food supply,” she said. “It can take days or weeks to restore those kinds of services.”
It’s that focus on infrastructure that prompted the state to apply for a $10 million federal grant to upgrade Marlette Lake Dam to reduce the risk of a dam breach during an earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed the dam, listed as “high hazard,” warrants the work and issued the funding.
Nevada’s Division of Water Resources, the department Conrad staffs, oversees about 660 dams across the state; additional dams, such as those operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Indian Affairs, do not fall under the division’s purview.
Few are concrete or rock masonry dams — most are earth embankment dams. Many of them are part of stormwater detention basins in Las Vegas or are small, privately owned structures used for irrigation in rural portions of the state (nearly half of the state’s dams are privately owned) but some are larger and in areas that could have substantial downstream effects if they failed, such as the dam at Marlette Lake.
The dams are categorized into “low,” “significant” and “high” hazard by how catastrophic their failure would be on downstream residents and infrastructure. While failure of low hazard dams are unlikely to have any substantial economic effects or cause death, failure of significant hazard dams are likely to cause substantial economic effects; failure of a high hazard dam is likely to lead to death.
Nearly a quarter of state-monitored dams, primarily in the Reno/Tahoe and Las Vegas areas, are considered “high hazard.” (The designation does not reflect the safety or condition of the dam.)
Nevada didn’t start regulating dams until 1955; “anything prior to that, we don’t know a whole lot about these dams, and chances are they were never engineered,” Conrad said. When it comes to Marlette Lake’s dam, built nearly a century before the state started regulating dams, “Who knows what techniques they used to build it. There’s a big old question mark on that portion of the dam.”
But the general state of dams within Nevada is pretty poor, Conrad said.
A 2018 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers ranked Nevada’s dams with a lowly grade of “D+” or “Poor: At Risk.”
A separate report issued by the National Inventory of Dams in 2023 echoed the 2018 findings, with the condition of the bulk of the dams included in the report listed as “fair” or “poor.”
“It’s hard to say exactly what the likelihood of failure is,” Conrad said.
In 2003, the state began drafting emergency action plans for all high and significant hazard-rated dams in the state.
“We are kind of ahead of the curve” compared with some other states, Conrad said.
Those plans have been activated occasionally, Conrad said, such as earlier this year at Angel Lake near Wells when cracks were found in the roughly 150-year-old dam. The seeping cracks created sinkholes on top of the dam, complicating repairs.
There has never been a federal emergency declaration in Nevada because of a dam failure in the state, but Nevada has seen multiple dam failures throughout the years.
The earliest documented dam failure in Nevada occurred in 1876, when an irrigation dam across the Humboldt River 22 miles east of Battle Mountain failed, releasing a large volume of water through the canyon and flooding several downstream ranches.
In 1955, an intense December storm dropped between 10 inches and 13 inches of rain in Northern Nevada, causing flooding along the Walker, Carson and Truckee rivers. Derby Dam on the Truckee River failed, and Hobart Dam outside Carson City failed and released water that severely damaged U.S. Route 395. Nearly $4 million in damages (roughly $44.2 million in 2022 dollars) was incurred and one person died.
Hobart Reservoir, also part of the Marlette Lake Water System, is next on the state’s list of dams to be repaired with federal funds, Conrad said.
— This story is used with permission of The Nevada Independent. Go here for updates to this and other Nevada Independent stories.
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