Beryllium Exploration Project

The Tule Valley Lithium and
Beryllium Exploration Project
Millard/Juab County, Utah, USA

Location/access
• The Tule Valley Project is located approximately 190km south west
of Salt Lake City, Utah
• Crosses over the Juab and Millard county's
• Access is by a all weather, hard surface highway from Delta, Utah
and from Wendover, Nevada or by a paved road to the south
• Further access is by gravel roads in fair condition
• The terrain is readily amenable to the construction of the necessary
infrastructure related to mining operations. This includes, but is not
limited to, potential tailings storage sites, potential waste disposal
areas, heap leach pad areas and potential processing plant sites It
would be necessary to access electrical power from Gold Hill or
Callao (Lee, 2003).

Infrastructure
• Surrounding area is sparsely populated, with ranching
and livestock being the primary economic activities
• Located 20 km south of Redhill Resources Honey Comb
Beryllium-Rubidium, Lithium and REE project
• Approximately 60km to the northwest of the Crystal
Peak potash, lithium and magnesium project
• 30 Km to the south west of Matererions, Spor
Mountain Beryllium Mine

Climate
• The basins in this area are defined as arid,
generally receiving less than 8” of
precipitation per year.
• Evaporation exceeds precipitation. Hot dry
summers and cold dry winters

Artesian style aquifer to the west of the property

Closed Basin
• Tule valley is a endorheic basin, which means
that it retains water but does not allow any
external outflow
• This means that any element that mobilizes
into the basin, can enter but never leave
• The poses the hypothesis that over millions of
years the aquifer may have upgraded into a
extremely mineralized brine

Tule Valley
Red arrows outline possible fluid mobilization
from hard rock Lithium sources

Structure
• Similar to that of Clayton Valley, Tule valley is a
closed basin and has what is called a horst and
graben structure
• The valley is down faulted by normal faults on
both sides of the valley
• This is a key characteristic for confining brines
so mineralization cannot escape

Blue represents the volcanic rocks that could be the
possible source of lithium build up in the valley

Geology/Source
• The area to the north contains volcanic rocks such as rhyolite flows
and tuffs ranging is age from 3.4-4.7 Ma and are known to contain
significant values of lithium, beryllium, rubidium and REE’s
• Chemical and mineralogical studies of samples from shallow
excavations and drill holes revealed abnormal quantities of cesium,
rubidium and lithium in the beryllium-bearing tuffs. (Stonehouse,
1985)
• Results from the soil grid suggest that lithium (Li), beryllium (Be),
rubidium (Rb) and TREO (total rare earth oxides, including
lanthanum to lutetium plus yttrium) mineralization may be present
under shallow cover to the east flank of the Big Honey Comb Hill

Honeycomb Hills are two domelike bodies of rhyolite with a total volume
of 0.5 km3, contained within an area approximately 1.5 km in diameter.
Basaltic lava flows surround the area (Hogg, 1972), and tuffs adjacent to
the rhyolite contain high concentrations of Cs, Rb, Li, Be, and F
(McAnulty and Levinson, 1964).

Stratigraphy to the north of Tule Valley. Tuffs and
Rhyolites are host to the Lithium.

Assay Results
• In 2009, the underlying vendors have completed detailed geological mapping,
prospecting and collected 146 total samples (including blanks) with significant
values of beryllium returned, along with anomalous values of lithium and uranium
• Initial surface sampling (146 samples) have reported assays of up to 1,043 ppm
total rare earth oxides (TREO), 1,690 ppm lithium (Li), average of 1,010 ppm
beryllium (Be) and 1,270 ppm rubidium (Rb).
• Detailed mapping has shown an anomalous area of roughly 500 by 1,000 m with
another neighboring anomalous area of 500 by 500 m. In addition, both anomalies
are flanked by quaternary alluvium and could extend substantially under shallow
cover
• In addition, sampling and mapping of a decline excavated in rhyolite breccias show
highly anomalous Li, Rb and weakly anomalous TREO assays from 460-1050 ppm,
471-1035 ppm, and 392-461 ppm respectively

Lithium Concentration of the Honey Comb Prospect

From Honey Comb hard rock project to the north

From Honey Comb Hard rock deposit to
the north

Erosional History
• During the 130,000 to 10,000 year period of
pronounced glaciations and inter-glacial flooding,
erosion of the Deep Creek granitic highlands,
west and adjacent to the paleo-shorelines,
provided detrital feed for the paleo-beaches of
Bonneville Lake basin. Granite grit, containing
magnetite and associated heavy minerals,
including rare earth-bearing minerals, became
feed for the beaches. This erosional debris was
distributed, worked and re-worked as the
shorelines advanced and receded.

Volcanics surrounding Tule Valley

Exploration Plan
• Stage 1- Soil/surface sampling, shallow
groundwater fluid analysis
• Stage 2- High resolution gravity survey of the Tule
Basin
• Stage 3- Data Compilation to allocate drill targets
• Estimated duration: 8 – 12 months

Staking plan
14,000 acres in total
BLM fees are $155.00 per 20 acres
BLM Fee= $108,000 USD due by September 1st

Conclusion
• A combined analysis of geophysical,
geochemical and geological data suggests the
possibility of anomalous Li/Be/Rb/k values
could be located in the brines of the Tule
Valley Playa
• The Tule Valley playa merits further
exploration, including geophysics and drilling
to evaluate potential for a mass brine deposit