Rockland Resources Further Defines Beryllium Targets on The Lithium Butte Property, Utah

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 2, 2023 / Rockland Resources Ltd. (the "Company" or "Rockland") (CSE:RKL) is reporting additional surface chip channel samples taken on its keystone Lithium Butte Property located in Juab County, Utah. The objective of the recent sampling was to better define the beryllium ("Be") targets, ahead of the proposed first "modern" drill program now scheduled for the new year. Multiple prospective targets have been indicated on the Lithium Butte property and the proposed RC drill program is designed to test for both lithium and beryllium mineralization.

An additional seven surface chip channel samples were taken by Company personnel from the "Saddle Target", with a peak value of 2,130 parts per million ("ppm") Be, and an average of 1,179 ppm Be. Peak lithium ("Li") values are 995 ppm Li, with an average of 505 ppm Li. As observed in previous sampling, lithium values are strongly anomalous over the beryllium prospect area, but lower than in the surrounding lithium targets. Associated values of rubidium ("Rb") and cesium ("Cs") are strongly anomalous in the Saddle Target area and are useful pathfinder metals.

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Table 1. Seven surface chip channel samples from the Saddle Target
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Rockland CEO Mike England states: "All of the channel samples from the Saddle Target returned significant beryllium values and enhance and strengthen this zone. Channel samples give a much better representative picture of what we are looking at over single rock samples so this is a very good step in the right direction as we ready ourselves to drill."

Lithium Butte

The 1,004-hectare (2,480-acre) Lithium Butte property is located in the Basin and Range geological province of west-central Utah and is interpreted to be highly prospective for lithium and beryllium mineralization hosted in claystone volcanic tuff breccia units. Company sampling has returned up to 4,080 ppm Li from a grab sample and channel sampling returned 25.2 metres at 1,388 ppm Li, including eight metres at 2,155 ppm Li and 0.7 metre at 3,540 ppm Li.

Saddle Target

The Saddle beryllium target represents a window within the larger prospective lithium target area. The Saddle Target is interpreted to have strong similarities with the Miocene Spor Mountain Formation that hosts beryllium deposits currently in production at the Spor Mountain mine, located 30 kilometres east of the property. The prospective beryllium-bearing tuff breccia unit has a limited subcrop/outcrop exposure, measuring 60 by 75 metres, overlain by alluvium/colluvium cover to the west, and younger volcanic tuffs to the north and east.