Eclipse Metals Limited announced that recent Australian laboratory analysis of a quartz bulk sample from its Ivittuut multi-commodity project in southwest Greenland has confirmed the high silica, low impurity nature of the sample of several kilograms of quartz collected from the historical mine dumps and shipped to Perth for analysis. Accurate analysis of quartz from below Ivittuut's historic pit determined it can be further purified with a simple acid wash process to substantially increase grade by removing impurities, potentially making it suitable for the high-tech semiconductor industry, further increasing the deposit value. Analytical results from this bulk sample, collected to assess Ivittuut's quartz quality, confirms results reported by North Atlantic Mining Associates (GEUS report 23656).

Modelling of historical exploration data from the Ivittuut deposit indicates the presence of a large (c. 220m-wide and 90m-thick) cylindrical body of in-situ high silica grade, low impurity quartz immediately below the pit floor as defined by historic drilling. The modelling, which supports an estimated exploration target of between 5.70 million tonnes and 5.94 million tonnes of quartz ranging between 90% and 95% silica, further confirms the Company's view of the significant economic potential to exploit this high silica grade quartz body. Geological domaining of the historic drill hole data defined a large (c. 220m-wide and 90m-thick) cylindrical body of quartz below the Ivittuut pit floor.

The modelled quartz body represents in-situ mineralisation that could be accessed 5m to 10m below the central cryolite-fluorite zone. Immediately below the historic open pit, the quartz body thickens along an east-west axis. Exploration Targets are based on exploration results from 18 diamond drill holes, representing 1,764m of drilling within and around the historic pit.

The assay data used includes 1,062 analytical results. Bulk density measurements were assigned using a lower value of SG 2.55 and an upper value of SG 2.65.