Dakota Minerals Limited announced a summary of drill campaigns and sample analysis. Drilling for 2016 was completed in two phases and totalled 7,271 meters (including 282 meters of diamond drilling from phase two). All samples have been dispatched, and will be analysed and used for calculation of the maiden Mineral Resource at Sepeda, which is on track for delivery on first quarter of 2017. The strike of the main pegmatite, Romano, has been tested over approximately 800 meters of strike, having been extended by 250 meters to the west and 160 meters to the east from phase one drilling; significantly, it remains open in all directions. Thick intersections of pegmatite were evident throughout the programme, with the most significant to date being 93 meters of total downhole pegmatite width intersected in SC024, made up of two intersections of 30 meters and 63 meters. Drilling at Romano, and other pegmatites in the swarm, will continue in first quarter of 2017, the results of which will be used in future resource updates. The company has also re-analysed pulps of all samples from Sepeda phase one drilling following sub-optimal QA/QC performance by the previous laboratory. The re-analysis shows much improved QA/QC performance for low to mid-range lithium values, and an overall weighted average grade increase of 4.6%. Dakota's recently completed phase two drilling programme totalled 5,182 meters comprised of 282 meters of diamond drilling, and 4,900 meters of reverse circulation drilling. The programme had multiple objectives: to develop a maiden Mineral Resource at Sepeda, focusing on the Romano pegmatite (primary objective); to conduct reconnaissance drill testing on some of the surrounding lithium-bearing pegmatites within the 3 km-long Carvalhais pegmatite corridor at Sepeda; to provide samples for further metallurgical testwork to be used in a feasibility study; to collect geotechnical data for a future feasibility study; and to provide twinning of RC holes with large diameter (PQ) diamond drill core for comparative studies in grade.