Solid Resources Ltd.- Targeting Tantalum in Spain
Overview
Solid Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SRW,OTCQX:SLDRF,FSE:YRS) is an exploration company focused on defining a reserve estimate at its Doade-Presqueiras property in northwestern Spain. The property is host to rare metals such as tantalum, niobium, lithium, cesium and rubidium. It also has significant values of tin and was a former tin producer.
The company also has the option to earn 100% interest in a gold-copper property in northwest Peru. Solid Resources sold its interest in the Bear Property to Silver Bear Mines Inc. for $3,000,000 in February and recently closed a non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units for total proceeds of $1 million pending TSX-V approval.
Investment Highlights
- NI 43-101 complaint Reserve Estimate by Q4 2011
- Solid Resources plan to be the first Tantalum mine in Europe
Chief Properties
Doade-Presqueira Property – Northwestern Spain
The Doade-Presqueira Property covers 4,900 hectares overlying two mica schist belts 25 kilometers east of the deep sea port of Pontevedra in the Galicia province of northwest Spain. It is well served by infrastructure with an all-weather road network, access to water, and a power line running through the property.
Historical exploration revealed that many of the pegmatite dykes within the property’s two mica schist belts host significant concentrations of rare metals like tantalum, tin, lithium, cesium, and niobium. In their 2003 reconnaissance drill program, Solid Resources drilled 10 holes in three target areas in the north, south, and central part of the property. Results confirmed the geological structure of the ore bodies as tabular pegmatite dykes, up to 10 m in depth and several hundred meters in length, and yielded concentrations of up to 400 ppm of tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5). The follow up 2005 program concentrated on the northern Presqueira area of the property, where seven holes were drilled to confirm the depth, length, and grade of the ore body.
The 2011 drill program, 31 holes, totaling 3,365 metres, is now complete. 18 of the 31 holes, totaling ~2,000 metres were aimed at upgrading the Presqueiras (northern zone) pegmatites to a NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource estimate, add tonnage, and determine the continuity of mineral grades of tin, tantalum, and lithium. This would potentially lead to low cost Open Pit operation.
The remaining 13 drill holes, totaling ~1,500 metres targeted the southern zones of the 12,108 acre concession, which would lead to an underground mining operation. A NI 43-101 compliant indicated resource estimate is also planned for the most southern extension of the concession referred to as the Toboazas area.
Assay results for the Presqueiras area (northern zone) included:
- 10.15 m averaging 679 ppm tin, 115 ppm tantalum, .37% lithium, 996 ppm rubidium, and 106 ppm niobium
- 11.75 m averaging 999 ppm tin, 124 ppm tantalum, and 1.15% lithium oxide
- 11 m averaging 761 ppm tin and 174 ppm tantalum
- 7.6 m averaging 997 tin and 166 ppm tantalum
This program significantly expanded the resource depth and lateral extent of the Presqueiras area, with thicknesses up to 26 m and averaging 16.25 m. The drill program extended the continuity of the mineralization by approximately 94 metres to an entirely new area, where the best results to date were yielded by hole SO-11-12, with 1 m of grades of more than 2kg per tonne of tin, more than 2% lithium oxide, and 183 ppm tantalum pentoxide.
Assay results for the southern areas of the concession included:
- 11 m averaging 838 ppm tin and 168 ppm tantalum
- 5.7 m averaging 1,216 tin and 205 ppm tantalum
- 11.5 m averaging 1,272 tin and 128 ppm tantalum
- 2.2m averaging 1,320 tin and 250 ppm tantalum
Many of the high grade mineralized dykes are almost at surface level, between 3 m to 12 m below ground.
2011 Drill Program summary
When the 2011 drilling campaign was initiated, it was assumed that the majority of dykes mineralized with tin and tantalum were seldom wider than 5 m and longer than 100-200 m. It can now be concluded, as a result of the 2011 drill program, that the intersections of the main mineralized dykes consistently have widths near or above 10 m, extending well over several kilometres.
Solid Resources is now undertaking a 43-101 compliant resource estimate, which will be completed in Q4 2011.
Peru
In June 2010, Solid Resources entered into an option agreement for a 1000 hectare gold and copper concession in Peru. Under the agreement, Solid Resources owes $500,000 by December 2012 and has already paid two of the three tranches in cash to the optioner.
The property is located in the Ayabaca province near the city of Piura in northwest Peru, 30 km south of the Ecuadorian border and 1200 km from Lima. The geology consists of Cretaceous volcanics and related tuffs cut by northeast-southwest shear zones hosting gold and copper sulphides.
Previous work includes forty grab samples from random outcrops collected by the previous optioner over the past two years, which yielded concentrations from 0.05 to 30 g/t gold and 0.1 to over 1% copper/t. These assays helped broadly define the property’s gold and base metal horizons, and aside from grab sampling and some minor works by local prospectors, the property remains virtually untouched and undrilled to date.
Given the positive assay results, a drill program for a minimum of 500 meters of core is recommended and is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2011 upon obtaining a mining license.
Management
Greg Pendura – CEO, President, & Director
Mr. Pendura has more than 35 years of experience in founding, financing, and advising emerging private and public companies. Greg Pendura was the original founder of Resin Systems Inc., which achieved remarkable success, and he retired from there in 2007 after attaining the position of President, CEO and Chairman.
Rick Gliege – COO, CFO, & Director
Rick Gliege previously has 20+ years of leadership and advisory experience as a senior manager in the public and private sector. Mr.Gliege brings to Solid Resources valuable knowledge in strategic planning, operations, marketing, development, and the raising of capital through his international connections.
Board of Directors
D. Randy Hayward – Director & Chairman of the Board
Mr. D. Randy Hayward, B. Comm, LLB. has maintained a successful law practice in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for 20 years. During the latter phase of his law practice, he founded and managed Canadian Dispute Resolution (Alberta) Ltd. and marketed the service of mediation to the legal community and the insurance industry.
Harry A. McKinders – Director & Member of the Audit Committee
Harry A. McKinders joined Solid Resources in 1995 and became a Director in 1998. He has had broad experience in the investment field and has provided consulting services to numerous public and private companies over the years. Previously, he was an account executive with Burns Brothers and Denton Ltd., which later became BMO Nesbitt Burns.
Rick Gliege – COO & Director
With over 20 years of leadership and advisory experience as a senior manager in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Gliege brings to Solid valuable knowledge in strategic planning, operations, marketing and development and the raising of capital through his international connections.
Greg Pendura – CEO, President, & Director
Mr. Pendura has more than 35 years of experience in founding, financing, and advising emerging private and public companies. Mr. Pendura spent 12 years in the public sector with Resin Systems Inc. An original founder of the company he retired in 2007 as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board.
Advisory Board
Dr. Peter Le Couteur – Geologist
Peter C. Le Couteur, Ph.D, P. Eng., to the Advisory Board. Dr. Le Couteur who resides in Vancouver, BC, received his B.Sc and M.Sc from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and his Ph.D in geology from the University of British Columbia. He is a Professional Engineer of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists.
Tony Spat – Director & Geologist
Tony Spat M.SC., P. Eng., has had a truly remarkable career as an international exploration geologist and engineer. Noted for being the first one up the hill, it would be difficult to find a mineral project or prospect where he does not have some first hand knowledge.
David Henstridge – Geologist
Mr. Henstridge is a Professional Geologist and brings over 37 years in the mining industry including 20 years in managing public-listed companies. Mr. Henstridge holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Adelaide in Australia and professional designations from each of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists and the Geologists and the Geological Society of Australia.
Geological Team
Tony Spat – Director & Geologist
Tony Spat M.SC., P. Eng., has had a truly remarkable career as an international exploration geologist and engineer. Noted for being the first one up the hill, it would be difficult to find a mineral project or prospect where he does not have some first hand knowledge.
Dr. Alfonso S. Garcia Plaza – Geologist
Dr. Alfonso S. Gracia Plaza graduated in Geological Science at the University of Salamanca. He was subsequently made a Doctor in Economic Geology and has both taught and done research at the University, where he still imparts specific courses as a visiting professor. He has also undertaken further studies in Business Administration and Environmental Engineering.


