Canada's largest celestite deposit. (SrSO4 - Strontium Sulfate)

The Enon Celestite Property is located in Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia, Canada, covering a large area of 1489 hectares. Within its boundaries, you'll find the historic MacRae Celestite Deposit, which was in operation during the 1970s under Kaiser Celestite Mining Limited. Since its discovery in 1962, around 88,000 tons of ore have been extracted. The entire property is reported to hold in-situ measured and indicated celestite reserves exceeding 775,000 tons, with an assigned celestite grade of 49.75%. Notably, potential exists to significantly increase the reserves along strike and down-dip.

In early 2023, 21Alpha acquired the surface rights to 90 acres of land, including the southern section of the ore zone and access to the MacRae Pit. Currently, surface rights to the deposit in its entirety are jointly held by the Crown and 21Alpha Resources.

21Alpha is offering their land for sale in connection with the mineral rights.

The property has an extensive drilling history, with over 470 recorded drill holes with 200+ available at the Stellarton core storage facility. This wealth of data allows for the calculation of an NI43-101 resource, contributing strontium to the portfolio of a public company.

The MacRae Deposit features four celestite mineralized zones, designated as Zones I, 2, 3, and 4, arranged in a stacked formation resembling a layer cake, with Zone 4 positioned at the top. Currently, Zones I and 4 are considered relatively small and not of significant consequence. However, Zones 2 and 3 show promise in terms of potential economic significance, considering both size and grade. Zone 2 underwent partial exploitation by Kaiser, while Zone 3 remains entirely intact. Zone 3 boasts a strike length of approximately 800 feet, extending from near the surface to a depth of 180 feet, and remains open down-dip to the northwest. Positioned approximately 30 feet below Zone 3, Zone 2 spans a strike length of around 900 feet, starting at approximately 35 feet below the surface and reaching a depth of 225 to 250 feet. It remains open down-dip to the northwest and extends on strike to the north.

A pre-feasibility study from 1987 is available below.

The Pine Brook Barite Deposit is located approximately 10 km by car to the southwest and is available in connection with the purchase and sale of the celestite property. The deposit is described as a total insitu resource of 100,489 tonnes grading 62.75% BaSO4, of which, 33,173 tonnes grading 50.03% BaSO4 are measured resource, 19,383 tonnes grading 65.48% BaSO4 are indicated resource, and 47,933 tonnes grading 64.21% BaSO4 are inferred resource.

There is an opportunity to apply for funding from the Nova Scotia Mineral Resources Development Fund (MRDF), which offers a maximum of $100,000 through a 50/50 shared funding stream. These funds can be utilized for various purposes, including exploration, resource definition, preliminary economic assessment, pre-feasibility, or feasibility studies.