Frontier Lithium developing high-value property in northwestern Ontario.

• Date: 01 October 2019
• Author: Gillis, Len

Mining companies like to invent creative names for their properties. The Ring of Fire chromite mining deposit is one that comes to mind since it has been in the public eye for more than 10 years now.

The discovery of a relatively new high-grade lithium deposit in northwestern Ontario inspired Frontier Lithium Inc. to label the area as Ontario's "Electric Avenue" (Thank you, Eddy Grant!). The name references the value of lithium for creating batteries for the expanding electric car market.

Despite the marketing pun, Sudbury-based Frontier is taking the project seriously, according to Trevor Walker, the company's president and CEO, who is working to develop Frontier's Pakeagama Lake Pegmatite (PAK) lithium project into a major mining operation.

The deposit is described by the company as one of the largest in North America. It is located 175 kilometres north of Red Lake near the First Nation communities of North Lake...