Zenith Minerals Limited announced that follow-up surface sampling, mapping and geophysical surveying at Burro Creek lithium clay project located in central western Arizona, USA has provided encouraging results. Based on the positive outcomes of work completed during the initial 90 day exclusive period Zenith has exercised its option to proceed with involvement in the project. Located in an active mining district, Freeport McMoRan's operating Bagdad porphyry copper mine is located 10km from the Burro Creek project. Initial surface sampling by the Company of the lithium clay exposures (reported 10th November 2016) returned results including: 20m @ 818ppm Li, 5m @ 1090ppm Li and 15m @ 930ppm Li & 50m @ 785 ppm Li. New results from a recently completed follow-up program returned generally higher-grade lithium results over greater widths. Results from composite channel sampling of zones where the full clay thickness is exposed in the field included: 33.6m @ 980ppm Li; whilst, Zones where lithium bearing clay zones are not fully exposed and are locally obscured by transported rubble and alluvium included: 15m @ 1427ppm Li and 15m @ 920ppm Li; 2.5m @ 1300ppm Li, 3.5m @ 1120ppm Li and 1.5m @ 1210ppm Li. These results represent only a portion of the lithium clay horizon and drilling or trenching is required to test the full thickness of the lithium bearing units; and Grab samples of relict drill spoil from holes drilled during a small, historical program to test the clay for industrial purposes returned results including: 1650ppm Li and 1290ppm Li. Encouragingly these are among the high grades returned from Zenith's sampling to date and may indicate that surface sampling is understating the true lithium grade. True widths for these zones are unknown and follow-up drilling is required. A trial geophysical survey using passive seismic technique supports Zenith's geological interpretation of extensive flat lying, near surface lithium bearing clays. The lithium bearing clay zone is a near surface, flat lying horizon extending over 1700m by 1000m within the eastern project leases and a further 800m by 600m within the western lease areas. Observations from mapping and sampling programs indicate that the clay horizon generally has a true thickness greater than 30 m where it is exposed in gullies within gently undulating, poorly vegetated hills that comprise the eastern project area. Previous drilling to test the clay quality for industrial uses intersected clay units over thicknesses up to 20m in the western half of the project area, notwithstanding that drilling did not penetrate the full thickness of those clay beds which are up to 50 m thick in outcrop in the eastern area. The Company therefore concludes that there is excellent potential for large tonnages of lithium bearing clay within the Burro Creek project.