b'GEORGIAN LAKE LITHIUMUPPING THE ANTE: IMAGINEI magine Lithium Inc. is makingprojects reported to include millions its play on two hard-rock lithiumof tonnes of rock with grades of deposit locations in Northern0.85-0.91-per-cent lithium oxide.LITHIUMSOntarios Georgian Lake area.PLACING BETSNearly 140 kilometres north-northeast of Thunder Bay, the companyLithium-bearing pegmatites were JACKPOTis ramping up activity at its Jackpotfirst discovered in the Georgian Lake and Casino Royale deposits whilearea in 1955. Initial drilling at the exploring further opportunitiestime uncovered nearly two million PROJECT throughout the Georgia Laketonnes of lithium-bearing rock in what Pegmatite Field (GLPF). would become known as the Jackpot area. Despite the find, the lack of By Matthew Bradford The Jackpot and Casino Royale projectscommercial interest in lithium caused are located over a property spanningactivity in the site to wane, and the site 18,800 hectares in an area known forwent dormant for several decades.hosting pegmatite dikes containing the mineral spodumene, a main globalFast-forward to the 2010s, and the source of lithium. Both are open-pitsurging interest in electric vehicles and 6 ONTARIO PROSPECTOR WINTER 2025/26'