The Ragusa Minerals Ltd (ASX: RAS) share price is having a day to remember.
In morning trade, the lithium explorer's shares are up 39% to a record high of 44.5 cents.
Why is the Ragusa Minerals share price on fire today?
Investors have been scrambling to buy this lithium share on Tuesday following the release of an update on the NT Lithium Project.
According to the release, the company has made progress towards the commencement of the maiden drilling program at the project. This follows the completion of site preparation earthworks, including access track and drill pad clearing.
Also getting investors excited was some commentary on a recent site visit.
Management advised that during the visit, additional reconnaissance and sampling was undertaken. This led to new pegmatite occurrences being identified, in addition to the known mapped pegmatite outcrops.
A newly identified pegmatite of ~150m outcrop width was found along the eastern edge of the project area, to the north of the White Rocks prospect. Positively, a sample collected from the exposure returned a strongly anomalous lithium grade consistent with what would be expected from a depleted lithium-bearing pegmatite outcrop.
However, it is not known if the intersection represents the true width of the pegmatite.
'Massive upside value potential'
Ragusa's chair, Jerko Zuvela, revealed that the company was very excited with the news and the potential of the NT Lithium Project. Zuvela said:
The Company is very excited as we prepare to commence our maiden drilling program at our strategic and highly prospective NT Lithium Project. This puts Ragusa in a strong position to rapidly accelerate the development of our project within a proven high-quality lithium district.
We have a significant opportunity to utilise our exploration and development experience to rapidly progress our NT Lithium Project and realise the massive upside value potential in a Tier 1 jurisdiction close to major infrastructure at a time of record lithium prices.
