Great American Energy, Inc. announced initial details for the company's 2013 exploration program for its 7,680-acre Big Smoky Valley (BSV) Lithium Project. The exploration program is set to commence on the BSV property in and around Esmeralda County, Nevada, in June 2013. Surrounding lithium-bearing rhyolites are among the richest in the world according to US Geological Survey (USGS) information, and USGS reconnaissance drill holes on or near the BSV property yielded lithium values averaging 160ppm, according to a 1974 USGS report.

The BSV Project is also adjacent to America's only producing lithium mine, Chemetall Foote's Silver Peak Mine in Clayton Valley (producing for 40+ years at a rate of 5,000 lithium carbonate equivalent tonnes per year). The 2013 BSV exploration program is designed to map depth to bedrock or thickness of sediments; map geologic structure and stratigraphy relative to the occurrence of lithium-bearing brine; identify conductors that are thought to be representative of lithium-bearing brine; and provide information for the selection and design of additional geophysical surveys for the identification of drilling locations. A total of 9 gravity survey lines will be used to cover the BSV claims. Each line will be separated by 1 kilometer, and stations will be acquired at nominal intervals of 1 kilometer, except near the existing USGS well, where additional stations will be acquired at a nominal 500-meter interval.

A total of about 100 gravity stations will be acquired along approximately 95 kilometers of line. It is anticipated the gravity survey field work will take 14 days, exclusive of 2 days for mobilization and demobilization. The gravity data will be acquired by GeoXplor Corp.

personnel with in-field and remote supervision by Jim Hasbrouck PGp, Hasbrouck Geophysics, Inc., Prescott, Arizona. Deliverables will include Bouguer Anomaly and modeled bedrock sections along each line, a three-dimensional compilation of those results, and a final report detailing the methodology, data acquisition, processing and interpretation.