Highlights of drill results are from the Stover zone (located within the BDZ), where the Company has completed six drill holes to date.
Highlights
All additional holes at the Stover zone continue to intersect wide zones of gold mineralization with highlight results of 15 m of 1.5 g/t Au (at 157.3 m downhole depth), including 5.3 m of 2.7 g/t Au, in hole MTU-20-56; Footprint of gold mineralization at Stover now extends for 200 m along strike, to vertical depth of approximately 150 m and remains open in all directions; Known gold mineralization occurs within a magnetic-lows trend that extends for several kilometres along strike, where it remains untested by drilling; Based on positive drill results, the winter drill program on BDZ has been increased by at least 100% to 10,000 metres minimum, from 5,000 metres; Second drill is on site and drilling has resumed. Drilling is focused on testing extensions of the Stover occurrence and first-pass testing of 29 high-priority geophysical and geochemical targets located along a 5 km segment of the
'We are excited to be kicking off the new year by doubling our planned drilling program from 5,000 metres to 10,000,' stated
To date, the Company has completed six diamond drill holes totalling 847 metres at the Stover zone, (located within the BDZ), where drilling continues to intersect wide sections of gold mineralization at shallow depths, with widths of up to 40 m. Initial drilling intersected up to 39.9 m of 0.5 g/t at 105 m down hole in hole MTU-20-49 and 0.8 g/t Au over 18.0 m, including 3.3 g/t Au over 2.1 m in hole MTU-20-52 (see news release
Additional results released today extend the footprint of gold mineralization by over 200 m along strike and to a vertical depth of approximately 150 m. Drill highlights are from hole MTU-20-56, a 50 metre undercut on hole MTU-20-52, and include a broad zone of gold mineralization over a core length of 15 m grading 1.5 g/t Au at 153.3 metre downhole, with such 15 m intersection including a higher grade intersection grading 2.7 g/t Au over 5.3 metres. Drill results reported are over core lengths. True thicknesses are not known at this time.
Mineralization intersected at the Stover occurrence is coincident with a linear southeast striking magnetic-low, as well as moderate IP chargeability and resistivity trends, which are generally interpreted as an indication of gold mineralization. The magnetic-low zone extends for several kilometres northwest and southeast, where it remains untested by drilling.
The Stover occurrence remains open in all directions and further drilling will focus on testing for higher grade mineralization at depth and along strike. Drilling of other, priority exploration targets derived from a combination of airborne and ground magnetic surveys, an induced polarization ('IP') survey, selective leach soil geochemistry ('EDTA') and geological work. The focus of the current drilling is to test the BDZ, which is a large-scale deformation corridor and represents the fault-offset continuation of the Goudreau-Localsh deformation zone (the 'GLDZ'). The GLDZ is host to both
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