Busy last few days on the drilling side! Updates below on drilling disclosures, summary generated using AI by
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, based on drilling disclosures released since 9:00 AM EST on Friday February 23, 2024, from public filings. Please consider these summaries as an overview and refer to the full filings for detailed information - find all details on company and project pages on Prospector with an Analyst license, two week free trial available here!
- Completed 6 drill holes totaling 1,617.5 meters at East Target; high-grade gold zone depth extensions tested.
- Surface sampling at Saittavaara prospect revealed new gold mineralization area; up to 6.28 g/t Au.
- Secured three new exploration permits covering approximately 22 km2.
- Results expected by early March 2024; detailed exploration warranted.
- Drilling of 3,932 meters focused on Fletcher and Larkin Zones.
- Highlight intercepts include 3.8 g/t over 33.0 meters and 34.6 g/t over 2.0 meters.
- Upgraded mining equipment expected to support annualized mining rate of 2.0 Mtpa by end of 2024.
- Completed 17 exploration drill holes totaling 6,966 meters in 2023.
- Highlight intercepts include a new zone (Buzz Zone) with 6.52 g/t Au over 4.6 m.
- 2024 drill program commenced, targeting growth within current mineral resource.
- Drilling program at Mann Northwest and Mann Central with promising assay results.
- Highlights include 0.43 g/t Pt+Pd over 16.5 meters and 0.55 g/t Pt+Pd over 28.5 meters.
- Targets remain open, indicating potential for further discoveries.
- Initial assay results from 2024 winter program at Tesla and Bridge Zones.
- Highlight intercepts include 27.4m grading 1.83% CuEq; Tesla strike length extended to 1,050m.
- Up to 20,000m planned for winter program; Tesla open for expansion.
Freegold Ventures Limited - Golden Summit Project
- Drilling in Saddle Zone showed expansion potential; highlight intercepts include 1.4 meters at 34.4 g/t gold.
- 2024 program to continue drilling west of Dolphin/Cleary area and target unexplored vein zones.
- Completed 6,028 meters in 73 holes; high sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag target.
- Highlight intercepts include 66.04 g/t Au over 8.99 meters; new mineral resource estimate expected in March 2024.
VR Resources Ltd. - New Boston Property
- Final drill planning site visit completed for the maiden drill program.
- Historic hole NB-1 intersected 318 ft @ 0.14% Cu and 0.08% MoS2.
- Two planned drill holes into East Zone conductor; project in Nevada's Walker Lane mineral belt.
- Assay results from Fall 2022 drill program; focused on historical Central Manitoba gold mine.
- Highlight intercepts include 2.75 m of 2.27 g/t Au; extended mineralization along Wentworth and Hope-Roger vein corridors.
- Results from 20 diamond drill holes totaling 4,783 meters at Ghanie Zone.
- Highlight intercepts include 7.5 g/t Au over 5.5 m and 42.2 g/t Au over 3.0 m.
- Maiden mineral resource estimate with 974,000 oz. Au inferred and 220,000 oz. Au indicated.
- Secured Cultural Heritage Agreement for phosphate drilling; exploration target estimated up to 761 million tonnes at 14-18% P2O5.
- Historical drill results include significant intercepts such as 5m at 24.8% P2O5.
- Aim to convert exploration targets to resources with proposed drill spacing to define an inferred resource.
- Drilling aims to sample brines from Clastic Zones and Mississippian Units; maiden JORC Mineral Resource targeted.
- Holds 1,251 placer claims over 10,620 hectares; Exploration Target for combined units established.
- Drilling program to prevent interaction between surface waters and lithium brines.
- Purchased third diamond drill rig, Nock 800, to accelerate exploration.
- Over 9000 meters of diamond drilling completed across two exploration tenements.
- Plans to complete 30,000 meters of diamond drilling in 2024; aiming for maiden JORC-compliant resources.
- Maiden drilling at Arakompa project near Kainantu Gold Mine.
- Highlight intercepts include 7.20 m at 24.76 g/t AuEq; large target size with mineralization open.
- Exploration to expand with similarities to Kora and Judd systems noted.
- Significant copper, gold, and silver mineralization open in all directions.
- Highlight intercepts include 102.0m at 4.56% CuEq; 15,000m drilling planned, 8,614m completed.
- Listed on TSX Venture Exchange, approved to list on Toronto Stock Exchange.
- Phase I diamond drilling of five holes totaling 1,350 meters to confirm and extend historical findings.
- Historical highlight intercepts include 14.69 m at 12.10 g/t Au and 61.63 m at 6.97% Cu.
- Phase II regional drill program planned; potential buried intrusive heat source indicated.
- Drill permit received for 123 Reverse Circulation (RC) drill holes.
- Aims to test for gold-in-till dispersal trains and collect lithological data.
- Located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, 300 kilometers north of Timmins, Ontario.
- Positive assay results from eight diamond drill holes; highlight intercepts include 5.97m at 1.12% Li2O.
- Stage 1 drilling campaign completed approximately 2,000m across 13 diamond drill holes and 7 reverse circulation holes.
- Targeted northwest-oriented pegmatites; drilling perpendicular to pegmatite bodies.
- Completed 840 meters across seven drill holes; highlight intercept includes 0.75 g/t gold over 39 meters.
- New higher-grade gold and silver bearing zone, Halo area, confirmed north of current inferred mineral resource.
- Sunrise area also confirmed gold and silver mineralization, with 0.15 g/t gold from 9 to 54 meters.
- Contracted for drilling in Athabasca Basin; area includes 7 mineral claims.
- Historical drilling revealed uranium mineralization; hydrothermal alteration zones suggested by density anomalies.
- Exploration trend with several uranium occurrences; drilling to identify mineralized portions of structures.
- Initial drilling program completed; 1,613 meters over 13 shallow drill holes.
- Highlight intercepts include 26.11 g/t gold over 3.16 meters; confirmed strike length of 1.5 km.
- Phases four and five of drilling planned with a total expected program of 4,000 meters.
NOTE: Based on drilling disclosures released since 9:00 AM EST on Friday February 23, 2024, from public filings. Please consider these summaries as an overview and refer to the full filings for detailed information!
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