Radisson drilling uncovers new structure at Duquesne

A new deep structure has been discovered on the Duquesne property north of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Radisson Mining Resources (ME) reports.

The company recently undertook a 4-hole program in hopes of reaching gold-bearing structure 74 in the Porcupine-Destor Fault. In lengthening the fourth hole to intersect vein 20 below the underground openings, the new structure was intersected, cutting 76.6 grams gold per tonne over 1.5 metres. The lengthened hole, 92-140, intersected the main structure of the old mine at 775.7 metres. Radisson said the hole confirmed the extension of vein 20 in depth with an intersection of 21.7 grams over 26 cm.

“Though it is slim, the intersection is typical of vein 20 in the sector of the mine that has a pinch-and-swell distribution,” writes Vice-President Guy Parent. “Thus, the high content gold mineralization continues at a depth twice superior to that known previously.”

The new structure appears at about 130 metres north of vein 20. The company is also drilling the adjacent Lepine vein, which Parent describes as corresponding to the eastward extension of the gold-bearing structure of the Duquesne mine property.