An underground exploration program has been started on Canadian Gold Resources’ Kirkroyal property in Lebel Twp., near Kirkland Lake, Ont., the company reports. The program is being financed by Colray Resources.
The Kirkroyal shaft is being dewatered and rehabilitated down to the 1,115-ft level and, once made safe, the old mine workings will undergo sampling and mapping to determine the nature of the gold mineralization and to verify assays of the late 1920s and 1930s, Canadian Gold President Gordon Leliever reports.
Drifts and crosscuts were established between the 300-ft and 1,115-ft levels, and totalled about 4,755 ft of lateral development. At the 1,050-ft level, an ore zone was delineated and drifted on, Mr Leliever reports.
The oreshoot itself, the president continues, consists of two parallel veins (shears) being 4 ft and 5 ft wide. This zone was drifted on for 85 ft, of which 50 ft was considered to be ore grade averaging 0.47 oz gold per ton over 9 ft. The zone was traced by underground exploration from the surface to the 1,115-ft level.
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