Additional drill results from the Lorraine property in central British Columbia have returned encouraging copper intersections for Lysander Gold (VSE).
Lysander owns the property, subject to a 60% back-in right held by Kennecott.
Much of the drilling was concentrated on the Upper Main zone, which lies within a steep-sided arm of Lorraine Mountain.
Lysander conducted the drilling from six heavy timber platforms bolted to the southwestern side of the ridge and spaced on 100-metre centres.
The Main zone is a faulted, irregular body which outcrops on the southwestern side of the ridge and is cut by an irregular pattern of post-mineralization, barren dykes.
Selected results from the new crop of assays include: 77 metres grading 1.18% copper and 0.22 gram gold per tonne in hole 28; 110 metres grading 0.62% copper and 0.14 gram gold in hole 26; and a 23-metre intersection grading 1.26% copper and 0.28 gram gold in hole 19.
Donald Mustard, a director, says the company is collating data from the drilling in an effort to get a handle on the geometry of the deposit.
Previous operators at Lorraine estimated the Upper Main zone resource at 4.5 million tonnes grading 0.75% copper and 0.34 gram gold.
Mustard expects the tonnage to increase substantially as a result of the drilling, and he plans to develop an updated geological resource based on the new results.
Lysander also collected seven bulk panel samples from the mineralized talus at the base of the ridge below the drill platforms.
The sampling is intended to determine the grade and metallurgy of the talus.
Lou Duarte, chairman, says that although the talus material is not a significant tonnage target, it does add another dimension to the project.
Results from four additional holes on the Upper Main and one hole on the Bishop zone, about 1 km to the southeast, are still pending.
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