Winter drilling at the Shawkey gold project near Val d’Or, Que., has returned lacklustre results for
The junior sank 10 holes to follow up on erratic values obtained in the previous year.
The earlier program consisted of 11 holes, and before that, a previous operator had sunk 56 holes over a strike length of 700 metres, down to 300 metres below surface.
Mineralization is hosted by a felsic porphyry sill and associated with quartz-tourmaline-chlorite veins. About 300 metres of the targeted structure were tested in the recent program, down to a depth of 150 metres.
Highlights were holes 141 and 137, which returned, respectively, 6.45 grams per tonne over 10.32 metres (starting at 64.85 metres) and 2.96 grams over 6.15 metres (at 108.6 metres). Both sections consist of several narrow intervals less than a metre wide and which carry up to 69.57 grams.
Three holes came up barren.
Given the erratic nature of the mineralization, Western Quebec believes the mineralized structure needs to be assessed underground. Development for this purpose will start after gold prices improve.
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