Five holes totalling about 1,000 metres were drilled in the vicinity of the Simon Copper South (SCS) zone.
The highlight was a 14.5-metre intercept that graded 0.54% copper and 0.76% zinc at a down-hole depth of 117 metres. Included were several narrower intervals grading 1.1-2.8% copper and 0.8-5.1% zinc over widths of 1.2-3.2 metres. The hole was targeted to cut a geophysical anomaly in the zone’s hangingwall; it failed to do so but did intersect the zone.
Two holes were drilled to test geophysical anomalies in the vicinity of the zone. One of them cut a 1-metre interval grading 0.18% copper, 0.09% zinc and 0.8 gram silver per tonne.
Three other holes targeted the SCS zone farther along its strike and at greater depth than that achieved by previous holes. A hole that tested the zone about 90 metres farther north along strike cut 9.9 metres grading 0.4% copper at a down-hole depth of 191 metres. A second hole, drilled from the same setup but with a 10 steeper angle, cut 0.5 metre of 2.86% copper and 0.4% zinc.
Mineralization consists of disseminated chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, minor pyrite and sphalerite. The SCS zone is in folded amphibolite gneiss and associated quartz-feldspar paragneiss. The zone strikes north and dips 45 to the east.
Other zones have been outlined. Ground geophysics (consisting of either real-section induced-polarization or a down-hole electromagnetic survey, or both) will be carried out along strike of, and perpendicular to, the SCS zone. The program will test the down-plunge extent of the mineralization. Grid lines will be cut in April, and drilling is planned for August or September.
In the interim, Pelangio has four drills turning on its Detour Lake gold project, 220 km northeast of Timmins, Ont.
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