Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSXV: BAY) continues to enjoy exciting exploration success with drilling and geophysical activities at the Storm Copper Project on Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada.
An extensive Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program and Moving Loop Electromagnetic (MLEM) survey are now underway at the 4100N Zone. The drilling programme will initially aim to define maiden copper resources at the 4100N, 2750N and 2200N Zones, and then test key exploration targets.
Surface electromagnetic geophysics is underway to highlight enriched zones of mineralization, refine targets for the remaining resource drilling and define new drill targets.
“We are very pleased with the impressive progress of our partner American West Metals in this early exploration programme,” CEO, Thomas Ullrich, said.
“The use of a helicopter portable RC drill rig has allowed the earliest ever start to a drill programme at Storm, and our partners are well positioned to complete the work required to define maiden copper resources at the 4100N, 2750N and 2200N Zones this year.
“The detailed MLEM programme, also underway and already yielding actionable results, is proving to be valuable in refining targets for the resource drilling as well as defining new targets for additional discovery.”
Planned Programme
Drilling at the 4100N Zone will be followed by resource definition at the 2200N and 2750N Zone, where drilling during 2023 intersected high-grade copper sulphides close to surface including 41m (core length) @4.18% Cu from 38M (ST22-05) downhole.
The first batch of samples has been sent to the laboratory, with results expected within two months.
Once the resource definition programs are complete, new areas for exploration will include the Blizzard, Tornado and Tempest Prospects. The Tempest Prospect is located approximately 40km south of the Storm deposits, and it contains a large (>250m long) copper gossan exposed at surface with assays up to 32% Cu. Its location and distance from Storm highlight the extensive nature of the prospective copper mineralization within the Project area.
Diamond drilling will be used to test the high-priority exploration targets and is expected to commence after the completion of the resource drilling.
Sorting and beneficiation test work for a potential direct shipping product (DSP) operation is continuing with results to follow shortly.
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