Norden Crown Metals Corp. (TSXV: NOCR) has received further strong results from an 18 diamond drill hole reconnaissance programme, totalling 3,499.40 m at the Burfjord copper-gold project in Norway.
Significant drill results include 36 m of 0.48% copper in hole BUR-22-017, which includes a 3.7 m intercept with a grade of 2.83% Cu. Drilling at Burfjord was completed on time and under budget.
The Burfjord IOCG project hosts numerous high-grade veins and associated copper-mineralized alteration envelopes approximately six kilometres by four kilometres in extent. The large associated alteration footprint and widespread copper mineralization present in historical workings and intersected in Norden’s reconnaissance drilling suggests there is potential to host a large bulk tonnage copper deposit.
“Evaluation of the multiple targets and old mine workings throughout the Burfjord project with diamond drilling has confirmed the prospectivity of the observed IOCG system to host high grade copper within broadly mineralized alteration zones,” Executive Chairman and CEO, Patricio Varas, said.
“The joint Norden/Boliden technical committee team is reviewing the results and is working on plans to follow up the three zones that have emerged as first priority targets. We are excited to follow up the Gamlegruve, F-gruve and Cedarsgruve prospects with further drill testing with the aim to define economic mineral deposits at Bufjord.”
Only limited exploration has taken place at Burfjord in the modern era before Norden Crown’s recent reconnaissance drill programs. The best historical drill intercept consists of 7.0 m @ 3.6% copper and was obtained from the Cedarsgruve (mine) area in the northern portion of the claim block.
Previous drilling at the Gamlegruve area by Norden Crown at Burfjord returned compelling results including an intercept of 32 m averaging 0.56% copper and 0.26 g/t gold (including 3.46 m of 4.31% copper and 2.22 g/t gold) at shallow depths below a cluster of historical mine workings.
2022 Focus
Diamond drilling this year has focused on a newly identified, mineralized zone at F-gruve. Three target areas, described below, are now being prioritised for follow-up drilling to test for continuity and grade to define mineral resources. Results at the Gamlegruve zone and parallel F-gruve zone in the south-east limb of the Bergmark anticline have returned the most interesting copper mineralized and altered zones this year.
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