Drilling At Secret Pass Project, Mohave County, Arizona
Northern Lights Resources Corp. (CSE:NLR) has commenced a drilling campaign at its Secret Pass Project in Mohave County, Arizona.
The diamond core drill from Altar Drilling has been mobilised to the Fiery Squid drill site on and is now set up to commence drilling.
The Phase 1 drill programme will focus on two previously unexplored prospects at Fiery Squid and The Tentacles and the historic mine area at Tin Cup.
A total of 15 holes, for 2,300m, have been approved for drilling at 12 target prospects on the Secret Pass BLM mining claims. The BLM mining claims at Secret Pass have a total area of 656 hectares and account for the majority of the total license area, comprising of the northern section of the project license area as well as the FM zone in the southeast quadrant of the Project area.
The targeted prospects have been identified by Northern Lights through a systematic exploration programme over the past six months that has included an airborne magnetic survey, reinterpretation of historic Induced Polarization (IP) data, detailed mapping and the collection of over 400 stream and pan concentrate samples.
The initial drilling will focus on the Fiery Squid and The Tentacles prospects. Two holes are planned at the Fiery Squid prospect and one hole at the Tentacles prospect. Both prospects have extensive historic underground workings including timber-lined shafts and several adits. A historic grab sample from the dumps adjacent to the shaft at Fiery Squid assayed 6 g/t Au.
The Fiery Squid and Tentacles prospects are located within a zone of intense sericite- quartz-FeOx alteration which trends northwest and covers an area approximately of 1000 x 500 meters. The alteration is associated with a swarm of rhyolite dykes that have intruded older andesite volcanics.
The planned holes range in length from 100 to 150m and are designed as initial reconnaissance holes to test mineralisation associated with the historic workings.
