Northern Superior Resources (TSXV:SUP) has discovered a three km long mineralised zone, north and east of the recently discovered Falcon Gold Zone (FGZ) on the company’s large, Lac Surprise property located within the Chapais- Chibougamau area of Québec.
This new mineralised zone is defined from drill core assays derived from three drill holes completed during the company’s 2022 spring- summer drill programme and two historic holes completed in previous drill programmes.
The new holes include: LCS-19-003ext. (1.15 g/t Au over 9.5 m); LCS-22-063 (0.43 g/t Au over 3.1 m); and LCS-22-064 (0.17 g/t Au g over 74.0 m and 0.14 g/t Au over 35 m).
Historic holes include: LCS-20-019 (2.90 g/t Au over 3.0 m); and LCS-19-012 (0.12 g/t Au over 24.6m[Roi Zone]. These holes outline a large and highly prospective mineralised trend over a strike length of three km within the regional scale Opawica-Guercheville Deformation Zone (OGDZ).
Initiation, 6,200m Core Drill Programme
Northern Superior also announced a 6,200m (20 core drill holes) 2022 Q4 drilling programme on the Lac Surprise property. This programme will focus on two areas:
- 3,100m focussed on the company’s FGZ to better define the distribution and nature of gold mineralization ahead of a potential maiden resource in 2023.
- The second area will consist of 2,000m of core drilling designed to better understand the gold potential of the new mineralized corridor now defined north of the FGZ. This will be accomplished by:
- Infill drilling within the upper part of the Falcon Zone, to provide confirmation of grades, leading to a maiden resource calculation in 2023 (3,100m);
- Further exploration drilling on the Opawica-Guercheville Deformation Zone, concentrating on the area near the intersections in LCS-19-003ext, LCS-22-064 and LCS-20-019 (2,000m); and
- Exploration drilling northeast of the Amber Showing, where diamond drilling in 2016 intersected 0.82 g/t Au over 11.55m.
“The Lac Surprise property continues to deliver exciting results for our shareholders with the discovery of this large, new prospective area north of the FGZ, highlighted by an extensive strike length of over three km,” President and CEO, Dr Thomas Morris, said.
“The discovery holes highlighted in this press release warrant additional drilling to vector into areas of potentially higher-grade areas of gold mineralisation within this trend. It is critical to remind the company’s shareholders that the recently discovered FGZ was discovered from similar reconnaissance core drilling activity initiated in 2019.
“The planned 6,200m drill programme at Lac Surprise will build on our understanding of the gold potential of the impressive FGZ where all 31 holes drilled thus far to define it encountered gold mineralisation. In addition, this core drill programme will also assist the company in determining the extent and gold mineral potential of the newly discovered gold mineralised corridor announced in this press release.
“The company feels strongly that the potential for additional robust zones of mineralisation like the Falcon Gold Zone are present.”
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