85.0m of 2.16 g/t Au In-Pit And 11.2m of 10.88 g/t Au Drilled At Depth
QMX Gold Corporation (TSXV:QMX) has received positive results from an ongoing deep exploration drilling programme on the Bonnefond Deposit in Quebec.
Drill hole 17315-20-149 (DDH 149” was completed as part of a series of deep drill holes testing the potential below the conceptual pit-shell at Bonnefond.
Highlights:
- 2.16 g/t Au over 185.0m within the 2020 Mineral Resource Estimate conceptual pit-shell
- 10.88 g/t Au over 11.2m including 37.88 g/t Au over 2.0m at 620m
- 11.31 g/t Au over 2.0m at 1040m
Vice President Exploration, Dr Andreas Rompel, saidDDH 149 confirms the results of DDH 121 and the potential of the Bonnefond deposit below the 2020 Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) conceptual pit-shell.
“Again, the Bonnefond deposit has proven highly prolific, returning impressive results near surface as well as at depth,” Dr Rompel said.
“It is now evident that we have high-grade mineralisation from high up to deep down in the intrusion, its intersecting shear zones and the immediate environment.
“We will continue to test this potential with the intention to enlarge our resource at Bonnefond. We are keenly awaiting the results of the next holes at this location.”
The Bonnefond deposit comprises an intrusive body and series of shear zones transecting the intrusive and the surrounding volcanic series. The main part of the mineralisation is hosted in the shear zones and is associated with quartz tourmaline veins, pyrite and strong sericite-albite-fuchsite alteration. In the tonalite, mineralized veins and veinlets extend outside of the shear envelops.
Drill hole 149 was drilled down plunge in the central part of the Bonnefond tonalite 40m west of DDH 121 to test the continuity of the mineralised enrichment zones intersected by DDH 121. The drill hole remained within the mineralised tonalite from the bedrock to its end at 1,199m. The diamond drill hole intersected multiple enriched zones along its entire course with an angle close to true width.
Within the 2020 MRE conceptual pit-shell, DDH 149 intersected 2.16 g/t Au over 185.0m with several enriched intervals varying from 4.01 g/t Au over 23.1m to 7.62 g/t Au over 15.0m. Those enriched intervals are related to a higher density of quartz tourmaline veins and a stronger alteration with visible gold often observed.
Below the pit shell, the hole intersected several mineralised intervals and was successful at intersecting the continuities of two deep intervals of DDH 121. At a depth of 621.0m, DDH 149 intersected 10.88 g/t Au over 11.2m, including 37.88 g/t Au over 2.0m and in DDH 121, the same mineralised horizon returned a grade of 6.37 g/t Au over 11.2m at 590m down the hole. At 1040.0m, DDH 149 intersected 11.31 g/t Au over 2.0m, the same horizon graded 35.56 g/t Au over 4.0m in DDH 121.
Dr Rompel said that proven by the success of the first inferred underground resource on the Bonnefond deposit detailed in the 2020 Mineral Resource Estimate and the results from DDH 121 and 149 located below the conceptual pit-shell, the Company will continue to focus on the deep exploration program on the Bonnefond deposit.
QMX currently has four drill rigs operating on its Val d’Or property, all on the Bonnefond property. QMX Gold expects to mobilise additional drill rigs as soon as the field conditions allow it to start its winter drilling program at Bevcon and the New Louvre deposits.
