Renforth Resources Inc. (CSE:RFR) has successfully intersected nickel across a wide area in its Surimeau drill programme in Quebec.
The drill programme is now completed with 3076m drilled in 11 drill holes, all of which intersected the targeted mineralisation, resulting in the visual identification of nickel, copper and zinc sulphides during logging.
“This programme delivered more of the same as the last drill programme, Victoria consistently demonstrates the presence of critical minerals, supporting our geophysical tools and reflecting what we have seen on surface,” President and CEO of Renforth, Nicole Brewster, said.
“Now Lalonde, ~4km north of Victoria, is proving to also be consistently mineralized as indicated in geophysics, specifically the mag and EM survey. We know what we need to do, drill more, in order to quantify the amount of nickel, cobalt, copper and zinc (along with other metals), present at or near surface in these two areas of interest on the property. So, drilling is what we will do.”
Drilling at Lalonde this programme, the first time Renforth has drilled this mineralized structure, consisted of seven drill holes designed to undercut the mineralized trenches and drill test an anomaly identified by interpretation of the magnetic and EM survey data. I
n the case of the drill holes undercutting the trenches the mineralized zones seen on surface were successfully intersected underground, SUR-22-32, was drilled between two trenches, adjacent to a historic pit on the western edge of the power line corridor. The final two holes were targeting an anomaly identified by an interpretation of the geophysical data within the magnetic structure that forms Lalonde and stretches beyond the ~9km of the structure which Renforth has ground-proven. Both of these holes also intersected mineralization, the final hole was drilled at an angle in order to test the anomaly at depth under the road.
Victoria Drilling
At Victoria four holes were drilled within the 2.2km east/west strike footprint of the drilling to date. In this case the first hole was drilled into a high priority target resulting from the interpretation, this hole was drilled north due to access issues. The remaining three holes were drilled to test for the presence of a northern anomaly/mineralized zone above the previously drilled area, indications of which were seen in prospecting. The three drill holes confirm the presence of a secondary mineralized structure, as suggested by the interpretation, not previously seen in stripping (as it was too far south) or drilling (as the structure dips to the north/vertically and drill holes were collared just to the south of it).
All of the holes drilled at Victoria this program intersected mineralization in the lithologies and locations expected.
Q1 2023 Drill Programme
Renforth has commenced planning a Q1 2023 drill programme which will target the never before explored or drilled western anomaly at Victoria, indicated by the black box in the left of the interpretation map inserted below.
Initial prospecting in 2021 delivered surface mineralization in this area, which coincided with the subsequently flown mag/EM survey, and again delivered surface mineralization in confirmation prospecting in 2022.
The recently received interpretation of the geophysical information has established this area as a high priority target. This is supported by results in 2021 and summer 2022 which produced a number of grab samples ranging from 0.1 up to 0.18% Ni, up to 0.4% Zn and up to 100ppm Co.
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