Upgrades Quebec Campaign After Re-assessment Of Targets
TomaGold Corporation (TSXV: LOT) (OTCQB: TOGOF) has been expanded its drilling programme on its wholly-owned Obalski property in Quebec from 10,000m to 11,500m.
The expansion of the programme which started on July 10, 2021, follows a reassessment of the drill targets. Drilling has been temporarily paused and will resume in October.
As at September 6, 2021, eight holes and two hole extensions had been drilled, for a total of 4,693m. A total of 751 samples have been collected and sent to the ALS Global laboratory in Val-d’Or for analysis, of which 135 will be analysed by both fire assay and cyanidation for the purpose of comparing and validating whether there is a significant difference between these two analytical methods for the minerals found on the Obalski property.
The current programme consists of ongoing exploration of the A-Po Zone on sections spaced every 50m between sections 120+00 E and 450+00 E, at vertical depths ranging from 300 to 500m.
On most of the sections, three typical holes are drilled at the same site: a 485m hole at -50°, a 560m hole at -58° and a 650-metre hole at -68°. Three 1,000m holes at -70° have also been added on three sections to test the same target at a vertical depth of 850n; these will be drilled at the very end of the programme.
To date, drilling has been completed on sections 120+00 E, 150+00 E, 200+00 E and 250+00 E. Although the programme is still in the early stages, the A-Po Zone has already been intersected in several locations.
Visual observations suggest a zone of reasonable thickness, often over 10m, with some of the intersections mineralised in sulphides over a length of more than 20 metres.
The corporation has also intersected the A, B and C mineralised zones, which were already known and partially mined in the past. These zones are generally less than one metre thick.
The corporation previously obtained excellent drill results from its 2,502m northern winter 2020–2021 programme, with several high-grade gold and copper values, including 47.4 g/t Au, 87.6 g/t Ag and 7.06% Cu over 1.1m and 67.1 g/t Au, 40.1 g/t Ag and 2.32% Cu over 0.5m in hole OBS-20-002; 12.45 g/t Au, 17.7 g/t Ag and 0.53% Cu over 0.65m in hole OBS-20-001; and 23.7 g/t Au and 24.5 g/t Ag over 0.5m in hole OBS-21-005.
The Obalski property, which covers 345 hectares, lies about 2 km south of Chibougamau, Quebec. Discovered in 1928, the Obalski deposit produced 100,273 tonnes at grades of 1.14% Cu, 2.08 g/t Au and 6.04 g/t Ag from the A zone between 1964 to 1972, and around 9,000 tonnes at a reported grade of 8.5 g/t Au from the D zone in 1984.
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