Encouraged By Trenching And Trado Auger Results In Brazil
ValOre Metals Corp. (TSXV: VO) has received promising assay results for three trenches and 19 Trado auger holes collected from the Santo Amaro South target area at ValOre’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (PGE) Project in northeastern Brazil.
“We have just begun receiving encouraging assays from Trado auger drilling and mechanical trenching, which define a PGE-mineralised trend 800 metres to the south of the Santo Amaro inferred resource,” Chairman and CEO, Jim Paterson, said.
“Follow-up work will test continuity and extensions of the undrilled >400 m long PGE-mineralised ultramafic belt at Santo Amaro South.”
Three trenches at Santo Amaro Southreturned significant intervals of PGE mineralization, including: 20m grading 1.06 grams per tonne palladium + platinum + gold (g/t 2PGE+Au), including 7.0m grading 1.93 g/t 2PGE+Au
Trado auger drilling assay highlights, from surface, include: 10m grading 1.64 g/t 2PGE+Au, 4.0m grading 1.09 g/t 2PGE+Au, and 3.0 m grading 0.66 g/t 2PGE+Au.
Mr Paterson said the assay results validate Trado auger drilling as an effective exploration technique to confirm near-surface PGE mineralisation at Pedra Branca and advance targets to drill-ready stage.
He said Tradoauger drilling proved highly effective at locating prospective UM rocks beneath overburden and confirming the presence of shallow (10m or less) associated PGE mineralisation.
The Trado is a portable machine-powered auger drill specifically designed for mineral exploration. The device is capable of drill up to 30m depth through soil and saprolite rock, and most holes terminate at the onset of competent bedrock.
