Brownfield Opportunity in the Kenora Mining District of Ontario, Canada
- Brownfield opportunity within the Gold Rock Camp
- Majority of historic drilling focused on Gold Rock Camp
- Historic high-grade intercepts on two gold systems
- 75% of all historic mining occurred in Gold Rock Camp
- Potential for large gold system footprint
- 20 km strike on MDdz structure in Gold Rock Camp
- 1.5 km gold system strike confirmed with new drilling
- Plans to test up to 3 km strike of gold system
- Repeating intersecting East-West Splay structures
- Fault intersections are great traps for high-grade gold mineralization
- Fault intersections correspond to historic gold mines and known gold occurrences throughout the Gold Rock Camp
- Regional folding similar to Red Lake
- Fold hinges are great traps for high-grade gold
- Nuggety free-gold with excellent metallurgy
Gold Rock Camp Drill Intercept Highlights
Kenwest Patents:
- 3,497.0 g/t Au over 8.5m
- 15.4 g/t Au over 6.1m
502 Vein:
- 12.7 g/t over 4.0m
Canamerica:
- 12.6 g/t Au over 4.0m
On either side of the fault, country rock has been strongly sheared over distances of up to 400 m from the fault. This northwestern limb of the MDdz is 25 km long and 2 to 5 km in width and hosts the majority of the known gold occurrences.
Gold Rock Camp Current Drilling
Phase 1 & 2: Drill Program
- Successfully interested new high-grade shoot on BM1
- KW-23-009A intersecting 26.11 g/t gold over 3.16 m, including 79.80 g/t gold over 0.33 m
- Confirmed 1.5 km strike length on the Big Master gold system – open in all directions
- Significant step-out to the northeast of 450 m KW-23-004 returning 3.40 g/t gold over 1.60 m
- KW-23-010 intersecting 3.70 g/t gold over 6.00 m, including 10.60 g/t gold over 0.4 m
- Confirmed orientation and expanded historically delineated high-grade shoot
- KW-23-016 which intersected 3.81 g/t gold over 7.00 m, including 71.00 g/t gold over 0.30 m
- KW-23-018 intersecting 6.66 g/t gold over 4.30 m, including 44.80 g/t gold over 0.27 m
- Several holes were focused on testing the controls on high-grade shoot orientation caused by intersection of structures (lineation) and fold hinge orientation.
- Previous drilling indicated the potential for these new high-grade shoots, but the continuity and orientation of the potential shoots had not been previously tested.
3 New High-Grade Shoots Identified
- KW-23-009A returned 26.11 g/t gold over 3.16 m, including 79.80 g/t gold over 0.33 m BM1
- KW-23-010 intersected 3.70 g/t gold over 6.0 m including 10.60 g/t gold over 0.40 m BM2
- KW-23-016 returned 3.81 g/t gold over 7.00 m, including 71.00 g/t gold over 0.30 m
Phase 3: Drill Program
The program can be defined with three specific objectives:
- Evaluate high-grade controls on the Elora system
- Complete extensional holes from the known mineralization
- Test larger step-out holes along strike of the Elora gold system
Highlights include:
- KW-24-008 assays 14.10 g/t gold over 7.54 meters including 43.81g/t gold over 1.42 meters and 92.10 g/t gold over 0.30 meters at 150 meters true depth
- KW-24-003 assays 53.51 g/t gold over 1.05 meters including 181.00 g/t gold over 0.30 meters
- For a video summary of drill results, please click here.
Phase 4: Drill Program
Highlights include:
- KW-24-009 assays 3.17 g/t gold over 4.00 meters, including 19.34 g/t gold over 0.65 meters and 1.38 g/t gold over 6.65 meters.
- KW-24-013 assays 0.74 g/t gold over 10.50 meters
- For a video summary of drill results, please click here
Geophysics
Geophysical Interpretation & Targets
- The geophysical interpretation highlighted many anomalies over known mineralization and over unexplored areas
- 3D geological model shows multiple East-West splay structures occurring around historic gold mines & occurrences in the Gold Rock Camp
- Geophysical anomalies occur over known mineralized zones
- Geophysical targets indicated potential for 20km strike along the MDdz in the Gold Rock Camp
Bulk Sample Highlights
Excellent Bulk Sample Results & Metallurgy
- Single gravity separation recovered 88.6%
- Bulk cyanidation test recovered 99.4% for the composite
- A total of 17 chip samples, over 13.6 linear meters yielded a length weighted average grade of 40.2 g/t gold
- Individual chip samples ranged from 0.05 to 1,070 g/t gold drill cuttings samples over a 30-metre section of the vein yielded an average grade of 5.4 g/t gold.
- Individual drill cuttings yielded grades ranging from 0.02 to 65.1 g/t gold
Gold Concentration in “Crackseal” Fractures
Gold is concentrated in the “crackseal” fractures and in selvedges along the quartz vein margins. Calcite filled fractures within quartz veins also carry gold. Narrow gold-bearing semi-massive sulphide filled fractures within fissile zones also contain significant gold values. Pervasive ferroan carbonate alteration, disseminated sulphides, and very small barren quartz veinlets characterize the fissile zones.
Sulphides are predominantly pyrite, with variable amounts of chalcopyrite. The gold tenor appears to be related to the quantity of pyrite present in the wall rock and in veins.
Geology Gold Rock Camp
Area 1
Geology Gold Rock Camp
Area 2
Gold Rock Camp
Current Drilling
Contour Long Section Big Master Two
Geophysical Interpretation & Targets
Visible Vein Where Bulk Samples Were Taken
