The exploration tunnel at the Debbie gold project on Vancouver Island is proceeding “on schedule and on budget” say partners Westmin Resources (TSE) and Nexus Resource Corp. (TSE). Designed to access the Mineral Creek zone and provide a drill platform on both the Debbie and adjoining Yellow properties, the tunnel has advanced to 3,610 ft, the mid-point in the development plan.
As operator, Westmin completed a diamond drill station 3,067 ft from the collar on the same section as a surface hole which intersected 0.55 oz gold per ton over 3.3 ft at an elevation 225 ft below the tunnel, 0.12 oz over 2.6 ft at 780 ft below, and 0.11 oz over 6.6 ft at 880 ft below.
The company said this isolated hole is a 1,500-ft step-out north of the Mineral Creek zone, and was drilled to test the potential of the area. Underground drilling on this section is expected to begin in mid-November.
Surface drilling is also expected to resume in November on the 900 zone. The program will test quartz veins exposed at the collar and face of an old tunnel found about 820 ft from the 900 zone stockwork. A northeast-striking quartz vein exposed in recent trenching 290 ft southwest of the 900 zone stockwork will also be tested.
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