With six drills on site, Band-Ore Resources (BAN-T) has launched a $6-million effort to bring the Thorne property, just west of Timmins, Ont., to the development stage.
Kilborn SNC Lavalin will assist with definition drilling at the Golden River zone, partly in an attempt to test possible deep extensions. It will also calculate an initial resource figure.
In total, the property will be subjected to 92,000 metres of diamond drilling.
Previous drill results typically ranged from 2 to 9 grams gold per tonne in multiple zones. Higher-grade results include 14.4 grams over 3.3 metres, 13.7 grams over 4 metres, and 53.7 grams over 2 metres.
Infill drilling continues between the Main zone and exploration holes along strike which, in previous work, yielded mineralized intersections. The infill holes indicate that mineralization could continue along the length of the deformation zone.
Hole 132, drilled 200 metres east of the Main zone, encountered 4.6 metres of 7.2 grams gold, whereas hole 141, collared 75 metres south of hole 132, cut 1.7 metres of 9.2 grams.
Hole 109, drilled 100 metres east of the Main zone, intersected four separate zones of gold mineralization with grades ranging from 1 gram over 6.5 metres to 7.2 grams over 2 metres.
Meanwhile, Black Pearl Minerals (BLKP-C) has drilled seven more holes on its property, which occupies the southeastern boundary of Band-Ore’s ground. The program encountered multiple mineralized intersections with gold grades of less than 1 gram per tonne.
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