Queenston sees Upper Beaver gold, copper

Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T, QNMNF-O) drilling program on the porphyry and syenite breccia zones at the Upper Beaver property east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., is intersecting mineralized zones with high-grade gold and significant copper credits.

In the recent drilling, six holes tested targets in both zones between the 400-metre and 750-metre level. The deepest workings on the Upper Beaver mine went to about 320 metres.

Among the better results were a 13.3-metre intersection in the Porphyry Zone that averaged 19.4 grams gold per tonne and 1.8% copper, and a 4-metre intersection, also in the Porphyry Zone, that averaged 14.2 grams gold and 1.4% copper.

The significant intervals ranged from 1 to 15 metres in core length, translating to 0.6 to 10 metres of true width. Five of the six holes intersected multiple mineralized zones.

Out of 24 mineralized intersections, 14 carried copper grades of 0.1% to 3.8%.

Mineralization in the Syenite Zone included a 6-metre intersection running 1.5 grams gold per tonne plus 3.8% copper, and 2.4 metres running 11.9 grams gold, but with no significant copper. Intersections in the syenite and syenite breccia ranged from 0.6 metre to 10.4 metres true width, and grades were mainly in the 1- to 6-gram range.

The Porphyry Zone mineralization graded from 1 gram to 19 grams per tonne, over true widths of 0.7 to 9.6 metres.

Earlier drilling has shown widths of up to 20 metres on the Upper Porphyry. A hole reported in September, drilled below the 800-metre level, cut a 16.5-metre intersection in the Upper Porphyry that graded 10.8 grams gold per tonne and 0.2% copper.

Queenston has done 32,000 metres of drilling on Upper Beaver and outlined a zone 500 metres in strike length, extending 500 metres vertically and about 300 metres across strike. Another 12,000 metres of drilling is planned to provide a resource estimate.