Vancouver — With new surface sample results in hand, a subsidiary of Poplar Resources (PPX-V) is gearing up for an August drill program on the Bottenbacken polymetallic project in central Sweden.
The project lies within the Storsjo Precambrian window. Four samples from large boulders in the northern portion of the property returned up to 4.1% copper, 2.3 grams palladium, 0.01 gram platinum and 2 grams gold per tonne.
Three of highest-grade samples were located within 50 metres of a 1986 hole. Drilled by the Swedish Geological Survey, the hole cut weak copper over 74 metres averaging 0.16% copper from 14 metres down-hole.
Poplar believes the hole was collared on the western edge of the recently discovered Storuggen induced-polarization geophysical anomaly, which measures 2 km by 400 metres.
Moving 2 km southeast, a second geophysical anomaly, measuring 3 km by 500 metres, has been outlined at Scapa.
Both zones are slated to be drill-tested in a 2,000-to-3,000-metre program, which is scheduled to start in August.
North Star Diamonds, Poplar’s 65%-owned subsidiary, holds the Bottenbacken project.
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