Citadel Gold stakes base metal anomaly near Rimouski, Que.

Citadel Gold has staked an area covering roughly 8 km of the main anomalous trend, where exceptionally high concentrations of lead, antimony, tungsten and barite were detected in stream sediment samples taken by the GSC last year.

The federal department of Energy Mines and Resources made a partial release of the survey results last month. The final report, including results for copper, zinc, silver and other elements, is expected in August.

The recently staked Citadel property is located near the villages of Trinite-des-Monts and Esprit-Saint, 25 km south of Rimouski in the lower St. Lawrence region of Quebec.

Citadel says it has also applied for permission to stake additional claims within the boundaries of the municipality of Trinite-des-Monts.

The anomaly outlined by the GSC extends over an area nearly 10-15 km long with a northeast- southwest orientation parallel to the local geological structures.

One source at Citadel Gold reports that most of the ground around the anomaly has already been staked. The company is planning to begin preliminary reconnaissance mapping and sampling work this month.

Geologically, the area is underlain by Ordovician-age sedimentary rocks of the Trinite Group comprising limestones, shales and slates. There are no recorded volcanic strata in the region.

A spokesman for Citadel Gold said, “It would be nice if there were some volcanic strata in the area.” The region was last mapped by Quebec government geologists during the period 1960-62. According to Citadel, one possible source of the anomaly could be a previously undetected “strataform-type lead- zinc deposit.”

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