Claude Resources (CRJ-T) has cut significant gold at its Santoy Lake property, 125 km northeast of La Ronge, Sask.
The drilling focused on two zones, namely 8 and 8E.
Zone 8 has been tested along at least 1 km of strike length. Significant gold was hit over a 400-metre strike-length within this shear zone. Drilling was highlighted by hole 55, which graded up to 17 grams gold per tonne over 3.2 metres. When the gold grade is cut to 30 grams gold per tonne, this intercept grades 8.5 grams gold per tonne. Thirteen metres farther down hole, a 3.6-metre interval graded 7.5 grams gold per tonne.
About 150 metres north-northwest of this, hole 121 cut 4.5 metres grading 10.9 grams gold per tonne (9.6 grams gold when the gold grade is cut to 30 grams).
Between these holes, three drill holes cut narrower zones 0.3-1.55 metres wide grading from 1-6.4 grams gold per tonne.
Northwest of hole 121 several holes cut multiple intervals per hole from 0.5-1.65 metres wide grading 1.1-25.9 grams gold per tonne.
Three out of 12 holes failed to cut significant gold.
Zone 8E, 150 metres southeast of zone 8, has been tested at 50-metre intervals along about 200 metres of strike length. The zone varies from 2-15 metres in width.
Several of these holes were fenced and a couple were drilled from the same setup, but at different angles.
This drilling was highlighted by hole 129, which cut 3 metres grading 35 grams gold per tonne. If the gold grade is cut to 30 grams, this intercept grades 18.6 grams gold per tonne.
A second hole drilled from this setup but at a steeper angle, hit three zones, one graded as high as 16 grams gold over 1.35 metres, whereas the other two graded 3.8 grams gold over 5.7 metres, and 2 metres respectively.
Four other holes cut 3.6-9.2 grams gold over widths of 1.6-4 metres. Three holes cut narrow intervals 0.3-0.97 metre wide with grades of 1-16.3 grams gold per tonne.
Fifteen holes, about 3,430 metres of drilling, tested the zone; five failed to intersect significant gold.
Mineralization in both zones is hosted by chlorite-quartz-sulphide veins and altered, silicified granitoid rocks associated with shear zones cutting mafic volcaniclastic rock.
Zone 8 is 11.5 km east of Claude’s Seabee gold mine, which is currently doubling its processing capacity to 1,100 tonnes per day.
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