Summer exploration work at the Delta-Kenty property, about 50 km west of the Raglan nickel mine in the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec, has defined several coincident conductive and magnetic bodies in previously untested areas.
Work performed by Falconbridge (FL-T), in joint venture with 49% partner Melkior Resources (MKR-V), included an airborne geophysical survey using the Aerotem transient-electromagnetic system, and both electromagnetic and magnetic ground surveys. The airborne survey found two new conductors near a previously discovered sulphide body, the D-4 zone.
The first conductor is indicated by a wide, relatively weak anomaly extending over a strike length of 600 metres where a body of ultramafic rocks outcrops. The second anomaly, to the southeast of the first, is stronger but shorter, extending over a 300-metre strike length.
Field crews sampled the outcrop over the conductors and results of chemical analyses on the rock samples are pending.
The airborne survey also responded to the known mineralization at Delta-Kenty, in three zones: D-8, D-8 South, and D-9. Previous work at those zones outlined a preliminary resource with 817,000 tonnes grading 3.05% nickel and 1.26% copper, with a combined platinum and palladium grade of 2.6 grams per tonne. That resource is based on 1970s and 1980s drilling that predates present-day resource definition standards.
The partners plan a deep-penetrating ground electromagnetic survey next year.
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