Kenorland drills 5.7 metres of 90.6 g/t gold at Frotet in Quebec

Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD) has reported drill results from half the 30 holes recently drilled at the high-grade Frotet gold project in northern Quebec, including a highlight of 5.7 metres of 90.56 grams gold per tonne.

Drill core sample from the Regnault target on the Frotet property. Credit: Kenorland Minerals.

The recently listed junior made the grassroots Regnault discovery at the 393.7-sq.-km Frotet project, 100 km north of Chibaugamau, last year, cutting 29.1 metres of 8.47 grams gold per tonne its initial drill campaign.

In addition to the drill results, Kenorland reports that Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada has now earned an 80% stake in Frotet, with the two companies forming a joint venture. Kenorland will continue as operator of the program and both companies will fund a proportionate share of exploration funding.

Highlights of reported assays from the 8,591-metre drill program at Regnault include: 5.7 metres of 90.56 grams gold per tonne and 109.95 grans silver (starting at 82 metres depth), including 3.9 metres of 132.57 grams gold and 161.01 grams silver in hole 024; 3.6 metres of 6.37 grams gold and 6.64 grams silver (starting at 178.8 metres), including 0.3 metre of 60.8 grams gold and 59.1 grams silver in hole 029B; and 25.3 metres of 6.29 grams gold and 7.59 grams silver (starting at 132 metres) including 0.5 metre of 48.9 grams gold and and 53.9 grams silver, and 4.6 metres of 22.06 grams gold and 29.08 grams silver in hole 037.

Assays from another 15 holes are pending, but plans are already under way to begin a 20,000-metre summer drill program at the project starting in July.

“We are very excited by the latest drill results at Regnault,” Zach Flood, Kenorland;s CEO, outlined in a press release. “This discovery continues to deliver high-grade gold intercepts, indicating the robust nature of the system. Most importantly, our understanding of the orientation of these gold-bearing structures has evolved greatly throughout this latest round of drilling. Going forward, this will allow us to expand on known mineralization and target additional gold bearing structures within the Regnault trend.”

Regnault hosts high-grade mineralization along multiple structures in a footprint that has grown to 2 km by 500 metres. The deposit is described as a shear-hosted, laminated quartz-carbonate-pyrite vein system hosted within the Regnault intrusive complex, striking in a general east-west direction and dipping steeply to the north.