Partners to drill Clearwater

Partners Eastmain Resources (ER-T) and Soquem, which is owned by the Quebec government, intend to begin drilling this week on their jointly held Clearwater gold property in northwestern Quebec.

A program of widely spaced holes will test for extensions to the Eau Claire deposit along strike and at depth. Also targeted is the Junction zone, 1.5 km southwest of Eau Claire.

Recent channel sampling on the P vein, which extends on surface for a length of 138 metres, averaged an uncut 18.1 grams gold per tonne (12.7 grams cut grade) across an average width of 1.2 metres. Ten metres to the north, the J-Q vein averaged an uncut 30.4 grams (15.16 grams cut) across an average width of 1.3 metres, for a length of 167 metres. Ten metres north of that, the R vein returned 58.2 grams (25.95 grams cut) across an average width of 1.1 metres, along a length of 26 metres.

The company says the results confirm the surface continuity and grade of the veins, which were discovered last fall. Drilling, at 25-metre intervals on the stripped area, also confirmed that these veins continue at depth. They remain open along strike in both directions.

An updated resource calculation will be released this fall, following the completion of the drilling program. At last report, the G, I and J veins hosted a resource of 544,000 tonnes grading 11.1 grams gold (8.7 grams cut grade).