Another round of exploration is under way at the Kirkland Lake project, a joint venture of Queenston Mining (QMI-T) and Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) in northeastern Ontario.
The partners have budgeted $1.3 million for geology and ground geophysics, plus a 35,000-ft. drill program, all managed by Queenston. The work will concentrate on the eastern part of the partners’ holdings, where most of the exploration has taken place so far.
Magnetic and induced-polarization surveys are scheduled for the Munro property, which is cross-cut by a splay of the Kirkland Lake-Larder Lake break. The splay has seen only limited exploration in the past and the surveys are expected to turn up targets for drilling.
Deep drilling is under way at the McBean property to test for possible extensions at depth along structures that hold known mineralization near the surface. The McBean target is a “flow-ore” structure at a depth of 3,400 ft.
A second flow-ore target at a depth of 2,200 ft. on the Anoki property, immediately to the west, is the next target slated for drilling.
More surface exploration is planned for the Princeton property, immediately east of McBean, where stripping last year indicated potential for gold deposits similar to that of the Kerr Addison mine, a nearby past producer.
Initial field work is to begin on other properties in Lebel and Teck twps., west of the Anoki deposit.
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