Queenston seeing gold and copper from Upper Beaver

Queenston Mining‘s (QMI-T) drilling program on the porphyry and syenite breccia zones at the Upper Beaver property east of Kirkland Lake, Ont., is intersecting mineralized zones with high-grade gold and significant copper credits.

In the recent drilling, six holes tested targets in both zones between the 400-metre and 750-metre level. The deepest workings on the Upper Beaver mine went to about 320 metres.

Among the better results were a 13.3-metre intersection in the Porphyry Zone that averaged 19.4 grams gold per tonne and 1.8% copper, and a 4-metre intersection, also in the Porphyry Zone, that averaged 14.2 grams gold per tonne and 1.4% copper.

The significant intervals ranged from 1 to 15 metres in core length, translating to 0.6 to 10 metres of true width. Five of the six holes intersected multiple mineralized zones.

Mineralization in the Syenite Zone included a 6-metre intersection running 1.5 grams gold per tonne plus 3.8% copper, and 2.4 metres running 11.9 grams gold, but with no significant copper.

Queenston has done 32,000 metres of drilling on Upper Beaver and outlined a zone 500 metres in strike length, extending 500 metres vertically and about 300 metres across strike. Another 12,000 metres of drilling is planned, to provide a resource estimate.