Stratabound uncovers more at Taylor Brook

A second phase of drilling has expanded the Taylor Brook polymetallic deposit, 40 km southwest of Bathurst, N.B.

Owner Stratabound Minerals (ASE) reports that the 9-hole program has extended the strike length to 600 metres, and the downdip to more than 400 metres.

Zinc, lead and silver appear to occur in a southeast-plunging zone inside a folded body of massive pyrite. Grades also appear to increase with depth.

Results from six of the holes have been released, and grades in the mineralized intersections range from 0.29% to 8.13% zinc, 0.22% to 3.97% lead and 29 to 166 grams silver per tonne, with narrower intervals containing up to 373 grams silver.

The deepest intersection, in hole 95-16, was a 2.8-metre core length of sphalerite-galena mineralization in a 6-metre intersection of massive pyrite. The interval had an average grade of 5.33% zinc, 3.54% lead and 166 grams silver per tonne. A 2.3-metre sub-interval had grades of 5.91% zinc, 3.97% lead and 194 grams silver per tonne.

The holes have also intersected up to 35 metres of massive pyrite, and hole 95-16 encountered strong chlorite alteration in the volcanic rocks that form the footwall of the pyritic body. The intersection of the footwall alteration zone in 95-16 is more than 25 metres long and contains pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in stringers and disseminations.

To allow for the possibility that the mineralization extends farther southeast down-plunge, Stratabound has staked additonal claims on the southern boundary of its property. Also, it intends to have gold assays performed on mineralized material with high concentrations of silver.