Vancouver — Initial results from a 7-hole drill program targeting the Carbonate zone at the Avoca massive-sulphide project in Ireland has returned encouraging values for operator
Formerly known as Nickelodeon Minerals, Strongbow purchased
The Avoca property is a past-producer of copper, lead and zinc. The total mined there is believed to be 66 million tonnes of stringer-to-massive-sulphide ore. Late last year, the junior drilled a 240-metre strike length of the Carbonate zone.
The widest intersection was a 9-metre interval grading 10.3% zinc and 4.8% lead, plus 142 grams silver per tonne, in hole 5. A 3.5-metre intersection in hole 1 graded an average of 11.9% zinc, 5.4% lead and 119 grams silver.
The three other drill holes cut multiple zones of mineralization ranging from 0.5 metre to 3.7 metres in width, with zinc grades mainly in the 5-6% range.
Strongbow is still awaiting assay results from a sixth drill hole.
The Tyrone property is in Northern Ireland. It includes the Curraghinalt gold deposits, which are reported to host a geological resource, confined to two main veins, of 469,000 tonnes grading 17.3 grams gold per tonne.
Nickelodeon believes the property has potential for hosting massive-sulphide mineralization. According to the company, the favourable Tyrone-group stratigraphy, which has a strike extent of 30 km on the property, is similar in age and origin to those rocks hosting the massive-sulphide deposits in Bathurst, N.B., and the Buchans deposits in Newfoundland.
In the Glenlark area, trench samples returned up to 4.9% zinc, 0.75% lead, 22.5 grams silver and 3.8 grams gold over 9.5 metres. Additional trenching, soil geochemistry and ground geophysics are planned.
In return for its 50% stake in the two properties, Strongbow issued 14.4 million shares. Navigator now holds a 47.5% equity interest in its fellow junior.
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