Virginia, Soquem test target

Drilling by partners Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) and Quebec government-owned Soquem has intersected nickel, copper and cobalt mineralization at the Chute-des-Passes property, 150 km north of Lac St. Jean, Que.

The 26-hole, 2,700-metre campaign tested several electromagnetic conductors within four zones: MHY, Nourricier Noir, Houliere and Duhamel. The zones are in the northern and eastern sections of the Lac St. Jean anorthositic suite.

Twenty holes intersected massive-to-semi-massive sulphides in an intrusive complex composed mainly of anorthosite, gabbro, troctolite, olivine gabbro and pyroxenite.

Most of the drilling targetted the MHY zone. Highlights include: 10.2 metres of 0.84% nickel, 0.5% copper and 0.1% cobalt in hole 8; 5.9 metres of 0.9% nickel, 0.66% copper and 0.12% cobalt in hole 9; and 4.5 metres of 1.15% nickel, 0.56% copper and 0.15% cobalt in hole 10.

Similar grades over shorter lengths were found in the three remaining zones. Follow-up drilling is planned for the first half of 2001.

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