The drill is now being moved to Storboren, the second of seven targets to be tested.
Local geological supervision is provided by Promin (a Trondheim-based consultancy). All four holes intersected a previously unknown amphibolite unit containing sulphides, including narrow widths of massive sulphides at the contact with the quartz-mica-schist country rock at Rodalen. Copper mineralization at the nearby historic mines of Rostvangen and Kvikne is closely associated with amphibolite.
Samples are being cut and prepared for analysis. Playfair will consider future exploration at Rodalen once analytical results have been received.
The man portable drill team is being supervised by Canadian drillers (No Limit
In keeping with Playfair's intent to minimise the impact of its exploration on the natural environment Playfair is using a lightweight drilling machine which can be disassembled and hand-carried to the drill sites. Although lightweight the drill is capable of drilling to 150m depth using BQ sized rods (36.5 mm or 1.437 inches core diameter) and to 100m depth using NQ sized rods (47.8mm or 1.872 inches core diameter).
All seven drill targets show compelling coherent MMI Cu anomalies with multiple MMI Cu values greater than 6,000 ppb. The highest value recorded was 53,300 ppb MMI Cu.
A short MMI Report by SGS states that values greater than 6,000 ppb MMI Cu, 'Are likely to be associated with weathering copper sulphides.'
Overall management and execution of Playfair's RKV drilling program is provided by
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Promin AS, a Trondheim-based consultancy with extensive experience in the Norwegian Mining industry, provides logistical support and experienced geologists.
Arctic Drilling AS, a Norwegian drilling company based in Kautokeino, will carry out the drilling assisted by Canadian drillers (No Limit
The drill targets are MMI (Mobile Metal Ion) copper anomalies discovered by sampling target areas generated by
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