'We are very happy with the visual results from our second prospecting program at Surimeau this year, this time it seems Lalonde yielded the best-looking samples and each trench intersected mineralization. The extension of Lalonde's strike to 9km adds to the overall battery metals picture at Surimeau, at the same time we have not yet fully prospected the entire Lalonde magnetic trend. Our Surimeau property just continues to get more and more interesting, while our work is at an early stage it is clear we are dealing with two mineralized systems offering significant strike length of mineralization on surface, justifying our continued efforts to determine how big Surimeau actually is' states
Summer 2022 Program
During this program Renforth's field crew, along with prospecting various targets, dug 8 different trenches between the Lalonde and
Lalonde Trenches
Trenches 1 through 5 were dug at Lalonde, ~3.7km north of the
Trench 1 The first trench exposes about 5 meters of Pontiac sediments at the north end with occasional narrow beds of graphitic mudstone, mineralized with traces of chalcopyrite and pyrite stringers. Ultramafics are found immediately south of the sediments with a narrow band of ab-shearing between the two units (approximately 50-60cm). The ultramafics have bands of calc-silicate alteration as well as bands of moderate to strong albitization with around 15-20% sulfide overall. South of the ultramafics is strongly amphibolized mafic volcanics (picrites).
Trench 2 As expected, the second trench exposes the same general lithological sequence as the first. The south end of the trench exposes very well mineralized calc-silicate altered ultramafics, followed by serpentinized ultramafics and another band of albitized and calc-silicate altered ultramafics. The first ~2m of the channel (at the south end) are extremely well mineralized with 5-25% sulfide disseminations and clots of pyrite, pyrrhotite and traces of sphalerite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite and bornite. There is a narrow band of Pontiac sediments in the rough center of the trench, followed by another band of well mineralized calc-silicate and albitized ultramafics that is about 3m wide. The last 2 meters of the trench exposes Pontiac sediments.
Trench 3 From south to north this trench exposes ultramafics with varying degrees albitization and up to 5-7% sulfide mineralization (pyrite-pyrrhotite), locally up to 15% sulfide, with traces of chalcopyrite, followed by Pontiac sediments to the end of the trench/channel, including occasional narrow beds of graphitic sediments.
Trench 4 This trench is 12 meters in length and trench exposes serpentinized ultramafics at the south end, with occasional bands of very strong biotitization to about 7m, followed by 2 meters of calc-silicate altered ultramafics with 10-15% sulfide. Sediments follow the ultramafics for about 3 meters to the end of the trench.
Trench 5 This trench is about 22 meters in length and exposes serpentinized ultramafics at the very southern end, followed by 3 meters of graphitic mudstones and sediments with occasional narrow bands of albitized ultramafics, containing traces of chalcopyrite and up to 2% disseminated pyrite-pyrrhotite in the ultramafics. A 3 meter wide albitized shear zone follows with 5-7% sulfide mineralization overall, with locally up to 30% sulfides, primarily sphalerite, pyrite and pyrrhotite. The next 6 meters (approx.) is albitized ultramafics with up to 2% disseminated pyrite-pyrrhotite, followed by serpentinized ultramafics at the north end of the trench.
Surimeau Victoria North Trenches
Trenches 6-8 were dug at
Trench 6 This trench exposes ultramafics at the south end, with occasional bands of moderate albitization and around 2-3% sulfide (pyrite-pyrrhotite) in the albitized zones. Following this is approximately 3m of calc-silicate alteration with 3-5% sulfide overall and traces of Cr-diopside. Very strongly albitized graphitic sediments follow the calc-silicates. There is a wide band (about 5m) of graphitic mudstone in the center of the trench with sphalerite nodules and pyrite rims, 1-2% chalcopyrite blebs and stringers and pyrite-pyrrhotite closer to the ultramafic contact. The north end of the trench exposes weakly foliated serpentinized ultramafics.
Trench 7 This trench exposes ultramafics at the south end, followed by Pontiac sediments that are possibly albitized, as well as a narrow bed of graphitic mudstone at the north end of the trench. It is thought that this trench was dug a bit too far north.
Trench 8 This trench exposes serpentinized ultramafics at the south end, followed by a few bands of albitized ultramafics / calc silicate altered ultramafics. These were narrow but well mineralized with up to 7% disseminated and clotty sulfides. There is a bed of graphitic sediments followed by a narrow bed of Pontiac sediments and then a wide band, approximately 7m, of albitized to strongly albitized ultramafics to the end of the trench. There is a 1m band of calc-silicate altered ultramafics near the north end of the trench which is also well mineralized.
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