At the time of this press release, exploration work has been suspended on the Julie and Manicouagan projects. Results from the early phase of surface work on Julie are slowly coming back from the independent laboratories, some of which are disclosed below.
A total of 4,200 meters over 11 holes was drilled on Julie, the bulk of which consisted of holes positioned to conduct a borehole geophysical review of the project and identify targets for the second phase of exploration drilling that was initiated in October. Additional material was collected in the initial surface exploration phase by surface sampling and channel cutting. Results from this effort should be communicated in a separate press release in early December.
2021 Exploration Summary on the
On Manicouagan, the driller added 2639 meters of fresh drill core out of 19 holes to the already 4367 meters of drill core available from past drilling campaigns. Most of the cores from past campaigns have been recovered and brought to St-Georges' contracted facilities (Magnor Exploration) in the town of
The core shack and work areas on Manicouagan's Helen camp gave St-Georges' contracted geologists work conditions that allowed them to do initial cut and logging of the cores almost as they were received.
A portable XRF Analyser was on site for the duration of the 2021 campaign. XRF results are qualitative in nature, and the Company won't be reporting them as their accuracy does not meet the Company's quality standards. Nonetheless, the equipment is being used as one of the decision-support tools available to the geological team in the field. The decision to accelerate the work on Manicouagan and raise additional money that was not in the initial planned budget is based on the initial review of a section of hole SX - MN21-18 and its visual consistency with mineralized intervals in other historic drill holes nearby.
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