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Drill Program Highlights
Visible copper mineralization observed in all 7 drill holes.
CH23-05 intersected 11.2m of 0.42% copper, including 2.65% over 0.5m.
CH23-06 intersected longest mineralized interval; 34.5m of 0.1% copper.
Mineralization is open along strike and to depth.
Chalcocite mineralization and copper grade increase with depth.
While K6 is the smallest target at Cross Hills; its success validates the effectiveness of the new exploration program.
This drill success indicates the project’s potential to become a new copper belt in
Canada .
A total of seven drill holes were completed, totaling 1741m, at the K6 target. The drill holes were positioned to test numerous aspects within the combined dataset, some of which remain untested. All seven drill holes intersected visual copper mineralization. Drill holes CH23-03, 05 and 06 recorded copper in widths up to 34.5m. Grades generally ranged from 0.10 to 0.40% Cu, with individual samples returning up to 2.64% Cu. Mineralization is characterized mainly by chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite with a general pattern of chalcocite becoming the dominant copper mineral with depth. The image below illustrates the K6 drill hole plan map with copper values and illustrates mineralization being open along strike, especially to the west. Drill holeCH23-07, completed along strike to the west, intersected anomalous values, however, comparing the alteration sequence in the earlier holes to this one, suggests this hole may have drilled over mineralization.
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Figure 1. Drill hole plan map with copper grades.
Table 1. Drill hole assay data from the K6 drilling.
Drill Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m)* | Copper (%) |
CH23-03 | 136.12 | 137.13 | 1.01 | 0.10 |
and | 144.60 | 153.58 | 8.98 | 0.10 |
and | 162.00 | 172.66 | 10.66 | 0.20 |
incl | 168.50 | 173.25 | 4.75 | 0.41 |
CH23-05 | 116.48 | 117.00 | 0.52 | 0.30 |
and | 160.80 | 172.00 | 11.20 | 0.42 |
incl | 160.80 | 161.50 | 0.70 | 1.41 |
incl | 166.50 | 167.00 | 0.50 | 2.64 |
CH23-06 | 68.00 | 101.50 | 34.50 | 0.10 |
incl | 75.50 | 83.50 | 8.00 | 0.19 |
incl | 89.50 | 100.00 | 10.50 | 0.16 |
incl | 89.50 | 90.50 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
and | 217.50 | 220.31 | 2.81 | 0.10 |
incl | 218.75 | 219.50 | 0.75 | 0.30 |
CH23-07 | 70.21 | 70.76 | 0.55 | 0.10 |
and | 88.00 | 94.00 | 6.00 | 0.03 |
*Note. The true width of the tabled intervals is unknown at this time.
Table 2. Drill collar summary table for the K6 drill holes.
Drill Hole | East | North | Depth | Azimuth | elevation |
CH23-01 | 668388 | 5292574 | 347 | 158 | -45 |
CH23-02 | 668232 | 5292510 | 219 | 152 | -45 |
CH23-03 | 668232 | 5292510 | 185 | 152 | -60 |
CH23-04 | 668232 | 5292510 | 307 | 222 | -50 |
CH23-05 | 668232 | 5292513 | 216 | 150 | -70 |
CH23-06 | 668248 | 5292432 | 234 | 172 | -45 |
CH23-07 | 668024 | 5292405 | 233 | 185 | -45 |
Drill holes CH23-02, 03, 05, and 06 were completed in a fence-like pattern, as illustrated in Figure 2. Mineralization in these drill holes shows increasing grade with depth and remains open at depth. The deepest hole, CH23-05, returned 11.2m of 0.42% Cu. Within that interval, the highest values from the drilling were recorded at 1.41% and 2.64% Cu over 0.7m and 0.5m, respectively. While CH23-02 did not yield consistent values, visually, the alteration and rock type in this hole suggest that the mineralization in CH23-06 may constitute a separate zone from that in CH23-03 and 05, which remains open to depth.
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Figure 2. Drill hole cross-section through CH23-02, 03, 05 and 06.
The recent drilling completed at the K6 target was the second phase of drilling at this target. Two drill holes, totalling 445m, were completed in 2019 and designed to test the magnetic and gravity signatures. Only slightly anomalous values were recorded in 2019, with the single best interval being 0.01% Cu over 5m. The significant improvement in copper grades in phase 2 illustrates how integrating the additional exploration techniques over the last three years has improved the understanding of the mineralizing system.
On the project scale, the drill success at K6 highlights the potential in the remaining 11 targets. Throughout the project, the company has been actively conducting similar exploration across all targets as it did at K6. These programs have advanced many targets to near-drill stage. Figure 3 illustrates the 12 targets at the
Additional information on the project can be found at the following link https://www.zontemetals.com/projects/cross-hills-copper-property.
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Figure 3. Twelve targets identified at the Cross
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Rock and Protocol and Drill Sampling Protocol
All drill core was logged and prepared for shipment on site. Samples were shipped to SGS Canada preparation lab in
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