Northstar Gold Corp. (CSE:NSG) has announced preliminary results from a Phase I diamond drill program at the historic Cam Copper Mine on its 100%-owned Miller copper-gold property near Kirkland Lake in Ontario, which included 3.12% copper over 3.6 metres (m) from 25.0m to 28.6m.
The exploration properties developer said the Cam Copper Mine occupies the southern portion of the historic Boston Creek Copper Trend.
"Northstar's 2023 sampling and preliminary Phase I drill results substantiate the presence of a robust, multi-horizon high-grade copper VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) system at Cam Copper Mine, exhibiting excellent expansion potential," Northstar Gold CEO Brian Fowler said in a statement.
"Northstar is fully permitted and positioning to explore the southeast strike and down plunge extensions of the Cam Copper massive sulphide zones through Phase II drilling," he added.
The company noted it completed 720m of drilling in four diamond drill holes at the Cam Copper Mine between October 20 and October 30, 2023, with all four drill holes intersecting lenses of copper-rich volcanogenic massive sulphides.
As well, Northstar stated that after receipt of all Phase I drill results it will position to conduct a Phase II Cam Copper drill program to test the down plunge extension of mineralized zones, prioritizing expansion of the Zone 2 massive sulphide lens and stockwork intersected in drill hole DDH CC03-23.
It added that owing to the conductive and chargeable nature of the massive sulphide mineralization encountered at Cam Copper, a program of surface and borehole geophysics is also being planned to survey the mine site area and the Boston Creek copper trend along strike towards the southeast.
Follow-up work is required in the Cam Copper area to fully investigate the down plunge extension of the historic deposit, according to the company.
Northstar Gold's primary exploration focus is the advancement of its flagship, 100%-owned Miller Gold Property, situated 18 kilometres southeast of Kirkland Lake and Agnico Eagle Mine's Macassa SMC gold mine.
The company's strategy is to develop either a minimum material (+1 million ounce) high-grade gold mineral resource to potentially supplement a nearby mining operation or a stand-alone mining operation at the Miller Gold Property.
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