The initial program will comprise a 1300 metre reverse circulation and diamond drilling program testing two prospects.
Highlighting the potential, both prospects are situated within the St Pierre licence, which surrounds the historic La Bellière gold mine which produced 334,000 ounces at 12g/t gold.
Target details
Belleville:
Is a 900 x 400 metre bedrock gold anomaly where previous sampling recorded rock chips up to 21.5g/t gold and soil values up to 2.4g/t gold.
Ville Tirard:
Here historic drilling is reported to have intersected thick zones (estimated >15-20 metre true width) of near-surface gold mineralisation with grades averaging around 3-4g/t gold.
Analysis
Variscan is leveraged to exploration success considering a market cap of circa $7 million, and cash of $1.6 million at the end of September 2016.
Worth noting is that St Pierre is located in France’s third largest goldfield.