NorthWest Copper (TSX-V:NWST) Corp has announced the start of the first drill program at its East Niv property in central British Columbia.
The company said an initial program of 11 holes for a total of 2,750 metres (m) is planned.
In addition to diamond drilling, NorthWest Copper (TSX-V:NWST) said it is continuing to explore the broader East Niv region and carrying out fieldwork to identify additional new targets for follow-up.
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“This drill program marks the first real tests of the East Niv system," said CEO Peter Bell in a statement.
“East Niv represents a unique opportunity for the discovery of a brand-new copper-gold porphyry, in central British Columbia. We are extremely excited to initiate this drill program. Strongly mineralized showings and a big geophysical signature outline the potential scale and grade of this new prospect, which is perfectly situated in a region renowned for large copper-gold deposits and decades of production.”
Located about 40 kilometers south of the Kemess mine complex, the East Niv property was initially acquired by staking in 2018 following a regional database compilation and analysis of Geoscience BC’s Search III airborne geophysical dataset.
NorthWest Copper said East Niv now covers 43,297 hectares of highly prospective ground. Outcropping copper-gold mineralization and coincident induced polarization, magnetic and soil geochemical anomalies outline a compelling 3.5 square kilometers, multi-parameter porphyry copper-gold target.
Below are composite grab samples from outcrop and subcrop from key showings -- Main West, Main East, and KC:
- Main West: 19 samples averaged 0.35% copper, and 0.30 grams per ton (g/t) gold;
- Main East: 10 samples averaged 0.30% copper, and 0.14 g/t gold;
- KC: 13 samples averaged 0.23% copper, and 0.67 g/t gold;
- South Nub: 5 samples averaged 1.01% copper and 9.38 g/t gold; and
- West Flank: 1 float sample yielded 1.8% copper, 154.5 g/t gold, and 581 g/t silver
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