Northstar Gold Corp said a recently started surface exploration program returned high-grade gold-telluride diamond drill hole intercepts.
The program, which commenced on July 27, 2021, includes prospecting, mechanical stripping, geological mapping and channel sampling of selected areas at the Miller Gold property in Ontario.
Northstar highlighted the results from drill hole MG20-47 which returned 1.17 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over 107.3 meters (m); hole MG20-49 which returned 1.43 g/t gold over 118.5m; and hole MG21-56 which returned 6.6 g/t gold over 117m.
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“The company is fully permitted and conducting exploration in multiple areas of the Miller Gold Property, particularly where visible gold and gold tellurides have been observed either on or near-surface in recent high-grade gold-telluride diamond drill hole intercepts within the Allied Syenite Gold Zone,” noted Northstar Gold in a statement.
The company plans to further explore the area housing the positive drill intercepts, following up on the recent Phase I and IIA exploration programs conducted in 2020 and 2021.
The objective for the current program is to further define all structures, veins and other surface mineralized features and collect representative samples of these potential zones both within and adjacent to the Allied Syenite.
The information gained from the exploration will provide Northstar with an enhanced three-dimensional understanding of the extent of the near-surface and high-grade gold-telluride mineralization as well as the bulk-tonnage in the Allied Syenite Gold Zone.
Additionally, the precious metals developer noted another area of interest for surface exploration in the recently optioned and south-adjoining Searles property.
Northstar said this area has been under-explored and hosts the eastern extension of the historic Vein 1 Zone resource estimate and several intrusive porphyries and syenites within the southern extension of the highly prospective Allied Deformation Zone.
The next step for the Miller project will be a drilling restart planned for the late summer. The Phase IIb drill would target 4,600m aiming to expand the Allied Syenite Gold Zone; as well test several 3D IP geophysical anomalies and expand and confirm the No. 1 Vein historic resource estimate on both the Miller Gold and recently acquired Searles property.
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