Hawkmoon Resources (CSE:HM) Corp announced the completion of its summer work program on its Wilson gold project, located about 170 kilometres (km) northeast of Val-d’Or and 15 km east of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, in Québec.
The Vancouver, British Columbia-based explorer drilled a total of 5,031 metres (m) in 28 drill holes, which started with drilling 13 holes around the Toussaint showing. Following the drilling in the Toussaint Zone, the company moved about 500m east to drill six holes at Toussaint East.
Four additional holes were drilled in an area with no previous drilling, situated 250m west of the Midrim showing. The drill program finished by drilling five holes around the Midrim showing. “All 28 drill holes were logged on the property and sent to Val d’Or to be cut and bagged,” said the company. The firm added that the cutting and bagging process is currently ongoing and the core samples will be submitted to ALS Labs in Val d’Or for fire assay in batches.
READ: Hawkmoon Resources launches non-brokered private placement ahead of drilling at Wilson property
The Toussaint and Midrim mineralization styles are similar. The mineralization is generally a beige to pale grey coloured volcanic tuff, which has been foliated, sheared and strongly altered. The alteration is dominated by silica, sericite, and calcite. The ankerite and chlorite alteration was less pervasive, said the company.
Hawkmoon noted that mineralization tends to display a striped appearance due to abundant parallel laminations. The primary sulphide minerals are pyrite and chalcopyrite. “Quartz veins as well as veinlets of sulphide minerals are parallel or sub parallel to the foliation,” said the company.
Significantly, mineralization was seen in every drill hole Hawkmoon drilled at Wilson and bodes well for the presence of gold on the property, as outlined by other holes previously drilled on Wilson, said the company.
“We are pleased with our first large drill program at the Wilson property. Hawkmoon has been able to accomplish a great deal with the funds invested into work at the property,” Hawkmoon President Branden Haynes said in a statement.
“The company appreciates the hard work of the drillers, contractors, suppliers and all others involved in completing the work efficiently and professionally. We look forward to receiving and reporting the assay results over the upcoming months.”
Hawkmoon is set on unlocking the potential of undervalued projects in Quebec’s Abitibi Region, an area that has housed more than 100 mines and produced in excess of 170 million ounces of gold. Two of Hawkmoon’s projects are in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, while the third project is situated in the Belleterre Gold Camp southwest of Val-d’Or.
Contact the author Uttara Choudhury at uttara@proactiveinvestors.com
Follow her on Twitter: @UttaraProactive