Clean Air Metals Inc (TSX-V:AIR, OTCQB:CLRMF), a platinum group metals explorer, has appointed Dr. Geoff Heggie, P.Geo as exploration manager and a qualified person for the Thunder Bay North project.
Heggie is replacing Allan MacTavish, M.Sc., P.Geo who has retired from full-time duties as vice president, project manager, but will continue with the company in a non-executive consulting capacity.
Prior to his new role at Clean Air Metals, Heggie previously worked on the Thunder Bay North Project for seven years. An expert in Ultramafic/Mafic magmatic systems, Heggie earned his BSc in Geology at the University of Saskatchewan, his MSc at Lakehead University, and his PhD at the University of Western Australia.
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Before joining Clean Air Metals, he worked with Noront Resources as a senior geologist, during his time there the team discovered the McFaulds No. 8 VMS lenses of the Nikka deposit.
"We are grateful to Al MacTavish for his 14-year tenure with the project and his considerable contributions from early discovery to present,” Abraham Drost, CEO, said in a statement.
He continued: "We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Geoff Heggie to the Clean Air Metals team. Geoff's prior experience at the Thunder Bay North Project with predecessor companies and his innate expertise in magmatic systems gained in a variety of geological settings is accretive to the team.
The CEO went on to say that he looks forward to Heggie and the team “unlocking the full potential of the Escape and Current deposits.”
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Additionally, Clean Air Metals also released drill results from its ongoing testwork at Thunder Bay North.
In the statement the company highlighted Hole ELR21-079 from the Escape Lake deposit which intersected 21.3 meters (m) grading 4.80 grams per ton (g/t) palladium equivalents (PdEq) composed of 1.64g/t platinum (Pt), 1.97g/t palladium (Pd), 0.66% copper (Cu), 0.23% nickel (Ni) from 388.7m-410.0m downhole including 7.5m grading 6.80g/t PdEq composed of 2.46 g/t Pt, 2.94g/t Pd, 0.96% Cu, 0.26% Ni from 400.5m-408.0m downhole.
Clean Air Metals also noted that the Escape Lake deposit has undergone systematic expansion drilling exceeding 27,000m since the maiden Indicated resource of 505,369 ounces PdEq1 was outlined in January of this year.
To the east of Escape Lake, the Current Lake deposit has a well-defined Indicated mineral resource of 1,328,789 PdEq1 ounces (3.44 g/t PdEq in 11.99 million tonnes) and is currently well advanced with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) study to be published during 4Q-2021.
From this zone the company showcased Hole CL21-014 which intersected 18.0m grading 3.10 g/t PdEq1composed of 1.36 g/t Pt, 1.28g/t Pd, 0.24% Cu and 0.20% Ni from 127.5 – 145.5m downhole including 5.10m grading 5.90 g/t PdEq composed of 2.77 g/t Pt, 2.72g/t Pd, 0.43% Cu and 0.28% Ni from 140.4m – 145.5m downhole.
Hole CL21-015 which intersected 12.0m grading 7.90 g/t PdEq1composed of 3.67 g/t Pt, 3.31g/t Pd, 0.75% Cu and 0.38% Ni from 144.0 – 156.0m downhole including 8.0m grading 10.4 g/t PdEq composed of 4.92 g/t Pt, 4.45g/t Pd, 0.98% Cu and 0.46% Ni from 144.0m – 152.0m downhole.
“The company is looking forward to publication of a PEA in Q4/21,” said Drost. “As with the mineral resource estimate published in March 2021, the PEA will be based on a ramp-access underground mine model constraining the existing mineral resource.”
Metallurgical optimization studies continue at the Ontario property, the results of the metallurgical studies on drill core-derived bulk sample material and independent analysis of smelter recoveries and smelter payables are expected to input directly into a PEA mine cash flow model planned for publication in early 4Q-2021.
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