Kenorland Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:KLD) said it has identified a new anomaly at its Chicobi project in Quebec in a major underexplored structural break transecting the Abitibi greenstone belt of Ontario and Quebec.
The gold and multi-element (copper, zinc, silver, arsenic, and lead) anomaly, Target B, was identified from three separate 'drill-for-till' sampling campaigns that began with the property-wide regional survey in 2019.
Kenorland said that it has tentatively scheduled a diamond drill program for the first quarter of 2022 on the 1.5 kilometre by 3 kilometre anomaly.
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Vancouver-based Kenorland is exploring Chicobi via an earn-in option to a joint venture agreement with Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada Limited.
The firm is using overburden drilling methods to sample glacial till and top of bedrock below the layer of glaciolacustrine clay that covers large parts of the northern Abitibi greenstone belt. To date, three phases of sonic drilling totaling 441 drill holes were completed across the project, producing around 1,500 samples for gold grain counts, heavy mineral concentrate assays, and till geochemistry assays, according to the company.
“We’re very excited to announce the results from our extraordinary efforts to effectively explore in what we consider the frontier of the Abitibi,” Kenorland CEO Zach Flood told shareholders in a statement.
“The clay belt presents a unique challenge to exploration which can only be overcome by applying methods such as ‘drill-for-till’ sampling, which has been effective at detecting mineral systems in other deep glacial cover environments,” he added.
Kenorland is focused on early- to advanced-stage exploration in North America. The group currently holds three projects in Quebec where work is being completed under joint venture and earn-in agreements.
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