Tartisan Nickel Corp. (CSE:TN, OTC:TTSRF) provided an update showing high-grade assay results from its 100% owned flagship Kenbridge nickel-copper property in the Kenora mining district of Ontario.
The Canadian mineral exploration and development company is conducting a 10,000-metre (m) diamond drilling program with two drill machines. The program is designed to target the down dip and along strike extension of the Kenbridge nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) deposit.
In its update, Tartisan said it also plans to test the Kenbridge North target with diamond drilling during the ongoing drill campaign. The Kenbridge North target is located around 2.5 kilometres (km) north of the Kenbridge Nickel deposit and was identified from a ground-based Time Domain Electromagnetic (TDEM) survey completed in early-2021.
The Kenbridge North target represents similar rock types that host the Kenbridge Nickel Deposit. “This combined with the EM signature, Kenbridge North is a high priority drill target similar to the Kenbridge Nickel Deposit model,” said the company.
Tartisan reported assay results for the first three drill holes ranging from holes KB21-198 right through to KB21-200.
Hole KB21-198 intersected two nickel-copper zones at a drill depth of 454m and 486.7m. Zone A returned 25.6m of 1.03% Ni and 0.41% Cu including higher grade intersections of 2.7m of 2.76% Ni and 0.88% Cu and 3.0m of 2.26% Ni and 0.80% Cu. The hole was targeted 50m north of the current mineral resource, said the company.
Meanwhile, Zone B returned assays results of 0.95% Ni and 0.38% Cu over 6.3m. An additional lower grade zone was intersected at a drill depth of 499m. “That horizon returned 3.0m of 0.56% Ni and 0.37 % Cu,” said the company.
Hole KB21-200 also intersected Zones A and B at a drill depth of 603.5m and 617.0m respectively.
“Zone A returned 4.5m of 1.02% Ni and 0.47% Cu,” reported Tartisan. In the meantime, Zone B returned 6.0m of 0.70% Ni and 0.20% Cu. This hole was targeted towards the lower known extent of the mineral resource, said the company.
Hole KB21-199 was drilled to the north of holes KB21-198 and 200, but didn’t return any significant assays.
Tartisan said TDEM surveying has been completed on the initial drill holes. “Preliminary interpretation suggests that strongly conductive material extends below the intersections,” said the company.
The company has completed drilling holes KB21-201, 202 and 204 designed to test this interpretation. Hole KB21-204 is located roughly 150m below the deepest drilling on the deposit. Assay results for these holes are pending.
Tartisan said similar sulfide mineralization has been intersected as found in holes KB21-198 and KB-200. “A geophysical crew is being mobilized to test those drill holes with the TDEM survey to determine the extent of the conductive horizon in order to guide drilling at the Kenbridge Deposit,” said the company.
Tartisan also owns the Sill Lake Silver Property in Sault St. Marie, Ontario as well as the Don Pancho Manganese-Zinc-Lead-Silver project in Peru.
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