Renforth Resources Inc (CSE:RFR, OTCQB:RFHRF) told investors it had now exposed 180 meters (m) of continuously visible mineralization containing copper, nickel and zinc on surface at its Surimeau District battery metals project in Quebec.
The company updated on its now resumed stripping program at the 5km long Victoria West target at its wholly-owned 260 square kilometre (sq km) Surimeau property.
"Almost all the newly exposed bedrock over -180m strike in the stripped area is ultramafic, hosting low-grade nickel and zinc mineralization along the entire strike, with the width of the stripped area averaging 35m in width but reaching up to a maximum of 42m, without exposing the contact of the ultramafic and the sedimentary Pontiac unit," Renforth said in a statement.
"The southern portion of the east cross cut exposes the ultramafic – Pontiac contact and it is anticipated that the northern portion of this crosscut, once stripped, will also expose this contact zone," it added.
READ: Renforth Resources reports 130m of continuous visible nickel and zinc on surface at Surimeau project
So far, 13 channels have been cut and sampled and numerous grab samples have been taken, said Renforth.
Samples are being delivered to the lab on an ongoing basis. The current estimated turnaround time is 8 to 10 weeks.
Renforth Resources also holds the Parbec open-pit constrained gold deposit in Malartic Quebec as well as the Surimeau District property.
The latter includes the Victoria West occurrence, Renforth’s current focus, which is interpreted to be a nickel-containing ultramafic unit, juxtaposed with VMS-style copper-zinc mineralization which occurs over around 5 km of strike in the western end of the 20 km central anomaly at Surimeau.
The company also holds the Malartic West property, the site of a copper/silver discovery, and Nixon-Bartleman, west of Timmins Ontario, with gold present on surface over a strike length of around 500m.
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