NorthWest Copper (TSX-V:NWST) Corp has released drill results from a program in 2021, which it said show the potential to expand mineralization at its Kwanika project in British Columbia.
The assays come from a limited step-out program, which was aimed at testing areas of sparse drilling around the Central Zone and the South Zone, and the holes hit strong copper and gold grades.
Highlight assays included an interval of almost 137 metres (m) at 0.52% copper-equivalent (CuEq) starting from a depth of 222.25m in one hole at the South Zone. Another hole, north of the Central Zone, hit 0.28% CuEq over 99.7m starting from a depth of 559.6m.
"These results provide additional targets and, importantly, expansion potential at Kwanika," said NorthWest Copper CEO Peter Bell. "The southern holes highlight the opportunity around the South Zone, which is much less drilled than Kwanika Central Zone. The drilling by the team continues to deliver high grades on multiple targets, consistent with our high-grade corporate focus."
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Bell noted that the northern hole showed the "undrilled potential north of the Kwanika Central Zone, identified through interpretation by our geologists".
"We look forward to following up these results in the 2022 program," he added.
Last year's Kwanika program focused on enhancing high-grade copper-gold mineralization within the known footprint of the Central Zone and was "very successful", the company said, noting one hole that threw up high grades, such as 9.4m at 33.6% copper-equivalent.
NorthWest Copper has an exciting pipeline of projects in British Columbia. With a robust portfolio in a tier-one jurisdiction, the firm is well-positioned to participate fully in a strengthening global copper market.
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