Kenorland Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:KLD) has revealed its plans for an upcoming drill program at the Hunter project for the 2022 exploration season.
The program will see Kenorland drill around 420 broad-spaced sonic drill holes, which Kenorland will provide a systematic first-pass regional geochemical dataset covering the over 18,000 hectare project.
Hunter is located in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Quebec and is part of an earn-in agreement with Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG)
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The property is largely covered by glacial till and lake sediments, resulting in sparse bedrock exposure with very little systematic exploration completed to date due to the challenges of exploring through thick glacial sedimentary cover.
In a statement, Vancouver-based Kenorland outlined the rationale for its exploration program, saying that sonic drilling allows for the collection of glacial till for geochemical analysis.
“The glacial till sits stratigraphically above bedrock and below a thick layer of glacial lake sediments that cover much of the Abitibi greenstone belt,” Kenorland said.
“These glacial lake sediments impede conventional surface geochemical exploration methods such as surface soil and till sampling. The average depth to bedrock across the Hunter project is approximately 15 vertical meters. The target till package above bedrock is 6.5m thick on average.”
Altogether, Kenorland has budgeted approximately C$1.5 million for the sonic “drill for till” program, which is expected to last between June and August.
Kenorland acquired the Hunter project in 2019 through map staking.
Centerra Gold can earn an initial 51% interest in the project by spending an aggregate of $5 million before the fourth anniversary of the option agreement, and an additional 19% interest by completing a technical report that outlines a mineral resource of at least one million ounces of gold equivalent by the fourth anniversary of the exercise of the second option agreement.
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