Fireweed Metals Corp (TSX-V:FWZ, OTCQB:FWEDF) said that the 2022 drill program at its Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in Yukon, Canada is off to a successful start, noting the discovery of massive sulphone mineralization and laminated sphalerite-galena-barite mineralization at Boundary Main.
The sulfide and laminated sphalerite-galena-barite were discovered on the south side of a fault at Boundary West and at Boundary Main, respectively. Fireweed also intersected significant widths of massive pyrite-sphalerite-galena mineralization in the first two holes at Boundary West.
Four diamond drilling rigs are currently turning on the property, two at Boundary Zone, and two at Tom West, and 19 drill holes have been completed to date, totaling 5,234 meters (m). More than 8,315m of core have been scanned using X-ray fluorescence and hyperspectral sensors.
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“Despite a late start to the season we have so far had tremendous success,” CEO Brandon Macdonald said in a statement. “Not only has every hole drilled intersected some degree of zinc mineralization, but we’ve made several discoveries of new locations for significant mineralization. Whether on purpose, or sometimes by accident when targeting other zones, we just can’t stop finding zinc.”
Meanwhile, infill drilling is being conducted at Tom West, where holes TS22-001 and TS22-003 are targeting closer spaced intercepts within Tom Main near feeder proximal mineralization to test the validity of the current geological resource model.
Additional holes are planned at Boundary Zone and Tom West this season, the company said, focusing on step-outs from known areas of mineralization and resource infill drilling.
Elsewhere, Fireweed announced that LiDAR sensors were flown over the extent of its newly acquired Mactung tungsten project. The project straddles the Yukon and Northwest Territories border, as well as the company’s recently staked Gayna River zinc-lead-gallium-germanium project in the Northwest Territories.
LiDAR was also flown successfully over the extent of the Gayna River property, and field crews completed detailed mapping and prospecting during an initial site visit. Rock and soil samples were submitted for geochemical analysis on August 1.
Follow-up rock and soil samples were taken to evaluate mineralization at several prospects across the area and to validate historic soil anomalies, the company said. Fireweed has confirmed the presence of significant zinc-lead mineralization at many of these prospects.
Elsewhere, Fireweed announced the appointment of Milad Zarrinderakht as marketing manager. Zarrinderakht has assisted Fireweed over the past year with corporate communication and played a key role in the rebrand from Fireweed Zinc to Fireweed Metals.
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