Commerce Resources has announced the results of four holes drilled at the Ashram rare earth element (REE) deposit during the summer or fall exploration program. The deposit is located at the Eldor project in North Quebec.
As the drill program continues towards north, the company has encountered REE mineralization from the surface. Commerce has intersected 2.26% Total Rare Earth Oxides (TREO) over 52.25 m and 1.96% TREO over 325.31 m in hole EC11-084, 2.21% TREO over 90.38 m and 1.94% TREO over 144.52 m in hole EC11-085, 2.14% TREO over 88.68 m in hole EC11-083, and 2.14% TREO over 80.56 m in hole EC11-086.
The Ashram deposit’s middle and heavy rare earth oxide (MHREO) zone has considerably extended with the 2011 summer or fall drilling results. The MHREO zone has a surface footprint along strike of around 175 m, which has a thickness of 200 m and 175 m of depth. Consistent enrichment of middle and heavy rare earth exists all over the deposit. The main enriched zone is located as small zones in holes EC11-083, 084, and 085.
The holes EC11-083 and 085 focused on the deposit’s north-west contact and the hole EC11-084 collared perpendicularly near the north end. The hole EC11-086 was collared in a small peninsula on the Centre pond’s east part and tried to intersect the deposit’s centre portion. This drill hole was cut for approximately 50 m at the northern end of a breccia unit that is poorly mineralized.
The drill hole EC11-086 was collared in a heterogeneous mixture, containing dolomite carbonatite, calico carbonatite and glimmerite, and the holes EC11-083, 084, and 085 were collared in mineralization.
Source: http://www.commerceresources.com/