Core Drilling
Two drills will reach the site soon and will mostly be deployed to test the high-grade Boundary Zone core and zone extensions. Earlier drilling work at Boundary found broad sections of potential open-pit mineralization. The highlights of drilling from 2019 include 100 m of 7.94% zinc from the surface, which consists of 6.4 m of 42.88% zinc within 230 m of 4.14% zinc.
The other targets scheduled to be drilled this summer are the Bog Zone, which has yielded considerable historic drill results and is situated near Boundary Zone, and the 240 Mile Target, which hosts a huge gravity anomaly that may show buried mineralization between the Tom and Jason deposits.
Geophysics
At present, ground gravity crews are performing surveys of the western part of the Fertile Corridor, which includes the Boundary Zone area. The Boundary Zone is a prospective, huge mineralized “feeder” system for adjacent unexplored stratiform mineralization analogous to that of the stratiform mineralization at the large Tom and Jason deposits. Mineralization at the Tom and Jason deposits and other mineralization in the Fertile Corridor are marked by gravity anomalies.
Contracts have been awarded to start a 1,300 line-kilometer airborne VTEM-Magnetics geophysics survey in the forthcoming weeks. This survey will cover the western part of the Fertile Corridor, which includes the Zinc Moss Target, Volcanic Target, and Boundary Zone. The findings of the survey will be utilized to guide exploration targeting as well as work programs.
Field Exploration
Geological mapping, geochemical sampling, and prospecting have been in progress to determine drill targets at Round Mountain Target, Eleven Target, Zinc Moss Target, and Volcanic Target.