Québec Nickel Corp. Provides an Update of Exploration Activities at Its Ducros Project, Abitibi, Québec
Ongoing work indicates the Ni-Cu-Co-PGE-Au mineralization at the
Table 1. Summary of assay results from Phase II drilling at the
Highlights:
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1,750 metres drilled in eight holes at the new Fortin
Sill Ni-Cu-Co-PGE-Au Zone , with over 4,600 metres completed in 16 holes for the Ducros project YTD. -
Drilling results in conjunction with ongoing data compilation suggests the disseminated, blebby and pseudo-net texture Ni-Cu-Co-PGE-Au sulphide mineralization at the
Fortin Sill Zone is characterized by multiple geophysical signatures that extend for at least 250 metres in strike extent. - A new drilling permit has been received from the Québec Government that will allow for the further evaluation and potential expansion of the Fortin Sill Ni-Cu-Co-PGE-Au zone.
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Additional field work programs have begun with an expanded
Ducros Project team.
2022 YTD Diamond Drilling Program
Québec Nickel’s inaugural multi-phase diamond drilling program at the Ducros project began in mid-February, and to date has completed 16 drill holes for a total of 4,612 metres with one diamond drill. The Phase I drilling program was designed to test multiple Ni-Cu-PGE targets generated from a surface electromagnetic survey (ARMIT-TDEM) completed in 2020 by Abitibi Geophysics in addition to completing several holes designed to gain a better understanding of the local geology and to explore at depth within this portion of the greater Ducros property. These Phase I holes were successful in intersecting their intended targets, which comprised predominantly of variably conductive and magnetic intervals of sulphide +/- oxide facies iron formation hosted within mixed sequences of mafic metavolcanics, metasediments and the occasional felsic intrusive unit. Of note, several of the Phase I holes encountered long core intervals of ultramafic rocks, interpreted to be strongly altered pyroxenite and dunite intrusive units (sills). Summary assay results for the Phase I drilling are presented in Table 2.
The Phase II drilling program began in April at the Fortin Sill Ni-Cu-PGE showing and started with hole QDG-22-09, which was designed to verify the results returned from Golden Valley Mines Ltd.’s historical hole GCF-08-07. Assay results from QNI hole QDG-22-09 improved upon the historical drill intercept in terms of both overall grade and core length (see
Potential Size of the
Ongoing compilation of historical exploration works and their integration with current datasets has shed some light on the potential size of the Fortin Sill Ni-Cu-Co-PGE-Au zone. In
The historical I.P. survey data outlines a well-defined chargeability anomaly, the axis of which begins approximately 100 metres northwest of the original Fortin Sill Ni-Cu surface showing, trends directly over the now stripped mineralized bedrock exposure, and extends for an additional 250 metres to the southeast (Figure 1).
In addition, data from the recently completed 2022 VETM™ electromagnetic-magnetic survey define a subtle but distinctive magnetic high response that is coincident with the central axis of the historical I.P. chargeability anomaly and the Fortin Sill Ni-Cu mineralized stripped outcrop area (Figure 2). Project personnel interpret the coincidental nature of the two geophysical anomalies at the Fortin Sill Target to be a direct response to the amount and style of sulphide mineralization and/or host rocks known to occur at surface and from historical and recently drilled core. Future drilling will focus on testing these geophysical features along strike to the northwest and southeast of the
As such, a permit to complete additional drilling at the Fortin Sill target has recently been received from the Québec Government that will allow for the creation of multiple new drill pads adjacent to and along the interpreted strike of the Fortin
Ongoing and Future Work Plans at Ducros
QNI has recently expanded its Val-d’Or-based
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Channel sampling of the Fortin Sill discovery outcrop:
- Systematic channel sampling across the entire mineralized Fortin Sill stripped outcrop exposure;
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Property-wide biogeochemistry survey:
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A Black Spruce bark sampling program, which will cover the entire >15,000 Hectare Ducros property, and will start with a tightly spaced orientation survey over the
Fortin Sill Target Zone ;
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A Black Spruce bark sampling program, which will cover the entire >15,000 Hectare Ducros property, and will start with a tightly spaced orientation survey over the
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High-resolution satellite imagery:
- The collection of 50 cm resolution satellite imagery over the entire project area;
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Fixed-wing gravity survey:
- Collection of airborne gravity gradiometer, gravity and magnetic data over the entire Ducros project area;
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High resolution UAV magnetic surveys over specific targets:
- A high-resolution 250 line-kilometer UAV magnetic survey over the Fortin Sill target area was completed in May; the data are currently being processed. Additional detailed flight blocks will be flown over specific targets this summer to help refine final drill targets.
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Core Processing & QAQC
Québec Nickel has implemented a quality assurance and quality control (“QAQC”) program for its Ducros project drilling program, to ensure best practice for logging, sampling, and analysis of its drill core, and includes the regular insertion of geochemical blanks and multiple Ni-Cu-PGE certified reference material standards (CRM’s) into the sample stream.
Drill core is collected by Ducros project personnel from the drill daily and transported to QNI’s core logging facility in Val d’Or in secured core boxes. Logging is completed on a laptop and data are captured using fit-for-purpose computer software.
Core destined for geochemical analyses is identified and labeled by core logging geologists and is then sawed in half by a diamond blade saw using clean uncirculated water. One half of the NQ-diameter core sample is placed in a labeled and secured sample bag. The remaining half of the core sample is returned to their core box for archiving. All core samples are transported from QNI’s logging facility to AGAT Laboratories’ sample preparation facility in Val-d’Or in secured and numbered rice bags by project personnel.
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