Benz Mining (ASX: BNZ) reports that it has identified a series of anomalies with ‘strong’ multi-commodity potential at the Ruby Hill East prospect within its Eastmain Gold Project in Quebec, Canada.
The results, generated from a recent soil sampling campaign, have identified geochemical anomalies including:
- 3.5km x 2km Cs-Li-Nb-Ta
- 3km x 2km Co-Cr-Cu-Ni
- 2km x 2km Au-Ag-Bi-W
The company notes that these results highlight not only gold prospectivity, but also provide potential for for the presence of multi-base-metal, nickel and lithium mineralisation.
In particular, results are interpreted at complementing the lithium prospectivity of the broader Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt.
Speaking on the update, Benz Mining CEO Xavier Braud said: “We have an immense appetite for exploration and discovery. We pushed the boundaries of soils sampling further. The result is another exploration reward with multiple strong geochemical anomalies highlighting potential, not only for gold but also lithium, nickel, copper, and other base metals mineralisation. All those metals are present in Archean greenstone belts.
“The result is another exploration reward with multiple strong geochemical anomalies highlighting potential, not only for gold but also lithium, nickel, copper, and other base metals mineralisation”
Some of our own newly defined anomalies lie near intrusions visible in the magnetics. We also have strong anomalism over the Southern Anomalies. The Southern Anomalies are a string of very strong VTEM conductors to the south of Eastmain which coincide with a zone of magnetite destruction similar to Eastmain and now demonstrate coincident geochemistry.”
The soil sampling campaign was conducted during 2021 and was tasked with extending sample coverage into new areas due to the prospect’s limited exploration data.
Benz Mining also reports that the recently discovered E-Zone has indicated a strong Ag-Cd-Cu-Zn signature that has ultimately added 2km of prospective strike to the existing 10km of Mine Horizon.
The 100%-owned Eastmain Gold Project is situated within the Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt in Quebec, Canada. The project hosts a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate of 376,000oz @ 7.9g/t Au.
With the sampling campaign results now finalised, Benz reports it will continue to investigate and explore the presence of visible spodumene at the Ruby Hill West prospect in 2022.
Images: Benz Mining Corp
