Emperor Metals (CSE:AUOZ) has intersected visible gold within a 20m zone of pyrite mineralisation at its Duquesne West Gold Project in Québec, Canada.
The visible gold in hole DQ26-55 was encountered at 398m downhole, about 351m vertical depth, within brecciated mafic volcanics. The hole was completed on an azimuth of 006° with a dip of 64°, to a total depth of 525m.
The intersection sits approximately 30m up-dip from hole DQ26-20, which previously returned 15m @ 61 grams per tonne gold (Au), and 15m east of a historical hole that intersected 16m @ 20.9g/t Au.
CEO John Florek says the location of the intercept is the significant point.
“What makes this intercept particularly compelling is its location — approximately 30 metres up-dip from one of the highest-grade intercepts drilled to date and just 15 metres east from a historical high-grade hole,” Florek states.
The nearest up-dip pierce point sits more than 70m away, indicating sparse historical drilling in this part of the deposit. The company says the limited drill density leaves potential to define and expand the emerging ‘high-grade’ trend.
Emperor’s 2026 campaign comprised 20,479m of new drilling and about 7,884m of targeted historical unsampled core. The campaign generated more than 28,000m of combined drilling data. The company’s geological and structural models define a plunge trend that remains largely untested at depth.
The Duquesne West Gold Project hosts an inferred mineral resource of 26.9 million tonnes @ 1.69g/t Au for 1.46 million ounces. The project sits in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, 32km northwest of Rouyn-Noranda.
Emperor awaits final assay results from DQ26-55 as it continues systematic exploration to define additional ‘high-grade’ mineralisation within the deposit footprint and along untested plunge extensions.
Emperor Metals is a Canadian gold explorer and developer advancing projects in Québec’s Abitibi region.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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