New Break Resources (CSE:NBRK) has resumed drilling at its Moray Gold Project in Ontario as part of a planned 10,000m program for 2026.
The company has engaged Enviro North Exploration for the current phase, comprising approximately 2,500m across a minimum of 11 holes. Moray sits 49km south of Timmins and 32km northwest of Alamos Gold’s (TSX:AGI) Young-Davidson mine.
Earlier this year, New Break completed 3,376m across 22 holes, with 20 targeting the Zavitz gold zone.
The program returned 3.46 grams per tonne gold (Au) over 38.6m from 82.0m to 120.6m in hole NBR-26-05. Drilling also intersected gold mineralisation in the syenite intrusive, with hole NBR-26-09 returning 1.31g/t Au over 8.5m and hole NBR-26-12 delivering 1.13g/t Au over 7.5m.
The current program will initially focus on infill drilling at the top of the existing mineralised zone to support mineral resource estimation and open-pit economic analysis.
Remaining holes will target the syenite intrusive, drilling through the contact with mafic volcanics to test for extensions.
The syenite intrusive at Young-Davidson contains the majority of that operation’s estimated gold mineral reserve.
The Young-Davidson mine evolved from a narrow, ‘high-grade’ vein deposit into one of Canada’s largest underground gold mines after deep drilling demonstrated extensive disseminated gold mineralisation in the adjacent syenite.
“We know that outlining a gold mineralised zone within the syenite has the potential to be a game changer for New Break by positioning the Moray project to be a prime target for future acquisition by a larger gold producer,” President Michael Farrant says.
New Break Resources expects any syenite-hosted mineralisation to be ‘lower grade’ than the mafic volcanic-hosted zones, though such disseminated mineralisation can be highly profitable for bulk underground mining operations.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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