Nine Mile Metals (CSE:NINE) has reported further ‘high-grade’ copper, silver, and gold intercepts from ongoing drilling at the Wedge Mine Project in New Brunswick, Canada.
The latest results come from diamond drill hole WD-26-18, which intersected 11.65m of massive sulphides grading 7.13% copper equivalent (CuEq).
This included a ‘higher-grade’ interval of 6.7m at 9.93% CuEq, with every sample within the interval exceeding 8.4% CuEq.
The interval also returned silver grades ranging from 71 to 136 grams per tonne and gold grades of 1.16–2.40g/t.
Precious metals add ‘in situ value’
Vice President of Exploration Gary Lohman says the latest intercept “best demonstrates the very high-grade, multi-element nature” of the Wedge deposit.
“Silver and gold together account for roughly a third of the in situ value, so the CuEq calculation benefits from both the base and precious metals in the VMS [volcanogenic massive sulphide] horizon,” he says.
Lohman also highlights a 31.5m interval of copper stringer mineralisation above the massive sulphide lens.
According to Lohman, stringer zones of this type are commonly associated with feeder systems in VMS deposits.
“This hole clearly displays the high-grade nature of this strong deposit,” CEO Patrick Cruickshank says.
Extending Wedge mineralisation
The latest assays follow previously reported results from holes WD-24-02, WD-24-04, WD-24-05, WD-24-06, and WD-24-07, which Nine Mile says support the potential for further extensions of the mineralised system.
Drilling forms part of an ongoing 10,000m exploration program at the historical Wedge mine area within New Brunswick’s Bathurst Mining Camp.
As of September, the company had completed 18 holes totalling 4,934.5m.
Nine Mile Metals is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on VMS exploration.
Write to Jackson Chen at Mining.com.au
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