Nine Mile Metals (CSE:NINE) has returned 14.15m @ 5.09% copper equivalent (CuEq) from drilling at its Wedge Mine Project in New Brunswick’s Bathurst Mining Camp, Canada.
Hole WD-26-14 intersected the mineralised interval from 107.35m, including 9m @ 6.35% CuEq and, within that section, 6m @ 7.45% CuEq. The company reports the intersections as true widths.
The hole tested the southwestern edge of the drill pattern to a depth of 158m, encountering pyritic volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralisation containing visible chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite.
The ‘highest-grade’ copper-equivalent sample returned 1m @ 8.59% CuEq from 120.5m, comprising 3.41% copper, 2.29% lead, 11.3% zinc, 55 grams per tonne silver, and 0.829g/t gold.
VP for Exploration and Director Gary Lohman says the results reinforce the southwestern area’s exploration potential.
“The drill holes collared in the southwest continue to impress, with both base and precious metal grades increasing with depth,” Lohman says.
The six ‘highest’ copper-equivalent samples occur within the bottom 6m of the intersection.
The results build on two VMS zones previously reported in WD-26-11. That hole intersected a combined 27.6m of mineralisation across the separate zones.
Downhole surveys to guide next drilling
Nine Mile says it plans eight borehole electromagnetic surveys on perimeter holes to help target the lenses’ depth and lateral extensions.
Results are expected to be processed onsite within 24 hours, guiding a second round of drilling.
The reported CuEq grades combine five metals using 26 August 2026 prices and an assumed 95% recovery for each. The company says these figures are for comparison and do not represent recoverable metal.
Nine Mile Metals is a Canadian explorer advancing four VMS projects in the Bathurst Mining Camp: Wedge, Nine Mile Brook, California Lake, and Canoe Landing Lake.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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