Nuvau Minerals (TSX-V:NMC) has intersected 17.37 grams per tonne gold (Au) over 2.4m at its Thundermine Project in Québec, Canada, about 50m shallower than previous hole TH-26-08.
The intersection from hole TH-26-11 sits within a broader 165m mineralised interval, providing an additional pierce point between TH-26-08 and historical drilling.
CEO Christina McCarthy says the result demonstrates continuity of the mineralised system.
“TH-26-11 is a 50m step-out from TH-26-08 and demonstrates continuity of the system. The hole returned 17.37g/t gold over 2.40m within a 165m mineralised interval, in the same altered tonalitic host and quartz-tourmaline vein array intersected throughout the program,” McCarthy added.
Gold grades and vein density vary through the tonalitic intrusive, with discrete ‘higher-grade’ veins within broader zones of ‘lower-grade’ veinlet and disseminated mineralisation.
McCarthy notes the Thundermine property has not been systematically tested in over 40 years. The company interprets the results as consistent with a Val d’Or-analogue orogenic gold system within a fractured intrusive host.
The system remains open along trend to the southeast and at depth, with assays from six holes pending from the 2026 summer program.
Nuvau Minerals is a Canadian explorer focused on gold, copper, and zinc across its 100%-owned Matagami property in Québec’s Abitibi region.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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