White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) has reported more than 73m of visual copper sulphide mineralisation from its maiden diamond drillhole at the Danvers prospect within the Rae Copper Project in Nunavut, Canada.
Diamond drillhole DAN26025 was positioned to test geological and structural controls near DAN26012, which returned 19.81m @ 6.64% copper.
The hole intersected over 73m of visual chalcocite and chalcopyrite mineralisation, extending the known footprint by approximately 50m to the northeast.
White Cliff Managing Director Troy Whittaker says the first diamond drillhole into the Teshierpi Fault Zone has “materially improved the company’s understanding” of the system’s architecture.
“Importantly, our first diamond drillhole into the Teshierpi Fault Zone has intersected more than 70m of copper sulphide mineralisation,” Whittaker notes.
DAN26020, collared 550m from the main zone at Danvers 1, returned 19.81m @ 0.72% copper from 111.25m, including 1.53m @ 2.39% copper and 3.05m @ 1.11% copper.
The hole extends mineralisation southwest towards the 2026 discoveries on the Teshierpi Fault Zone.
The Danvers 1 mineralised footprint now spans a strike of 1,037m. Drilling to complete the phase one regional campaign across the 12,000m strike remains on target for completion during July.
Multiple assays are still pending, including those for drillholes DAN26022 and DAN26024, which were large step‑outs to the north and northeast and intersected broad intervals of copper sulphides.
Assays from the diamond drilling are expected in four to six weeks.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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