BWR Exploration Inc. (TSX.V: BWR) (“BWR” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce the receipt of precious metal
assays from exploratory drill holes completed in 2021 (see press
release dated September 20, 2021) on its wholly-owned Vendôme Sud
Property, located in the Abitibi Region of Northern Quebec,
approximately 30 km. north of Val d’Or. The 2021 drill program by
BWR was designed to investigate and substantiate historical nickel
and copper mineralization at various locations on the property,
however there was also historical reference to the presence of
platinum and palladium in a few of the historical holes within the
project area. The 2021 drill program confirmed nickel and copper
mineralization of sufficient grade that warranted further scrutiny,
prompting the investigation into whether there was any related
precious metals present, the recent 2022 analytical results have
confirmed that some of the mineralized subvolcanic intrusive mafic
units also contain precious metals.
As reported in September, 2021, two holes tested
the “A Zone”; the first hole of the program encountered a
mineralized core length interval of 37.8 meters (from 65.5m to
103.3m) that averaged 0.34% Copper and 0.27% Nickel in hole
BWR-V-21-01 drilled at -50 degrees, while undercut hole BWR-V-21-02
from same location, drilled at -60 degrees encountered a similarly
wide 41.7 meter core length interval (from 79.9m to 121.6m)
averaging 0.21% Copper and 0.12% Nickel. Approximately 1 kilometer
to the west, the fourth hole of the 2021 drill program tested the
“C Zone”, encountering a 14.7 meter core length interval (from 90m
to 104.7m) averaging 0.15% Copper and 0.18% Nickel. Selected sample
intervals from these three holes, where initial assays for Nickel
and/or Copper exceeded a threshold value of 0.5% for either metal,
were submitted for precious metal analysis to test for the presence
of Gold, Platinum and Palladium. 12 samples met the threshold
selection criteria, and all returned anomalous values for precious
metals.
Highlights of the recent precious metal sampling
program are presented in the following table:
Hole Number |
From |
To |
Interval |
Cu % |
Ni % |
Au (g/t) |
Pt (g/t) |
Pd (g/t) |
BWR-V-21-01 |
65.5 |
103.3 |
37.8 |
0.34 |
0.27 |
|
|
|
including |
66.75 |
69 |
2.25 |
1.13 |
1.06 |
0.089 |
0.199 |
0.354 |
also including |
75 |
78 |
3 |
0.67 |
0.3 |
0.083 |
0.106 |
0.182 |
also including |
87.5 |
88.85 |
1.35 |
1.21 |
1.72 |
0.035 |
0.007 |
0.179 |
also including |
90 |
91.5 |
1.5 |
0.71 |
0.61 |
0.076 |
0.172 |
0.454 |
BWR-V-21-02 |
79.9 |
121.6 |
41.7 |
0.21 |
0.12 |
|
|
|
including |
85.5 |
88.5 |
3 |
0.74 |
0.43 |
0.063 |
0.218 |
0.44 |
also including |
99.5 |
100.5 |
1 |
1.53 |
0.29 |
0.097 |
0.069 |
0.865 |
also including |
119.5 |
120.5 |
1 |
0.88 |
0.61 |
0.149 |
0.122 |
0.262 |
BWR-V-21-04 |
90 |
104.7 |
14.7 |
0.15 |
0.18 |
|
|
|
including |
102 |
103 |
1 |
0.71 |
0.64 |
0.2 |
0.324 |
0.489 |
*Assays presented represent intervals as
measured in the core box and are not ‘true
widths’. The intervals reported upon for gold, platinum
and palladium are either preferentially selected individual
samples, or weighted averages of two selected contiguous samples
from earlier reported (September 20, 2021) results.
The 2021 drill program by BWR successfully
substantiated the two holes that were drilled 6 decades ago (in
1962) by Canadian Shield Corporation Inc. that originally
identified the historical “A Zone” in that the earlier results were
found to be very comparable to BWR’s recent drill results of holes
BWR-V-21-01 and BWR-V-21-02. The historical “C Zone” is located
approximately 1 km to the west of the “A Zone” where drilling in
1963 identified similar mineralization for the “C Zone” as at the
“A Zone”. BWR completed hole BWR-V-21-04 at the approximate
location of the earlier hole also confirming the tenor of
mineralization encountered in 1963 by Canadian Shield.
PGM discussion for Holes BWR-V-21-01,
BWR-V-21-02 and BWR-V-21-04
BWR’s first two holes in 2021, intersected the
“A Zone” that appears to be a steeply dipping sub-volcanic
assemblage of rhyolite lenses intercalated with intermediate to
mafic or perhaps ultramafic metavolcanics. BWR’s fourth hole tested
the “C Zone” located about 1 km due west of the “A Zone”.
Hole BWR-V-21-01 between 65.5m and 103.3m
downhole is described as mafic to ultramafic rock, with moderate to
strong chlorite alteration, encapsulating a weakly silicified,
chlorite altered possible rhyolite lense between 79.75m and 88.85m
down-hole, followed downhole by mafic to ultramafic, well
chloritized rock continuing to 103.3m. Gold, Platinum and Palladium
occur in the V4 unit (mafic to ultramafic) as well as in the
silicified V1 unit (rhyolite) identified in the drill logs.
Hole BWR-V-21-02 between 79.9m and 121.6m
downhole is described as silicified rhyolite tuff between 29.85m
and 82m, with moderate chloritization between 78.4 to 82m, then
there is a gradual contact with an ultramafic unit between 82m and
89.85m downhole, then another gradual lower contact with well
silicified almost chert-like fine grained rhyolite tuff between
89.85m and 117.15m with several mafic volcanic lenses between
101.8m and 112.5m, followed by ultramafic rock between 117.95m to
122.7m. Gold, Platinum and Palladium occur in the V4 unit (mafic to
ultramafic) as well as the silicified V1 unit.
Hole BWR-V-21-04 intersected a series of
rhyolite tuffs intercalated and intruded by intermediate to mafic
units, followed by an ultramafic assemblage of komatiite and
peridotite. Mineralization in this hole appeared very similar to
the mineralization observed in the first two holes located 1000
metres east in the “A Zone”. Hole BWR-V-21-04 between 83.55m and
123.6m downhole is described as an ultramafic rock, possibly
komatiite, soft and very strongly chloritized. Gold, Platinum and
Palladium occur in the V4 unit.
The presence of PGM’s (platinum, palladium, and
gold) associated with the nickel and copper suggest that a base and
precious metal mineralizing event may be related to a nearby
magmatic intrusion encompassing and partially assimilating a felsic
volcanogenic assemblage, creating a hybrid VMS-MMS complex
environment, that may host deposits of nickel, copper and
PGM’s.
Further exploration work along with desk studies
are currently being planned, to continue the investigation into the
economic significance of the Vendôme Sud Nickel – Copper project,
now that some mineralized zones are confirmed to contain precious
metals. The plans will likely include a continuation of the
affirmation of earlier drill results with additional drill tests in
the area of known mineralization, as well as geophysical surveying
using magnetic, electromagnetic and gravity ground surveys to
further identify exploration targets to depth.
Sampling protocol and security for
samples
Minroc Management Limited’s senior geologist
Francis R. Newton (B.Sc.) as project geologist, was tasked with
managing the drill project and selecting the samples for the
additional precious metals analyses. The core was originally logged
and cut in a secure site, owned, and operated by Services MNG, in
Val d’Or, Québec during the summer of 2021. Minroc Management
Limited rented a core shack from Services MNG where Minroc
geologists logged the core. Samples were cut with a diamond saw by
Services MNG staff, under the supervision of Francis R. Newton, P.
Geo, and half of the core for each sample interval placed in
labelled plastic bags along with a sample tag for each individual
sample. Samples were delivered to ALS Minerals in Val d’Or for
processing and analysis, after analysis sample pulps were securely
stored. Once at the lab, the samples were originally tested using
“ME-ICP41a – Intermediate Level Aqua Regia” for multi-element
analysis. Samples returning 0.5% Cu and/or 0.5% Ni or greater met
the threshold criteria for further analysis and were recovered from
secure storage and submitted for further in house analysis using
PGM ICP-24 methodology for gold, platinum, and palladium. Assay
results for PGM’s were received in mid-February 2022.
Mr. Francis Newton, P.Geo (OGQ#2129), in
collaboration with Mr. Neil Novak P. Geo. are responsible for and
have reviewed the technical disclosure of this release. Mr. Newton
as an independent qualified person pursuant to NI 43-101 guidelines
for technical disclosure, and Mr. Novak as a qualified person (not
independent) pursuant to NI 43-101 guidelines both approve the
technical content of this press release.
BWR Exploration Inc. is a public company focused
on exploring for base and precious metals, with its flagship Little
Stull Lake Gold Project in NE Manitoba along with other exploration
projects in Northern Ontario, and Northern Quebec, Canada.
Management of BWR includes an accomplished group of
exploration/mining specialists with many decades of operational
experience in the junior resource sector in Canada and abroad.
There are 101,442,461 shares currently issued.
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For more information about BWR’s Vendôme Sud Project please
visit our website:
http://www.bwrexploration.com or call/email:
Neil Novak, P.Geo., President, CEO & Director,BWR
Exploration Inc.82 Richmond St. E Toronto, ON M5C 1P1 Office:
416-848-6866nnovak@bwrexploration.com
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