Palladium One Mining Inc. (
TSX-V: PDM,
FRA: 7N11) (the "
Company" or
“
Palladium One”) is pleased to announce that
technical director, Neil Pettigrew, recently completed a site visit
and reconnaissance prospecting on the Company’s Lantinen Koillismaa
(LK) Project located in North Central Finland.
The new Palladium One team site visit, included
the review of the geology of the entire Koillismaa layered
mafic-ultramafic complex (Figure 1), inspection of
the LK project properties and historic drill core. Successful
meetings were also held with local municipal leaders and Finnish
consultants who are expected to have key roles in conducting future
exploration programs. As part of this site visit, previously
identified high priority areas were also visited and reconnaissance
surface samples were collected (Table 1). The
sampling focused on two areas, Haukiaho and Murtolampi which are
discussed in detail below.
Table 1. Reconnaissance
Sampling
Sample No. |
Area |
Cu wt% |
Ni wt % |
Pt g/t |
Pd g/t |
Au g/t |
PGE (Pt+Pd+Au) |
NP-LK-19-001 |
Haukiaho East |
0.23 |
0.16 |
0.095 |
0.295 |
0.135 |
0.525 |
NP-LK-19-002 |
Haukiaho East |
0.51 |
0.33 |
0.185 |
0.563 |
0.209 |
0.957 |
NP-LK-19-003 |
Murtolampi |
0.78 |
0.13 |
1.115 |
1.855 |
0.136 |
3.106 |
Haukiaho
Surface sampling conducted ~2 km east of the
most recent (2013) historic Haukiaho resource1 returned up to
0.51% Cu, 0.33% Ni and 0.957g/t PGE
(Figure 1).
This sampling was undertaken in historic
workings associated with a mini bulk sample collected by Outokumpu
in the 1960’s, which only tested for copper and nickel
mineralization. That is, no PGE analysis was conducted at
that time. Historic drilling by Outokumpu included four
nearby diamond drill holes that also only analysed for copper and
nickel mineralization and which returned up to 0.21% Cu,
0.20% Ni over 35.21m in hole R692 and 0.25% Cu,
0.14% Ni over 37.10m, including 0.43% Cu, 0.19% Ni
over 11.89m in hole R609.
The most recent historic Haukiaho resource1 was
completed by Finore Mining Inc. in 2013 and consisted of 23.2
million inferred tonnes grading 0.21% Cu, 0.14% Ni, 0.13 g/t Pt,
0.31 g/t Pd, and 0.10 g/t Au (0.53 g/t PGE) using a 0.1 g/t Pd cut
off. This resource encompassed widely spaced drilling with a focus
on maximizing tonnage.
An earlier historic resource1 completed by
Outokumpu in the 1980’s covering a larger area than the 2013 Finore
resource (including the historic workings discussed above) was
focused more on grade using a 0.7% Cueq cut-off (defined as
Cu% + 2 x Ni%) and returned 7 million tonnes grading 0.38% Cu and
0.24% Ni (again, no PGEs analysis was performed).
These historic resources indicate that Haukiaho
mineralization possesses pods/lenses of higher-grade material and
with focused drilling could result in a higher-grade 43-101
compliant resource being defined.
Murtolampi
Following up shallow historic drilling with
encouraging PGE mineralization encountered by the Finish Geological
Survey (“GTK”), surface sampling was undertaken at the Murtolampi
target and returned 0.78% Cu, 0.13% Ni, and 3.106 g/t
PGE (Figure 1).
Murtolampie lies just 2.5 km northeast of the
historic Kaukua resource and was last explored in the 1990s. The
area was discovered by prospecting by Outokumpu in the early 1990s
and in 1999 GTK drilled a 200m long shallow (average less than 40m
depth) fence of 6 diamond drill holes.
All GTK holes intersected PGE mineralization
with up to 0.17% Cu, 0.10% Ni and 0.86g/t PGE over 30.15m,
Including 0.21% Cu, 0.12% Ni and 1.01 g/t PGE over 19.0m
in hole R369. Despite highly encouraging initial results this area
has never experienced any follow up work and is a high priority for
the Company as it possesses similar PGE-rich mineralization to the
Kaukua area.
Independent NI 43-101 compliant resource
estimate
The company is pleased to announce that Mining
Plus UK Ltd. is approaching completion of a new independent
National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate for
the Kaukua deposit of the LK Project. Kaukua, currently hosts a
historic (2013) resource1 Table 2.
Table 2. 2013 Historic Kaukua Resource
Estimate1
Classification |
Cut-Off (Pd g/t) |
Tonnes |
Pd g/t |
Pt g/t |
Au g/t |
Ni % |
Cu % |
PGE (Pd+Pt+Au) |
Pd (oz) |
Pt (oz) |
Au (oz) |
Indicated |
0.10 |
10,400,000 |
0.73 |
0.26 |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.15 |
1.07 |
244,100 |
86,900 |
26,700 |
Inferred |
0.10 |
13,200,000 |
0.63 |
0.22 |
0.06 |
0.10 |
0.13 |
0.91 |
267,400 |
93,400 |
25,500 |
Derrick Weyrauch, Interim President and CEO
stated, “We are very encouraged by the reconnaissance sampling that
identified PGE mineralization ~2 km east of the historic Haukiaho
deposit which supports our conviction that Haukiaho not only
extends to the west, but also significantly to the east, making it
highly prospective for the definition of a significant open pit
resource. Murtolampi is a high priority target for the
Company and we are extremely pleased with the excellent
reconnaissance sample which yielded 0.78% Cu, 0.13% Ni and
3.106 g/t PGE.”
About LK PGE-Cu-Ni project
The LK Project land package consists of a total
of 2,480 hectares and comprises two exploration permit renewals and
seven exploration permit applications covering over 25 km of the
prospective basal unit in the Koillismaa layered mafic-ultramafic
complex.
The Koillismaa Complex is part of a suite of
Paleoproterozoic continental rift-related intrusions which are
highly prospective for PGE-Cu-Ni deposits such as the nearby
Suhanko (Arctic Platinum) deposit located 90 km northwest of the LK
Project. Suhanko hosts a SAMREC Code Compliant Measured and
Indicated resources of 5.4 million ounces of palladium grading 1.44
g/t Pd and 1.3 million ounces of platinum grading 0.35 g/t Pt at a
cut-off of 1.0g/t 2PGEAu as well as Inferred Resources of 4.4
million ounces of palladium grading 1.50 g/t Pd and 1.1 million
ounces of platinum grading 0.38 g/t Pt.
Qualified Person
Neil Pettigrew, P. Geo. a director of the
Company and is the Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical
information in this document.
About Palladium One:
Palladium One Mining Inc. is a PGE, nickel,
copper exploration and development company. Its assets consist of
the Lantinen Koillismaa (“LK”) PGE-Cu-Ni project, located in
north-central Finland and the Tyko Ni-Cu-PGE property, near
Marathon, Ontario, Canada.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:“Derrick
Weyrauch”Interim President & CEO, Director
For further information contact:Derrick
Weyrauch, Interim CEOEmail: info@palladiumoneinc.com Phone:
1-778-327-5799
1 Historic Resource Estimates
All resource estimates completed on the LK
Project are now historic resource estimates and have not been
verified by the Company as a current mineral resource. Reliance
should not be placed on those estimates. They are provided for
reference purposes only.
Data and technical information in this document
is extracted from the NI 43-101 technical report entitled ‘A
Technical Report of the Läntinen Koillismaa Project, Finland for
Nickel One Resources Inc.’, written by Mining Plus Canada
Consulting, dated November 17, 2017 and historical data and
technical information is extracted from the September 19, 2013
NI43-101 technical report prepared for Finore Mining Inc for the
Läntinen Koillismaa Project, Finland , also written by Mining
Plus.
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