knapdale (high-grADE Gold - Antimony & Base metals)
Project Highlights
- The Knapdale Project has had substantial historical work performed on it with multiple drill programs and the clear identification of multiple high-grade gold, antimony and base metals targets
- Mapping and shallow diamond drilling programs in 2017 and 2021 resulted in the discovery of high-grade orogenic gold veins with an interpreted strike length of c.4km close to the historic Stronchullin gold mine
- Numerous high-grade intersections include:
- 13.3g/t Au + 32.0g/t Ag + 0.14% Sb over 1.05m
- 41.8g/t Au + 262g/t Ag + 0.26% Sb over 0.55m
- 19.2g/t Au + 1.2g/t Ag over 1.00m from 88.2m
- 12.2g/t Au + 20.4g/t Ag over 1.00m from 56.9m
Significant Upside Potential
- The highest ranked geochemical gold and base metal anomalies remain untested
- Numerous gold hits from drilling with high-grade gold values ranging between 4.1g/t Au and 41.8g/t Au
- Average intersection encountered to date is 1.2m with at 8.2g/t Au and 17g/t Ag (applying a 2.0g/t Au cut-off)
- Stronchullin exhibits certain geological analogies with the >6.0Moz Curraghinalt orogenic gold deposit in Northern Ireland, highlighting significant upside
Historical Work and Future Activities
- Historical expenditure of over C$2.5 million including 15 diamond drill holes, 12 of which intersected high-grade gold mineralisation at Stronchullin
- Surface mapping and geochemistry has identified quartz veining along 4km of strike
- Stratiform Cu-Co-Ag-Zn from potential Besshi-style VMS also identified at Srondoire and Gossan Burn
- Future work programs to include drilling of the gold and geophysical surveying of the base metals discoveries with the aim of delineating inaugural resource estimates