Noble Mineral JV drills 291 m of 0.293% Ni at Crawford
2019-03-04 09:29 ET – News Release
Mr. Vance White reports
PROJECT 81 EXPLORATION UPDATE, JV PARTNER ANNOUNCES A SIGNIFICANT NICKEL, COBALT, PGE DISCOVERY
Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.’s option and joint venture partner Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd. has released the results of its 2018 diamond drill program on the Crawford ultramafic complex. (The attached table was taken directly from the Spruce Ridge Resources news release of March 1, 2019.)
CRAWFORD NICKEL PROJECT -- 2018 DIAMOND DRILLING RESULTS DDH ID From To Core length Ni Co Pt Pd Au (m) (m) (m) (%) (ppm) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t) Summary of intervals passing 0.25% Ni cut-off CR18-01 234.00 525.00 291.00 0.293 118 0.011 0.020 0.002 Includes 238.50 393.00 154.50 0.320 120 0.012 0.029 0.001 Includes 238.50 283.50 45.00 0.384 144 0.019 0.061 0.001 CR18-03 475.50 606 EOH 130.50 0.299 140 0.028 0.055 0.006 Includes 492.00 547.50 55.50 0.324 139 0.028 0.096 0.005 Includes 492.00 516.00 24.00 0.333 140 0.060 0.201 0.011 CR18-04 205.50 402 EOH 196.50 0.332 135 0.010 0.027 0.002 Includes 208.50 285.00 76.50 0.358 156 0.017 0.041 0.001 Includes 208.50 220.50 12.00 0.532 220 0.030 0.070 0.001 Summary of intervals passing 0.20% Ni cut-off CR18-01 36.00 EOC 594 EOH 558.00 0.261 127 0.010 0.016 0.002 CR18-02 24.00 EOC 175.50 151.50 0.224 126 0.005 0.005 0.001 CR18-02 175.50 216 EOH 40.50 Dunite less than 0.20% Ni CR18-03 51.00 EOC 288.00 237.00 Mafic volcanic and marginal zone CR18-03 288.00 606 EOH 318.00 0.248 126 0.019 0.028 0.003 CR18-04 42.00 EOC 72.40 30.40 Mafic volcanic CR18-04 72.40 193.50 121.10 Dunite less than 0.20% Ni CR18-04 193.50 402 EOH 208.50 0.324 135 0.018 0.028 0.003 Selected intervals with elevated PGEs CR18-03 492.00 493.50 1.5 0.285 140 0.219 0.567 0.004 CR18-03 507.00 511.50 4.50 0.339 140 0.059 0.498 0.048 CR18-04 165.00 166.50 1.50 0.182 120 0.069 0.570 0.006 Dumont deposit average grade for comparison 0.27 107 0.009 0.020 N/A Noted: "EOC" refers to end of casing; "EOH" refers to end of hole. The lengths reported are core lengths and not true widths. The company has insufficient information to determine the attitude, either of the ultramafic body or of mineralized zones within it. True widths will be less than the core lengths by unknown factors.
The 2018 drilling program by Spruce Ridge and its joint venture partner, a group of private investors, was focused on the Crawford ultramafic complex, a 3.5-kilometre-long body of peridotite, dunite and their serpentinized equivalents. The target was defined by a helicopter-borne magnetic and electromagnetic survey and an airborne gravity survey, both conducted over of the entire project area of 100 square kilometres. An artificial intelligence (AI) review of data, provided by Albert Mining Inc., also identified the area as being prospective for nickel.
Vance White, president and chief executive officer of Noble, is quoted as saying: “We are very pleased with the results that Spruce has returned and, in particular, the core lengths containing consistent mineralization on this massive anomaly located with easy access from Highway 655. We look very much forward to Spruce continuing their program as we continue to bring in additional option and JV Partners to our extensive 79,000-hectare landholdings.”
Randy S.C. Singh, PGeo (Ontario), PEng (Ontario), vice-president, exploration and project development, of Noble and a qualified person as such term is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has verified the data disclosed in this news release and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on behalf of Noble Mineral Exploration.
About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.
Noble Mineral Exploration is a Canadian-based junior exploration company that, in addition to its shareholdings in Spruce Ridge Resources and MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. as well as its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in the area of Wawa, Ont., holds in excess of 79,000 hectares of mineral rights in the Timmins-Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81. Project 81 hosts diversified drill-ready gold, nickel-cobalt and base metal exploration targets at various stages of exploration.
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