Detour Gold Corp. is reporting positive results from its winter drilling program at the Lower Detour property north of Cochrane.
Lower Detour is located about six kilometres south of the company’s flagship project, Detour Lake Mine, which contains an open pit mineral reserve of 16.4 million ounces of gold (514 Mt grading 0.99 g/t) using a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t..
During the 2016 drilling program, the company completed 36,830 metres of infill drilling in 119 holes at a 25-metre drill spacing above 250 metres and at a 50-metre spacing below 250 metres. The second phase of the infill drilling program, totalling approximately 25,000 metres, resumed in July.
Highlighted results include:
-35.19 g/t over 5.2 m (DLD-16-190)
-26.38 g/t over 13.0 m, including 79.40 g/t over 4.0 m (DLD-16-205)
-26.97 g/t over 8.0 m (DLD-16-233A)
-10.23 g/t over 22.0 m, including 18.91 g/t over 6.0 m (DLD-16-245)
-14.75 g/t over 22.0 m, including 34.21 g/t over 9.0 m (DLD-16-248)
-30.79 g/t over 10.0 m, including 75.60 g/t over 4.0 m (DLD-16-250)
-15.46 g/t over 13.0 m (DLD-16-270)
-18.93 g/t over 13.0 m, including 57.58 g/t over 4.0 m (DLD-16-273)
-34.98 g/t over 23.2 m, including 95.58 g/t over 8.0 m (DLD-16-277)
-21.95 g/t over 9.0 m (DLD-16-278A)
"We are highly encouraged with the results of our infill drilling program that are demonstrating good continuity of the zones from surface to 250 metres and indicating amenability to underground mining methods," said Jean-François Metail, Detour Gold’s vice-president of mineral resource management.
"While the second part of the drilling program is underway, we will continue with the interpretation and engineering work on Zone 58N. A decision to proceed with the underground exploration program is expected in the fourth quarter."
