Wallbridge Mining Company Limited is moving forward with its Sudbury-based Broken Hammer project by expanding its bulk sample pit with a 1,600-metre drill program.
On March 24, the company announced it would drill east from the bulk sample pit of the copper, nickel, and platinum group elements project into an area outside the current resource estimate before moving west beyond the sample area.
The drilling program will expand the limits of the existing resource while compiling information for the new resource estimate. The company anticipates the new resource estimate to start this summer, after results of the processing of the bulk sample become available.
Wallbridge commenced the extraction of 30,000 tonnes of bulk sample in January, after completing its environmental and mining permits.
“The mineralization we see in the bulk sample pit demonstrated to us that we definitely have potential to expand the zone to the east,” Wallbridge president and CEO Alar Soever said in a release. “The better understanding of the structure we now have indicates that it may also be possible to add tonnes in the western end of the zone.”
Xstrata's Strathcona Mill will process the material, which is expected to take place by the end of June. Processing is expected to confirm grades and help establish the economnic viability of the deposit.
Wallbridge holds a 98.5 per cent interest in the Broken Hammer property, while Xtrata retains a 1.5 per cent interest with some buy-back provisisions.
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