Plate tectonics

New Found Provides Appleton Fault Zone Exploration Update

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Earth sciences, Geology, Structural geology, Earth's crust, Fault, Stratigraphy, Active faults, Plate tectonics

New Foundhas made significant progress advancing multiple targets along the Appleton Fault Zone on Queensway North.

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  • New Foundhas made significant progress advancing multiple targets along the Appleton Fault Zone on Queensway North.
  • We are continuing with interpretation work and additional drilling in the pursuit of finding additional zones of high-grade epizonal style gold along 7.8km of strike along the Appleton Fault Zone.
  • The Appleton fault is a deep crustal structure and plumbing conduit persists for over 7km of strike distance through Queensway North.
  • The Cokes target is on the west side of the Appleton fault approximately 300m from the main Keats Zone, which is being drilled on the east side of the Appleton fault.

GoldON Stakes McInnes Lake Greenstone Belt North of Ontario's Red Lake Gold Camp

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
Geology, Earth sciences, Plate tectonics, Greenstone belts, Cratons, Archean, Geology of Manitoba, Geology of Ontario, Greenstone, Superior Craton, Red Lake greenstone belt

District Scale property of unexplored Balmer Assemblage lithologies similar to those that host the Red Lake Gold Camp

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    The McInnes Lake Greenstone Belt lies within the North Caribou Terrane of the Superior Province.
  • Age-dating of the McInnes Lake Greenstone Belt volcanic rocks are 2.93-2.97 billion years old representing Balmer Assemblage aged lithologies ( OGS Map P3589 ).
  • The Balmer Assemblage is host to most of the current gold resources and historical gold production in the Red Lake Greenstone Belt.
  • Our current project portfolio includes six properties in the Red Lake Mining Division (West Madsen, Red Lake North, Pipestone Bay, McDonough, McInnes Lake and Pakwash North) and a seventh property in the Patricia Mining Division (Slate Falls).

Brunswick Exploration Reports 5 km-long Anomolous Gold Trend in Soil Sampling at Fundy Gold

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Earth sciences, Geology, Structural geology, Plate tectonics, Deformation, Shear, Fundy Biosphere Reserve, Fundy, Orogeny

MONTREAL, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brunswick Exploration Inc. (BRW or the Company) is pleased to announce results from its 2020 soil sampling program at the Fundy Gold Project (Project) located in Southern New Brunswick (Figure 1).

Key Points: 
  • MONTREAL, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brunswick Exploration Inc. (BRW or the Company) is pleased to announce results from its 2020 soil sampling program at the Fundy Gold Project (Project) located in Southern New Brunswick (Figure 1).
  • These maiden results confirm the Companys view that the Fundy Shear Zone is a district scale, underexplored orogenic gold-polymetallic fault system.
  • The grid was geologically constrained to the main SML deformation zone and broad gold anomalies occur throughout the large metamorphic suite.
  • Other mineralized structures are thought to exist outside of the main zone of deformation currently covered by the soil sampling.

Kinross Earns 70% Interest at Laguna Gold Property

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Thursday, March 11, 2021
Geology, Earth sciences, Geography of New Mexico, Plate tectonics, Flin Flon, Flin Flon greenstone belt, Greenstone belt, Snow Lake, Manitoba, Kinross Gold, Laguna Pueblo, Laguna

2021 Drill Program Underway

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  • Sudbury, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 11, 2021) - Rockcliff Metals Corporation(CSE: RCLF) (FSE: RO0, WKN: A2H60G)("Rockcliff"or the"Company")is pleased to announce that an affiliate of Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross") has earned a 70% interest in the Laguna/Lucky Jack/Puella Bay properties ("Laguna") in Snow Lake, Manitoba.
  • "Having Kinross earn in so early on their option to the level of forming a Joint Venture on the Laguna Property confirms our belief of the high gold prospectivity of this land package.
  • Laguna is located in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake Greenstone Belt which is host to volcanogenic massive sulphide (copper-zinc) and primary gold mines and deposits.
  • Laguna hosts the historic Rex-Laguna gold mine, Manitoba's first and highest-grade former gold mine.

Callinex Commences Drilling to Test Highly Conductive Anomalies Along Strike from the Rainbow Deposit in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Geology, Earth sciences, Petrology, Plate tectonics, Flin Flon, Greenstone belt, Metamorphic petrology, Flin Flon greenstone belt

The Campaign will start immediately with the completion of two drill holes for 1,600 meters of the 30,000 meters budgeted for 2021 ( Rainbow Discovery Plan View ).

Key Points: 
  • The Campaign will start immediately with the completion of two drill holes for 1,600 meters of the 30,000 meters budgeted for 2021 ( Rainbow Discovery Plan View ).
  • A second drill (PBM-117) will immediately test three of the four highly conductive anomalies that were recently identified near-surface and along strike to the south of the Orange and Yellow zones of the Rainbow Discovery ( Rainbow Discovery 3D View ).
  • The identified anomalies expand the strike extent of the Rainbow over 1 km to the south ( See News Release Dated January 21, 2021 ).
  • It should be noted that deposits in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt typically have a plunge extent on average between 5-8 times the strike of the deposit.

Commander Identifies Gold Zone at Sabin Property, Ontario

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Friday, January 15, 2021
Physical sciences, Earth sciences, Geology, Economic geology, Plate tectonics, Prospecting, Gold, The Quarry, Winkie, Sampling, Orogeny

The Quarry Showing is a new occurrence not previously sampled by Commander and opens the potential for intrusion-hosted orogenic gold mineralization within the large Patterson Lake Stock.

Key Points: 
  • The Quarry Showing is a new occurrence not previously sampled by Commander and opens the potential for intrusion-hosted orogenic gold mineralization within the large Patterson Lake Stock.
  • (Figure 1)
    The Quarry showing was a documented gold occurrence with limited historical work comprising surface sampling and 2 short, small-diameter (winkie) prospecting holes.
  • Historical sampling, unverified by Commander, includes a short hole grading 0.50 g/t gold over 10 m and local grab samples up to 4.1 g/t gold.
  • Furthermore, the gold zone at the Quarry Showing is significant and opens a large area for exploration that has not been previously explored.

Trillium Gold Signs Agreement to Acquire 15,000 Hectares in the Confederation Greenstone Belt

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Geology, Earth sciences, Plate tectonics, Greenstone belt, Metamorphic petrology, Petrology

The purchase price for the Confederation Belt properties is $500,000 in cash and $1,250,000 of Trillium Gold Shares, based on the 5 day VWAP of the Trillium Gold Shares 2 business days prior to the Closing Date.

Key Points: 
  • The purchase price for the Confederation Belt properties is $500,000 in cash and $1,250,000 of Trillium Gold Shares, based on the 5 day VWAP of the Trillium Gold Shares 2 business days prior to the Closing Date.
  • We believe the Confederation Lake Properties we have acquired have similar geological and structural characteristics as at Great Bear's LP Zone.
  • Trillium Gold continues to execute on its strategy of becoming a major player in the Red Lake district.
  • The more than 3,300 hectare Joy property covers over 13km of prospective felsic volcanics of the Confederation greenstone belt.

One Bullion Limited announces first closing of C$1,020,000 through a non-brokered private placement & the signing of a LOI in connection with the company’s go public strategy

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Friday, October 23, 2020
Articles, Geology, Academic disciplines, Geophysical imaging, Plate tectonics, Greenstone belt, Metamorphic petrology, Petrology, Induced polarization, IP, Political polarization, Polarization

The Company intends to carry out an Induced Polarization (IP) Geophysical Survey over individual lines covering 107km of the Kraaipan greenstone belt.

Key Points: 
  • The Company intends to carry out an Induced Polarization (IP) Geophysical Survey over individual lines covering 107km of the Kraaipan greenstone belt.
  • These zones are interpreted to be Kalgold D-zone type targets and should, in all probability, produce significant Induced Polarisation (IP) anomalies.
  • I anticipate that with a well-executed plan, we will define the value hosted within this robust and very prospective project.
  • The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update any forwardlooking information except as required by law.

Rockridge Amends Knife Lake Option Agreement

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Friday, August 14, 2020
Mining, Plate tectonics, Economic geology, Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit, Hydrothermal mineral deposit, Bathurst Mining Camp

Knife Lake VMS Project Map:

Key Points: 
  • Knife Lake VMS Project Map:
    The Company's Knife Lake Project is located in Saskatchewan, which is ranked as the #3 mining jurisdiction in the world by the Fraser Institute.
  • The project hosts the Knife Lake deposit, which is a VMS, near-surface copper-cobalt-gold-silver-zinc deposit open along strike and at depth.
  • Knife Lake Project Geology and History:
    The Knife Lake deposit is a near surface remobilized VMS deposit starting a few metres below surface and the deposit remains open at depth and along strike for potential resource expansion.
  • The project hosts the Knife Lake deposit, which is a VMS, near-surface copper-cobalt-gold-silver-zinc deposit open along strike and at depth.

A Steaming Cauldron Follows the Dinosaurs' Demise

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Friday, May 29, 2020
Geology, Earth, Plate tectonics, Structure of the Earth, Crust, Rock, Metamorphic petrology

The team recovered rock core samples which can be used to study the thermal and chemical modification of Earth's crust caused by the impact.

Key Points: 
  • The team recovered rock core samples which can be used to study the thermal and chemical modification of Earth's crust caused by the impact.
  • The core samples show the crater hosted an extensive hydrothermal system that chemically and mineralogically modified more than 100,000 cubic kilometers of Earth's crust.
  • Nearly two dozen minerals precipitated from the fluids as they coursed through the rock, replacing the rock's original minerals.
  • Thousands of these types of systems were produced during a period of impact bombardment more than 3.8 billion years ago.