Next drilling Looking to the next drill info while waiting:
May 25th, 2021;
The Chonolith Zone is an irregular-to-pipe-like shaped intrusive body which may have been a conduit through which magma responsible for the Marathon Deposit flowed. Much of the previous drilling (early 2000s) in this area was quite shallow; however, some deeper holes, notably BO-06-20 which assayed 0.93 g/t Pd, 0.25 g/t Pt, 0.10 g/t Au and 0.58% Cu over a 100.5 metre interval (from 215.8 m to 316.3 m downhole), returned elevated Pd and Cu assays.
Given the nature and geometry of the intrusion, which may have constrained and focused magma flow, there is the potential for massive sulphide accumulation along the floor of the Chonolith as well as disseminated Cu and Pd mineralization throughout the intrusive itself.
We have been focusing comments on copper.
Marathon Feasability copper g/t is 0.22%.
Historical Chono copper g/t is 0.58.
*May 25th, 2021
"In addition to the drill program, a surface exploration crew are actively exploring the area between the Sally Deposit and Boyer Prospect. This area comprises a 2.5 km long portion of the Coldwell Complex margin which has not been systematically mapped or prospected. The area has potential for ultramafic intrusions with high-grade mineralization.
Previous drilling and surface sampling has returned extremely high-grade assays from apatite bearing pyroxenites which have assayed up to 2.59 g/t Au, 0.48 g/t Pt, 185 g/t Pd, ---( 9.11% Cu )---and 0.60% Ni (see February 25th, 2020 news release).
In addition to boot and hammer prospecting, the surface exploration crew will engage in selective soil sampling to define potential targets for follow up trenching and/or surface geophysics".
*August 12, 2021:
"...drilling at the Company’s Marathon palladium-copper project (the “Marathon Project”) has been lifted and that drilling is expected to resume shortly. Other exploration activities such as mapping and sampling were not affected by the order".
Potential for multiple copper high grade strikes beyond Marathon itsself.
Glta!!