NorthWest Copper Intersects 280 Metres of 1.08% CuEq VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NorthWest Copper (“NorthWest” or “the Company”) (TSX-V: NWST) (OTCQX: NWCCF) is pleased to announce that drilling at Kwanika has intersected additional high-grade copper-gold mineralization. Drill holes K-21-220 and K-21-222 returned intervals of very high grades within much longer intervals of significant Cu-Au grades in the vicinity of hole K-21-217 (9.4m of 33.60% copper equivalent “CuEq”) 1. Highlights include:
- K-21-220: 280 metres2 of 1.08% CuEq3 including 13.85 metres at 4.16% CuEq;
- K-21-222: 227.60 metres of 0.82% CuEq including 4.0 metres at 5.05% CuEq.
The drilling shows the consistency of the high-grade core of Kwanika, with long intervals of material at or near 1% copper equivalent. Within these long intervals are zones of much higher grade. K-21-217 showed this most dramatically, with 9.4 m of 33.60% CuEq within a broader interval of very strong copper and gold. K-21-220 and K-21-222 demonstrate the same pattern. In the intervals reported, copper-gold porphyry-style mineralization is hosted by intrusions logged as monzonite and minor diorite that occur directly below post-mineral sedimentary rocks. High-grade copper-gold mineralization occurs in strong potassic alteration associated with abundant quartz-sulphide veins and is predominantly hypogene with subordinate supergene mineralization at the top of the intersections. These results help validate our focus on high-grade as well as supporting our planned 2022 program in the enhanced grade area around K-21-217.
“These results deliver the consistent high-grade that characterizes the core of Kwanika.” commented President and CEO Peter Bell. “High-grade copper-gold has been our focus since we formed NorthWest Copper. We look forward to testing for additional high-grade, including offsets of K-21-217, in 2022.”