Kermode samples 16.25% Cu at Mount Sicker
2024-03-20 08:56 ET - News Release
Mr. Peter Bell reports
KERMODE REPORTS XRF RESULTS FOR SELECT SAMPLES FROM COPPER CANYON
Kermode Resources Ltd. has released the results of XRF (X-ray fluorescence) analysis of select surface samples from the Copper Canyon area at the Mount Sicker project.
Additional information is available on the Mount Sicker project data room on-line.
Further information about all rock samples is provided in the associated table.
Note that all samples were collected by Justin Deveault and Justin McNutt from 911 Exploration Corp. over three days in October 10th and 14th, and November 13th, 2023. The XRF results were received March 19, 2024.
Qualified Person
The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Jacques Houle, P. Eng, a Qualified Person responsible for the scientific and technical information contained herein under National Instrument 43-101 standards.
QA/QC Statement
The results reported here were prepared by using an Olympus Delta portable XRF (Model DS 6500CC) using industry-standard chain of custody procedures with all samples. The XRF operator named Clive Khan is independent of Kermode and completed the XRF analysis in March, 2024.
The XRF was calibrated prior to each test as follows. At each startup, a calibration coin was analyzed, and subsequent analysis was only performed when a pass was obtained, which was calculated internally by the XRF instrument. The XRF unit was set to geochemical mode and a full 200 second test was run to determine copper content. While the instrument detects many elements, only copper was tested. The XRF analyzes only a small portion of the sample, so half the sample was crushed to pass an 80-mesh screen before testing. During analysis of the samples by handheld XRF, non-blind control samples were analysed to monitor the XRF instrument calibration and performance. A correction factor for all base metals was applied to the raw data. The correction factor was determined by analyzing samples that had previously been analyzed at a commercial laboratory. These rock samples were of varying concentrations and analyzed by the handheld XRF using the method described above.
The portable XRF is accurate to within a 5% error for copper content. We did not use the portable XRF to determine accurate readings for other elements.
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