Drilling was concentrated at the Bur Property where excellent road access from the mining town of
Bur Property VMS Winter Drill Program
Geophysical VMS Targets Identified: A total of 1,379 metres of drilling were completed in four holes. Drilling tested four separate geophysical conductive targets near the existing high-grade Bur VMS (copper-zinc) Deposit. All targets were intersected and explained by fine grained to massive pyrite sulphides in graphitic fault breccia. No appreciable copper-zinc mineralization was intersected in the four holes completed.
The 100% owned Bur Property is strategically located approximately 30 kilometres by gravel and paved road from the center of the
New Bur Property Pegmatite Potential:
Multiple pegmatite dykes between 0.5 metres to almost 15.0 metres (not true thickness) were intersected by drilling which was initially focused on identifying the conductive targets described above. Several of the dykes that were intersected hosted beryl, tourmaline, spodumene and lepidolite minerals. Recent lab results returned minor, anomalous lithium confirming that the pegmatite dykes are lithium bearing and are part of the Wekusko Lake Pegmatite Field ('WLPF'). The WLPF is known to host several nearby historical lithium-rich pegmatite deposits and recent exploration by others has discovered numerous additional lithium-bearing pegmatites in the area.
Penex Property
A total of 1,000 metres of drilling in four to six holes were planned to test the 2.6 kilometers long airborne geophysical target identified in historical airborne surveys and in a recently completed surface geophysical survey. Unfortunately, due to recurring mild winter weather, frost did not penetrate deep enough to completely freeze the numerous underlying bogs to safely allow heavy machinery across the 8.0 kilometres long access road completed by Rockcliff to get to the drill targets. Drilling is now planned for next year when required ground conditions will hopefully be realized.
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Samples of half core were packaged and shipped directly from Rockcliff's core facility in
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