1 September 2021
Currently two drills are operating on the property with 3,000m of diamond drilling completed to date in 14 drill holes representing approximately 55% of the planned metres. Drilling to date has focused on targets proximal to the historical Flood Zone resource area with the initial two holes evaluating lightly drilled geologically complex areas in the Flood Zone. Subsequent drilling has evaluated parallel altered and mineralized trends within 500m of the Flood Zone and stepped out to the Gnu Zone for revaluation of historical drilling. Drilling has recently commenced on the North Fold Nose ("NFN") Zone which was a focus of previous programs. Additionally maiden field programs were undertaken at select targets on the Roma Project after the completion of a detailed heliborne magnetometry survey over a portion of the Project area.
"The exploration campaign is progressing exceptionally well given some early start up hurdles," commented Darren Lindsay, Vice President Exploration. "Drilling is systematically evaluating our targets however the drill program remains very adaptive to the rocks we see coming from each target test. As a result, some meterage will be re-allocated to follow up on the excellent results from 21BSG007 as subsequent field work has confirmed this as a significant new target in the Gnu Zone and could be the team's first new discovery on the Blue Star Projects. The majority of holes completed to date display expected sulphide mineralization similar to those encountered in historical drilling and the 2019 and 2020 drill campaigns."
The majority of assays for drill hole 21BSG007 are still pending with the exception of a strongly veined section intersected above the target horizon. This section consisted of generally white quartz veining within a highly strained and altered gabbro unit. The veins contain pyrite, pyrrhotite, and sphalerite with minor chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and local visible gold. This vein system is interpreted to be parallel to the Gnu-Polymetallic target and currently is inferred to be part of a system of veins formed due to slip along sedimentary units located at the contacts of the gabbro body. Field follow up in the area uncovered at least one series of tight shear zones and quartz veins hosting similar sulphide mineralization over 5m - 10m wide and traceable on surface for greater than 60m. Additional work, including more drilling is required to determine the extents of what is believed to be a newly discovered vein system.
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