Forum Energy Metals Corp.: Rio Tinto Intersects 14 Metres of 0.89% Copper and 8 G/t Silver Including 6 Metres of 1.67% Copper and 13 G/t Silver at Forum s Janice Lake Copper/Silver Project, Saskatchewan
TSXV: FMC) (
OTCQB: FDCFF) ( Forum or Company ) is pleased to announce the second round of drill results from Rio Tinto Exploration Canada s (RTEC) Rafuse drill target on Forum s 100% owned Janice Lake copper/silver project in Saskatchewan. RTEC has mobilized crews to open the onsite Burbidge Lake camp and plans to be drilling before the end of June. A detailed plan for follow-up drilling and plans for regional exploration of the 52 kilometre extent of the Janice Lake property will be reported when finalized.
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Assays from the final five holes of the winter drill program have extended copper mineralization for 670 metres of strike on the Rafuse target:
JANL0026 – 0.25% copper and 2.05 g/t silver over 12.3 metres from 39.7m to 52m.
JANL0027 – No significant intercept.
JANL0028 –
0.89% copper and 8.02 g/t silver over 14 metres from 246m to 260m, including 6m of 1.67% copper and 13.6 g/t silver from 254.1 to 260.1m
JANL0029 – 0.23% copper and 2.52 g/t silver over 6 metres from 3m to 9m.
JANL0030 – 0.27% copper and 3.08 g/t silver over 39 meters from 172m to 211m.
Drill hole JANL0026 was a down-dip follow-up to historic drill hole RA4-69 that intersected 0.68% copper over 17.1 metres at the top of the hole and was stopped at 61.6 metres in mineralization (see Rio Tinto commences drilling at Forum’s Janice Lake Copper/Silver Project, Saskatchewan news release dated February 16, 2021). JANL0026 confirmed the down-dip extension of the mineralization to the nor
Forum Energy Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the second round of drill results from Rio Tinto Exploration Canada's Rafuse drill target on Forum's 100% owned Janice Lake coppersilver project in Saskatchewan. RTEC has mobilized crews to open the onsite Burbidge Lake camp and plans to be drilling before the end of June. A detailed plan for follow-up drilling and plans for regional exploration of the 52 kilometre .
Rio Tinto ready for winter drilling at Janice Lake
Copper showing outcrop at Janice Lake.
(Image courtesy of Forum Energy Metals).
Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC) started mobilizing two drills, fuel, and other supplies to the Janice Lake copper-silver project in Saskatchewan, project owner Forum Energy Metals (TSXV: FMC) announced this week.
According to the miner, RTEC has engaged Team Drilling, a partnership with Aboriginal-owned Athabasca Basin Development to commence drilling in mid-February.
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The plan is for both drills to initially focus on the Rafuse target, a 2.8-kilometre-long priority target of copper mineralization at surface that was developed during the mapping, prospecting and geophysical program this summer.