Gatling Adds Second Rig to Accelerate Program Ahead of Resource Update; Commences Metallurgical Testing to Analyze Gold Recoveries
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Gatling) is pleased to announce that it has added a second drill rig to accelerate its exploration efforts ahead of the Q3 2021 resource update. The second rig will be designated to the Bear deposit to explore near surface extensions from the high-grade core of the deposit. Gatling has also commenced preliminary metallurgical testing with industry leader SGS Canada to analyze gold recoveries across all three high-grade deposits.
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Second Drill Rig to Test Shallow Targets at Bear Deposit. A second rig has
Gatling Exploration Inc.: Gatling Adds Second Rig to Accelerate Program Ahead of Resource Update; Commences Metallurgical Testing to Analyze Gold Recoveries
Company or
Gatling) is pleased to announce that it has added a second drill rig to accelerate its exploration efforts ahead of the Q3 2021 resource update. The second rig will be designated to the Bear deposit to explore near surface extensions from the high-grade core of the deposit. Gatling has also commenced preliminary metallurgical testing with industry leader SGS Canada to analyze gold recoveries across all three high-grade deposits.
News Highlights
Second Drill Rig to Test Shallow Targets at Bear Deposit. A second rig has
JV Article: Gatling Exploration grows footprint in Abitibi gold belt
When
Gatling Exploration (TSXV: GTR) recently revealed that drilling in Zone 2 at the Fernland deposit at its flagship Larder asset in Ontario intersected 200.7 metres of 1.5 grams gold per tonne, it marked the highest metal factor recorded to date and confirmed growing gold zones at Larder.
The Larder property comprises three deposits: Cheminis, Bear and Fernland. All are on the Cadillac-Larder fault, in the heart of Canada’s Abitibi greenstone belt, just 35 km east of Kirkland Lake, and adjacent to Agnico Eagle Mines’ Upper Beaver project.
The Larder project has a historic resource of 43,800 indicated gold ounces at 4.1 grams gold per tonne and 917,000 inferred ounces at 5.6 grams gold per tonne.
Gatling is testing the prolific gold potential of the Abitibi. Credit: Gatling Exploration
Latest drill results set stage for unlocking value at underexplored Fernland, one of three deposits at Gatling’s Larder asset in Ontario’s Abitibi greenstone belt.
When
Gatling Exploration (TSXV: GTR) revealed this week that drilling in Zone 2 at the Fernland deposit at its flagship Larder asset in Ontario intersected 200.7 metres of 1.5 g/t Au, it marked the highest metal factor recorded to date, and confirmed growing gold zones at Larder.
The Larder property comprises three deposits; Cheminis, Bear and Fernland on the Cadillac-Larder fault, in the heart of Canada’s Abitibi greenstone belt, just 35 kilometres east of Kirkland Lake, and is adjacent to Agnico Eagle’s top-ranked growth project in Upper Beaver (targeted to be in production by 2027, producing 180 – 240k ozs per annum).
Gatling Exploration CEO outlines successful first quarter for company and notes recent M&A in the Abitibi
The 3,370-hectare property sits in the prolific Abitibi greenstone belt and hosts three high-grade gold deposits - Fernland, Cheminis and Bear - which are all connected We have now arranged a second drill rig to site, expected by the beginning of May, which will allow us to ramp up drill activity at both the Fernland and Bear deposits in addition to the Kir Vit prospect during the second quarter, said Gatling CEO Jason Billan
Gatling Exploration Inc s (CVE:GTR) (OTCQB:GATGF) CEO Jason Billan has outlined a busy and successful first quarter at the company as it progresses to a resource update for its Larder project, Ontario, earmarked for completion by the end of 3Q.