White Cliff Minerals Limited (ASX:WCN) has announced the identification of significant geophysical anomalies at its Great Bear Project in Canada’s Northwest Territories, following the processing of 2024 MobileMT survey data. The data interpretation, conducted by Southern Geoscience Consulting (SGC) revealed multiple high-priority targets associated with previously reported high-grade surface samples, indicating potential for iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and epithermal (high-grade gold & silver) mineralization.
Key findings include:
- Phoenix: Large coherent anomaly that coincides to surface samples – 38.2g/t Au & 76.5g/t Ag (F005424), 29.7g/t Au and 121g/t Ag (F005426) and 42.6% Cu, 2.28g/t Au & 159g/t Ag (F005437)
- Coyote: Discreet, high intensity anomaly overlays previous results of 17.4g/t Au (F005673) and 16.95g/t Au & 10.55% Cu (F005669) within a 5km2 collapse caldera in an area previously identified with having the highest potential for IOCG in Canada
- Slider: Resistivity anomalies indicate linear and depth potential over structures that resulted in 7.54% silver several hundred metres along strike from previously minded high-grade deposits at Echo Bay
- Viper: A large conductive anomaly has been identified extending from surface to a depth of more than 1400m, demonstrating clear potential for large-scale IOCG style mineralization
- A new, high-priority target 7.9km SE of Viper, along the Contact Lake Fault. Anomaly extends across an area geologically similar to the historic Eldorado and Echo Bay Mines
- Additional geophysical signatures indicating IOCG potential through the central part of the Great Bear project
Speaking on these data results, Troy Whittaker, Managing Director of White Cliff Minerals noted, “As the team were focused on the maiden drilling campaign at our Rae Copper project, we engaged Southern Geosciences out of Perth to assist with the interpretation of the aerial geophysical data from Great Bear. Southern Geosciences are renowned for this type of analysis having great experience on identifying large scale gold, copper, silver and uranium discoveries from similar data. Pleasingly, and subsequent to our successful maiden field campaign last year where we saw substantial and high grade mineralisation at surface, and now having an independent global expert in Southern Geosciences now validate sub surface geophysics really highlights the potential at Great Bear.
At Great Bear, a pipeline of targets now exists with robust gold, copper, silver and uranium geophysical signatures for follow up, with drill targets to be defined alongside further ground truthing of the Project which covers over 110 km north-south of the proven mineral producing Great Bear Magmatic Zone.
This Project is starting to develop into a greater regional play, where we have a substantial tenure holding. It is important to bear in mind that we have only scratched the surface in the central area to date. With our recently announced exploration agreement with the Délı̨nę Got’ı̨nę Government we are looking forward to how this Project can compliment the ever increasing potential at our Rae Copper Project.”
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