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Explor starts drilling 10,000 m at Timmins Porcupine
2009-11-17 07:39 ET - News Release
Mr. Christian Dupont reports
EXPLOR TO COMMENCE DRILLING TIMMINS PORCUPINE WEST PROPERTY
Explor Resources Inc. has commenced a 10,000-metre drilling program on the Timmins Porcupine West property. The model announced in the previous press release (September 11, 2009) has generated high quality drill targets with an interpreted significant gold mineralization inside the favourable rock package. The property is located in the famous Timmins-Porcupine mining camp within proximity to past and existing producers.
The Timmins Porcupine West Gold property consists of 106 unpatented mining units located in the Bristol and Ogden Townships in the Timmins-Porcupine Mining Camp for a total 1,930 hectares. The property is contiguous with West Timmins Mining Inc. (WTM) where WTM intersected 83.40 metres (273.55 feet) grading 12.75 g/t (0.37 oz/t) on their property (WTM Press Release June 24, 2009). The highway 101 bisects the property and provides access from the city of Timmins located 13 km to the east.
The property has been explored since 1927 by numerous ground geophysical surveys and diamond drilling of up to 111 holes. In 1984, Dome Exploration discovered and delineated a gold mineralized zone that is approximately 350 metres long and 45 metres wide and is open below 350 metres of vertical depth. The zone strikes east northeast and dips to the north at 70 to 80 degrees. The gold mineralization to date appears to be associated with a major porphyry unit.
The modelling confirms the association of gold mineralization with Quartz feldspar (QFP) and syenite porphyry, found at both the Lakeshore and West Timmins Properties. The modelling has revealed a geo-synclinal structure with a north and south limb. The initial drill program will target mineralization located at approximately 500 metres vertical depth on the south limb. High grade mineralization was intersected at depth by both Lakeshore and West Timmins Mining. Five mineralized zones designated "A" thru "E" have been identified. The larger zones of mineralization display a strong spatial relationship with proximity to syenite intrusive rocks and high Fe-tholeitic volcanic rocks. The model may be viewed on our website: www.explorresources.com
Our current interpretation is that the syenite porphyry intruded a dilatant zone developed at the intersection of the Porcupine-Destor and South Limb faults. These faults developed along high Fe-tholeiitic metavolcano-sedimentary contacts that provided the necessary Fe to precipitate sulphide mineralization during hydrothermal activity. Along the south limb of the geo-syncline, the high Fe-tholeitic volcanic horizon is often present only as remnant xenolithic or fault mega-blocks due to disruption by the South Limb fault and intrusions of QFP and syenite porphyry.
The structural environment is favourable for large bodies of syenite to have intruded further at depth. The intersections of the major faults and the contacts of the favourable high Fe-tholeitic volcanic host rocks especially near the synclinal fold hinge provide the best target areas.
The most significant deposits in Timmins are spatially associated with porphyry units that are in proximity to the Porcupine Destor Fault. The deposits appear to be also associated with splay faults that trend off to the North of the Porcupine Destor fault inside an interpreted splay fault corridor.
The Timmins Porcupine West Project has as a Target Model "The Hollinger-McIntyre-Coniaurum System." The Hollinger-McIntyre-Coniaurum (HMC) System has produced a total of over 30 million oz of gold is spatially associated with the Pearl Lake Porphyry. The high-grade gold bearing quartz veins which hosted the bulk of the gold at the HMC occurred in the adjacent mafic volcanics, located outboard from the porphyry itself.
Chris Dupont P.Eng is the qualified person responsible for the information contained in this release.
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