Pretium Resources Inc. (PVG:TSX; PVG:NYSE) recently reported the results of underground exploration drilling east from the Valley of the Kings. Two holes over 1,500 meters in depth intersected Brucejack-style mineralization. Proximity to porphyry-style mineralization at depth was suggested by anomalous copper and molybdenum mineralization.
The drilling was conducted to test mineralization continuity between the Valley of the Kings and the Flow Dome. B
The presence of Brucejack-style mineralization was confirmed from the eastern boundary of the Valley of the Kings to below the Flow Dome Zone. Drilling in 2015 intersected high-grade gold in this patch of land 1,000 meters east of the Brucejack Mine. Veining, mineralization, and Brucejack-style alteration were intersected by oriented core drilling within the length of both drill holes. The drilling was also conducted to test the porphyry potential.
Hole VU-820 intersected:
- 1.71 grams of gold per tonne over 90.21 meters, including 5.12 grams of gold per tonne over 1.00 meter, 6.43 over 4.00 meters, 58.70 over 1.00 meter, and 6.06 over 1.00 meters;
- 46.00 grams of gold per tonne over 1.00 meter;
Hole VU-911 intersected:
- 157.00 grams of gold per tonne over 0.50 meters, visible gold was observed;
- 142.00 grams of gold per tonne over 1.50 meters;
- 76.30 grams of gold per tonne over 0.50 meters, visible gold was observed;
- 33.60 grams of gold per tonne over 0.50 meters, visible gold was observed.
In drill hole VU-911, the zone of anomalous mineralization extends at depths between 1,400 meters and 1,485 meters. In drill hole VU-820, it extends more widely at depths between 1260 meters to 1585 meters.
Pretium Resources is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and is ramping up production at the high-grade underground Brucejack mine in British Columbia.
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