ATKINSON PROJECT
PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Atkinson (Detour Lake) Project area is located approximately 150 kilometres northeast of Cochrane, Ontario (N.T.S 32E/13) near the border between Ontario and Quebec, and is approximately 15 kilometres south of the past producing Detour Lake Mine. The property is accessible via highway 652 and the Detour Mine access road as well as by air. Skilled manpower is readily available in the general the area.
Contractors with equipment and experience are located in nearby Cochrane, Timmins and Sudbury.
Prior to 1959 there was little or no prospecting or exploration activity recorded in the area. In 1959 and in the early 1960’s Conwest Exploration, Selco, Kesagami Syndicate, and Rio Tinto conducted limited exploration for base metals. During the early 1970’s exploration resulted in the discovery of the Detour Lake Mine by Amoco (1974), and in the discovery of the Selbaie Mine by Selco at approximately the same time. Following the discoveries exploration activity in the area increased with several companies including Noranda, Hudson Bay Exploration, Pennaroya, Dome Mines and Westmin Resources completing extensive programs. In the Atkinson Lake area the most extensive work was completed by Getty Canadian Metals who completed airborne and ground geophysical surveys, and diamond drilling.
In 1998 the entire area was covered by a Geotem airborne electromagnetic and magnetic survey completed by the Ontario Government. In the 1989 and 1990 Westmin Resources completed limited geophysical surveys in the Atkinson Lake area.
The Atkinson (Detour Lake) Project consists of approximately 3,000 hectares. The largest claim block being the Lipton claims, where in 1996 numerous geophysical targets were tested which resulted in the discovery of significant gold mineralization of 10.7 grams per tone AU over a core length of 9.0 metres. Further drilling has resulted in additional positive results.
(source: Paul R.J. Nichols (P.Eng) 43-101 February 2008)
QUICK FACTS
- Approximately 3,000 hectares within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt
- 15km south of past producing Detour Lake Mine
- Drilling in 2006 resulted in additional positive results including 13m of 7.5 g/t Au and 7.7m of 14.2 g/t Au at depths of less than 110m
- 2010 work program completed
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