Petrolympic Announces Exploration Results on Rayon d’Or and Vauquelin gold and base metals Property in Val- d’Or, Québec
October 18 2023 - 7:15AM
Petrolympic Ltd. (TSX.V:PCQ) (OTC:PCQRF) (the “Company”) is pleased
to provide an update on its exploration program in the Vauquelin-
Rayon d’Or Property (the “Property”), with emphasis on the
preliminary results of its Summer 2023 drilling campaign, that
confirm and expand the potential for gold already previously
indicated by historical drill holes. The Property consists of 37
mining claims totaling 2,129 hectares located 30 km east of the
city of Val-d’Or, Québec, on the eastern extension of the
world-famous Cadillac Break within the Val-d’Or Mining Camp.
The Rayon d’Or gold zone was previously
discovered by drilling on the northwestern side of Gueguen Lake. It
is composed of several gold-bearing structures oriented NW-SE and
the most significant historical values obtained at shallow depths
were: 12.74 g/t Au / 3.96 m (DDH
1), 3.83 g/t Au / 3.08 m (DDH 6W-C-5) and
3.37 g/t Au / 3.44 m (DDH V-89-75). The auriferous
mineralization is associated to both disseminations, veins and
veinlets of sulphides (mostly pyrite and pyrrhotite) within altered
fractures and quartz veins and veinlets which correspond well with
the IP Resistivity geophysical anomalies.
One of the gold-bearing zones of the Rayon d'Or
deformation corridor was already localized approximately
900m toward the southeast and close the eastern
side of Gueguen Lake by diamond drill hole # 82-6, which returned a
gold intersection of 2.06 g/t Au / 1.83 m,
including 3.08 g/t Au / 0.61 m.
The southeastern extensions of the gold bearing
structures of the Rayon d’Or deformation corridor were evidenced
during a prospecting and biogeochemical sampling program previously
carried out by Petrolympic on the central and eastern parts of the
Property. Anomalous gold, copper and zinc values
coincide with mineralized structures located in the southeastern
extension of the Rayon d'Or deformation corridor (Figure 1). These
mineralized structures were also localized using Magnetic and
Induced Polarization Resistivity (Mag-IP) surveys carried out on
the Gueguen Lake (Grid 2) and to the southeast of it (Grid 1).
Petrolympic’s 2023 drilling program was designed
to test priority targets provided by IP-Resistivity surveys as well
as on the lateral and depth extensions of the known Rayon d’Or gold
mineralized zones. A total of 3,117 meters distributed in 19
diamond drill holes were drilled during the months of August and
September 2023. All samples were sent to ALS Global Laboratory in
Val-d’Or and the results are pending.
The drilling program extended the mineralized
zones of Rayon d’Or over a distance of more than
100m towards the southeast. Two strongly altered, sheared
and fractured zones reaching thicknesses of more than
20m and generally spaced 25-50m apart are injected with
numerous quartz-carbonate-tourmaline veins and veinlets mineralized
with 1 to 10% disseminated pyrite and locally traces of
chalcopyrite.
Two IP anomalies detected approximately 200m
south of the eastern extremity of Rayon d’Or and extending over a
distance of approximately 500m toward southeast are interpreted as
the southeastern extension of the Rayon d’Or gold zone displaced
southward by a northeast-trending fault. Mineralized structures
similar to those present at Rayon d’Or include wide sheared,
fractured zones injected of quartz-carbonate-tourmaline-pyrite
veins and veinlets containing up to 10% pyrite with locally
thin semi-massive pyrite zones.
Several mineralized structures containing
quartz-carbonate veins with disseminated pyrite (1-3%) and small
amount of chalcopyrite were intersected in a hole testing IP
anomalies detected at the southern extremity of Gueguen Lake. This
deformation corridor is oriented NW-SE and may correspond to the
northwest extension of the Central Gold and North #1 gold zones
displaced northward by a northeast fault. Previous drilling
intensively tested Central Gold and North #1 gold bearing
zones.
The main mineralized structures intersected in
these 19 diamond drill holes are summarized in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Main
mineralized structures intersected in the 19 diamond drill holes of
Petrolympic’s Aug.-Sept. 2023 drilling campaign in the Rayon d’Or
Property. Analytical results are pending. Qtz: quartz; Cb:
carbonate; Cl: chlorite; To: tourmaline, Hem: hematite, Mt:
magnetite, Sh-Fc: sheared and fractured.
Drill Hole |
Total depth (m) |
From(m) |
To(m) |
Width(m) |
Gold Assay (g/t) |
Intersected Zone (Rayon d’Or and IP) |
VAU-23-01 |
150 |
28.10 |
36.90 |
8.80 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared-Quartz veins 5-7%
pyrite. |
70.97 |
80.16 |
9.19 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sh-Fc Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins, 2-10%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-02 |
150 |
15.81 |
21.84 |
6.03 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Qtz-To veins with 5-10%
pyrite. |
79.77 |
84.20 |
4.43 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Fractured Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins and
Tr-1% pyrite. |
VAU-23-03 |
204 |
56.45 |
59.60 |
3.15 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 25: Sheared zone with fine pyrite
1-3%. |
VAU-23-04 |
102 |
23.67 |
37.71 |
14.04 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared zone with Qtz-Cb Veins,
2-5% pyrite. |
54.27 |
72.70 |
18.43 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sh-Fc with Qtz Veins and 1-3%
pyrite, traces of chalcopyrite. Qtz Vein is 9.53 m
wide. |
VAU-23-05 |
120 |
30.00 |
44.00 |
14.00 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sh’ed with Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins and 2-7%
pyrite. |
72.00 |
84.00 |
12.00 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared-fractured with 2-3% of
pyrite. |
VAU-23-06 |
150 |
26.20 |
36.00 |
9.80 |
Pending |
Zone 1: sheared with Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins, 3-5%
pyrite. |
81.00 |
86.75 |
5.75 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared, 20% Qtz-Cb-Cl veinlets traces of
pyrite |
VAU-23-07 |
120 |
30.40 |
37.50 |
7.10 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared 50% Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins, 3-5%
pyrite. |
76.00 |
85.30 |
9.30 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins, traces of
pyrite |
VAU-23-08 |
150 |
23.55 |
32.00 |
8.45 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Vein (32 cm), 1-3%
pyrite. |
85.00 |
95.10 |
10.10 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Fractured and sheared with 1-3%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-09 |
120 |
25.50 |
34.70 |
9.20 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Strongly sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl Veins and 1%
pyrite. |
38.07 |
39.52 |
1.45 |
Pending |
Zone 1b: Sheared Q-Cb-To Vein and 2-3%
pyrite. |
87.62 |
90.37 |
2.75 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared with Q-Cb Veins, traces-1%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-10 |
150 |
22.58 |
33.17 |
10.59 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared Qtz-Cb Veins and 1-2% pyrite. |
108.08 |
114.80 |
6.72 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared 5-10% Qtz-Cb Veins and 1-2%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-11 |
75 |
33.47 |
46.50 |
13.03 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared 5-10% Qtz-Cb Veins and 2-5 %
pyrite. |
VAU-23-12 |
150 |
41.00 |
70.00 |
29.00 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins and 1-3%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-13 |
102 |
34.40 |
47.90 |
13.50 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared (Hem) Qtz-Cb Veins and tr-1%
pyrite. |
73.06 |
85.95 |
12.89 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Typical unit Qtz-Cb Veins and 2-7%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-14 |
147 |
41.75 |
60.20 |
18.45 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl Veins and 1%
pyrite. |
78.62 |
97.50 |
18.88 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared with Qtz-Cb-Cl Veins and 2-7%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-15 |
111 |
22.70 |
32.60 |
9.90 |
Pending |
Zone 1: Sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins and 2-5%
pyrite. |
77.82 |
85.17 |
7.35 |
Pending |
Zone 2: Sheared Qtz-Cb-Cl-To and 2-5% pyrite. |
VAU-23-16 |
450 |
57.04 |
62.50 |
5.46 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 31: Fractured with 2-3% pyrite. |
261.71 |
261.93 |
0.22 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 32: 1-2% pyrite and chalcopyrite
stringers. |
317.50 |
318.25 |
0.75 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 33: 1-2% pyrite and chalcopyrite
stringers. |
VAU-23-17 |
201 |
105.80 |
128.00 |
22.20 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 26: Sh-Fc Qtz-Cb Veins and 2-3%
pyrite. |
VAU-23-18 |
213 |
76.87 |
82.60 |
5.73 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 25: Sh-Fc Qtz-Cb-To Veins and 2%
pyrite. |
142.07 |
149.65 |
7.58 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 25 Zone 2: Sh-Fc Qtz-Cb-Cl-To Veins,
1-2% pyrite. |
VAU-23-19 |
252 |
71.42 |
78.21 |
6.79 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 25: Sh-Fc Qtz-Cb Veins, 3-7%
pyrite. |
153.22 |
156.70 |
3.48 |
Pending |
IP anomaly # 25: Sh-Fc 1-2% Mt, traces to 2%
pyrite. |
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Total: |
3117 m |
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The drilling campaign therefore locates large,
highly deformed and mineralized zones crossing the Vauquelin
Property and increases the possibility of discovering interesting
gold zones similar to those already defined on neighboring
properties. This structural context is similar to that of the Chimo
mine owned by Cartier Resources and located less than 5 km south of
the Property. Like on the Vauquelin-Rayon d’Or Property, the
mineralization at Chimo includes numerous gold zones associated
with structures present in three deformation corridors (Cartier
Resources web site).
Petrolympic is a gold and lithium exploration
company with a strong land position in Abitibi and in the James Bay
area, Quebec. The Province of Quebec has consistently ranked as one
of the world’s best mining jurisdictions.
Qualified Person
Alain-Jean Beauregard, B. Sc., P. Geo. (OGQ #
227), is the “Qualified Person” under National Instrument 43-101
and has reviewed and approved the geological information reported
in this news release. Mr. Beauregard is independent from the
company.
For further information please
contact:
Mendel Ekstein PresidentTel. 845-656-0184Fax
845-231-666582 Richmond St East Toronto, ON M5C 1P1
This news release contains information about
adjacent properties on which the Company has no right to explore or
mine. Readers are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent
properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on the Company's
properties.
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Figure 1: Geology map of the Rayon d’Or and
Vauquelin Property with Induced Polarization (IP) conductors axes
and biogeochemical sampling results.
A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/8a61001e-5c75-4c66-b96c-67015d5877d1
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