TORONTO, July 13, 2020 /CNW/ - Power Ore Inc. ("Power
Ore" or the "Company") (TSX.V: PORE) is pleased to
announce that the transaction as announed on February 28, 2020 related to the Cooke Copper and
Robaitaille Gold Mine has closed. In addition to these former
producing Falconbdirge Mines, the property includes 12KM of strike
of the Gwillin Fault and brings the Opemiska project to a total
size of nearly 10,000 hectares. In conjunction with this
transaction, Power Ore has also published this property's first NI
43-101 Techincal Report.
Historical Production from the Opemiska Copper
Complex
Mine (Prod.
Years)
|
Tonnes
Produced
|
Copper Grade
(%)
|
Gold Grade
(gpt)
|
Cooke
(1976-1989)1
|
2,131,649
|
0.66%
|
5.17
|
Robitaille
(1969-1972)1
|
204,087
|
1.86%
|
N/A
|
Springer
(1953-1991)2
|
12,468,000
|
2.39%
|
0.82
|
Perry
(1953-1991)2
|
8,890,720
|
2.16%
|
0.24
|
Total
Production
|
23,694,456
|
2.14%
|
0.99
|
1: Houle, Patrick,
MERN, Chibougamau (2019)
|
2: Larouche, Claude
(NI43-101 report, 2018)
|
"The Opemiska now includes four former producing copper and gold
mines with substantial production over five decades. Within this
consolidated land package our strategy will be to continue to
develop resources in and around these mines to delineate its bulk
tonnage potential while also also looking for new discoveries along
the significantly expanded land package along the Gwillim fault,
said Stephen Stewart, Power Ore's
CEO.
Click here to see a Map of the Opemiska Copper
Complex Property
Click here for a Presentation on Power Ore's New
District Scale Opemiska Land Package
Exploration Potential of the Expanded Opemiska Copper Mine
Complex
The expanded Opemiska land package consists of four potential
deposit types which will need follow up studies. These
include:
- Opemiska Copper-Gold Type (Springer, Perry and Robitaille Mines),
- Opemiska Gold-Copper Type (Cooke Mine),
- Blondeau Type Volcanegenic Massive Sulphide (VMS), and
- Scott-Lemoine Type VMS.
The vicinity of the Cooke mine is host to gold-rich veins of the
Opemiska-type as well as VMS-type mineralized zones that were
discovered underground at the mine and consists of a massive and
disseminated sulphide horizon in felsic tuffs of the Blondeau
Formation.
Throughout Power Ore's land package, on both sides of the
Gwillim Fault numerous copper-gold veins have been encountered in
drilling but in most cases the orientations of the veins could not
be ascertained. The focus of Power Ore's exploration will be on
ascertaining the correct orientation of the veins in order to
increase our chances of making a discovery within a well endowned
copper-gold system. Further review of all past
mineralized drill intersections is warranted as they could
represent major new Opemiska-type veins.
In the northeast corner of the property the volcanic rocks are
on the south limb of the Chibougamau anticline, with the nearby north
limb hosting Yorbeau's Scott Lake VMS Deposit. This contact
may be present on the Power Ore's land package, and if so would
merit detailed exploration to test for this attractive deposit
type.
About the Opemiska Copper Complex
The Opemiska Copper
Complex is located adjacent to the town of Chapais, Quebec within the Chibougamau region. Opemiska is also within
the Abitibi Greenstone belt and within the boundaries of the
Province of Quebec's Plan Nord
which promotes and funds infrastructure and development of natural
resource projects. The Opemiska property covers 9,852 hectares and
covers the past producing Springer, Perry, Robitaille and Cooke
mines which were owned and operated by Falconbridge. The project has excellent in
place infrastructure including a power station and direct access to
Highway 113 and the Canadian National Railway.
QP Statement
The technical information contained in
this news release has been reviewed and approved by Charles Beaudry, P.Geo and géo., Director
and Vice President Exploration for Power Ore, who is a Qualified
Person as defined in "National Instrument 43-101, Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects".
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