お知らせ • Dec 13
Sterling Metals Corp. Expands Heimdall and Announces Discovery of New High Grade Zone 500M North
Sterling Metals Corp. reported results from its 2022 drilling on the Sail Pond Silver and Base Metal Project in the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. Drilling results are from the Heimdall Zone and new zone 500m north of Heimdall. The company will be hosting a zoom webinar at 2PM EST on December 12, 2022, to discuss these findings in more detail. Significant drill results are listed below: 3,499.1 g/t Ag Eq over 0.35 m (1,564 g/t Ag, 8.33% Cu, 12.83% Pb, 2.74% Sb, & 3.93% Zn) within a broader interval of 294 g/t Ag Eqover 4.67m (129 g/t Ag, 0.66% Cu, 1.19% Pb, 0.22% Sb, & 0.45% Zn in hole SP-22-064 beginning at 179.23 m downhole; and 1,914 g/t Ag Eqover 0.28m (848 g/t Ag, 3.24% Cu, 4.27% Pb, 1.02% Sb, & 9.62% Zn) within a broader interval of 171.1 g/t Ag Eqover 6.74m (77.2 g/t Ag, 0.29% Cu, 0.69% Pb, 0.09% Sb, 0.61% Zn) in hole SP-22-053 beginning at 219.0 m downhole; and 1,485.3 g/t Ag Eq over 0.63m (520 g/t Ag, 1.81% Cu, 6.93% Pb, 0.57% Sb and 10.86% Zn) within a broader interval of 179.8 g/t Ag Eqover 5.58 m (63.3 g/t Ag, 0.22% Cu, 0.84% Pb, 0.07% Sb, & 1.29% Zn) in hole SP-22-047 beginning at 125.47 m downhole; and 530.8 g/t Ag Eq over 0.93m (162.6g/t Ag, 0.79% Cu, 1.46% Pb, 0.22% Sb, 4.71% Zn) within a broader interval of 115.4 g/t Ag Eq over 7.3m (35.9 g/t Ag, 0.17% Cu, 0.41% Pb, 0.05% Sb, & 0.95% Zn) in hole SP-22-050 beginning at 194.7 m downhole. Sail Pond Drilling: Sterling's 2022 drilling program successfully completed 34 new holes for over 7,500m of drilling at both new targets and the Heimdall Zone. Highlights of the program are the expanded mineralization at Heimdall and newly identified mineralized zone 500m to the north. The gap between Heimdall and the new zone to the north is virtually wide open and considered very prospective. Two holes drilled in this gap in the 2021 campaign drilled overtop of the mineralization. Targeting for the 2022 program incorporated a detailed structural interpretation by SRK and a comprehensive study by Goldspot which utilized soil sampling, trenching, prospecting, and geophysics along approx. 12 km of prospective strike length. Assays are pending on other target areas. With the new discovery north of Heimdall, the footprint of precious and base metal mineralization now extends over 1 kilometre and is open to the north as seen in a longitudinal section looking at the Zone from underground. There are multiple high-grade mineralized veins within the mineral zones and these will be the focus of future drill programs. An example of such veins is shown with core photos in and shows a plan map of the drilling completed to date. Results come from drillholes targeting the Heimdall Zone, a significant zone of mineralization, and an adjacent target to the north. Both are within the South Zone of the Sail Pond project. The Heimdall Zone, which is hosted by dolostone, occurs in a favorable structural corridor and metal accumulates in close proximity to a high strain area. There are multiple styles of mineralization at Sail Pond; a broad zone of lower grade precious and base metals associated with breccia-style or veinlet-style sulfide mineralization and a tighter vein system of high grade precious and base metal mineralization. The mineralization at Sail Pond, especially the high-grade veins, is structurally controlled and understanding the orientation of the structures is vital to expanding zones and identifying potential new zones along preferred structural trends. The Company has completed an extensive down hole optical televiewer study to measure the orientation of high-grade veins and other structural features in important drill holes across the property. Preliminary results from this study have been encouraging and have successfully mapped the orientation of high-grade veins at Heimdall. This data and the enhanced geological model, will play a significant role in the targeting for the next drill programs. The primary host rock for mineralization identified to date is a thick sequence of highly altered and often brecciated dolostone of the Cambro-Ordovician Saint George Group. Mineralization encountered to date typically consists of tetrahedrite-tennantite, chalcocite, sphalerite, galena, pyrite, and potentially additional sulfosalt minerals. Quartz veining and associated mineralization are ubiquitous throughout the dolostone unit, but included metallic mineralization is best developed in areas of combined brecciation and veining. The structural evolution and metallogenic sequencing are very complex, and mineralization has been identified in association with a multitude of structural events.