BWR Exploration Inc. Receives Assays confirming Nickel and Copper Mineralization in 4 drill holes at its Wholly-Owned Vendôme Sud Project, Abitibi Region of Quebec
BWR Exploration Inc. Receives Assays confirming Nickel and Copper
Mineralization in 4 drill holes at its Wholly-Owned Vendôme Sud Project, Abitibi
Region of Quebec
TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BWR Exploration Inc. (TSX.V: BWR) (“BWR” or the “Company”) is
pleased to announce receipt of assays regarding four exploratory drill holes completed earlier this summer (see press release
dated August 11, 2021) on its wholly-owned Vendôme Sud Property, located in the Abitibi Region of Northern Quebec,
approximately 30 km. north of Val d’Or. The recent drill program by BWR was designed to investigate and confirm historical
nickel and copper mineralization at various locations on the property. The program confirmed nickel and copper mineralization
of sufficient grade that warrants further exploration. The best assay interval of 6.75m averaging 0.59% copper and 0.56% nickel
at a vertical depth of about 50 metres was encountered in the first hole. BWR is currently planning a follow-up exploration
program, that may include additional ground and down-hole geophysical surveys, as well as petrographic examination of
selected drill core to investigate the mineralizing event.
Assay highlights of the four-hole drill program are presented in the following table:
Hole Number From To Interval Cu % Ni %
BWR-V-21-01 65.5 103.3 37.8 0.34 0.27
including 65.5 81 15.5 0.44 0.36
containing 66.75 73.5 6.75 0.59 0.56
followed by 87.5 96 8.5 0.54 0.31
BWR-V-21-02 79.9 91 11.1 0.42 0.27
containing 85.5 91 5.5 0.55 0.4
followed by 99.5 121.6 22.1 0.17 0.08
including 99.5 101.5 2 0.9 0.3
including 116 121.6 5.6 0.29 0.19
containing 119.45 120.5 1.05 0.09 0.6
BWR-V-21-03 102 108 6 0.06 0.14
BWR-V-21-04 90 104.7 14.7 0.15 0.18
including 101.2 104.1 2.9 0.46 0.48
*Assays presented above are as measured in the core box and not ‘true widths’
BWR successfully validated the two holes that were drilled in 1962 by Canadian Shield Corporation Inc., where the earlier
results are comparable to the recent drill results of holes BWR-V-21-01 and BWR-V-21-02 by BWR. Nearby, (approximately
100 metres north) a fairly deep (150m + +) magnetic anomaly that had been interpreted as a mafic or ultramafic intrusive has
also been confirmed and is anomalous in nickel, this intrusive may be the heat source for the observed alteration in the region.
BWR’s third hole explored this geophysical anomaly to about 200 meters vertical depth. Hole BWR-V-21-03 encountered 6
meters of anomalous nickel values (0.14% over 6 meters). The historical “C Zone” is located approximately 1 km to the west of
the “A Zone” where drilling in 1963, by Canadian Shield, identified similar mineralization for the “C Zone” as at the “A Zone”.
BWR completed hole BWR-V-21-04 at the approximate location of the earlier hole, confirming the tenor of mineralization
encountered in 1963 by Canadian Shield.
Assay results and discussion for Holes BWR-V-21-01 and BWR-V-21-02
These two holes were drilled in the “A-zone” attempting to replicate and/or confirm historic results from DDH 5-62-5 and 62-13
drilled by Canadian Shield in 1962. BWR’s first two holes intersected what appears to be a steeply dipping volcanic
assemblage of rhyolite intercalated with intermediate to mafic metavolcanics. The mafic components appear moderately
chloritized with pervasive quartz-carbonate veining. Relatively wide zones of moderate mineralization were encountered in holes
BWR-V-21-01 and BWR-V-21-02 of 37.8m in hole 01 and 11.1m plus 22.1m in hole 02. These measurements are down hole
core measurements, not true widths.
Hole BWR-V-21-01 was drilled at a dip of -50 degrees, bearing 205 degrees (SW) being a similar attitude to historical hole
DDH 5-62-5 reportedly drilled 50 years earlier. The first hole by BWR intersected a pervasive mineralized package with
intriguing assays of 0.34% Cu and 0.27% Ni over a drill length of 37.8 metres consisting of variably altered and mineralized
ultramafic volcanics (66.75m to 73.5m that assayed 0.59% Cu and 0.56% Ni), weakly mineralized and altered rhyolite (79.8m
to 88.9m), variably mineralized and altered mafic volcanics (88.9m to 103.3m), the hole ended in relatively poorly mineralized
rhyolite at 201 metres.
Hole BWR-V-21-02 was drilled at a dip of -60 degrees, bearing 205 degrees (SW) undercutting the previous hole (BWR-V-21-
01). In this hole the drill intersected an interpreted down dip extension of the mineralized package encountered in the first hole.
It is described as containing pervasive mineralization between 79.9m to 91m representing 11.1 metres in drill core length that
assayed 0.42% Cu and 0.27% Ni and 116m – 121.6m representing 5.6m in drill core length that assayed 0.29% Cu and
0.19% Ni. The mineralized zone consists of variably disseminated to semi-massive mineralized ultramafics (85.5m to 91m that
assayed 0.55% Cu and 0.4% Ni), as well as a variably mineralized rhyolite from 91m to 117.3m, followed by weak to variably
mineralized ultramafics from 117.3m to 122.7m. The second hole ended in poorly mineralized rhyolite at 252 metres.
Assay results and discussion for Hole BWR-V-21-03
This exploratory hole was drilled at a dip of -65 degrees, bearing 220 degrees (WSW), designed to intercept a geophysically-
rendered aeromagnetic high coincident with an excess mass (gravity) anomaly, akin to an ultramafic intrusive, interpreted as
being related to the mineralized mafic-ultramafic lenses observed in holes BW-V-21-01 and 02, located approximately 100
meters south. This hole intersected a sequence of mafic (gabbro/peridotite) to ultramafic (komatiite) volcanics, intercalated
with granodiorite and other felsic intrusives / tuffs and schists (diorite, granodiorite, rhyolite), ending in a rhyolite tuff at a final
drill hole length of 261 meters. Sulphide mineralization was observed to be brecciated and mostly within quartz-carbonate and
carbonate stringers and veinlets, suggestive of remobilization into the volcanic sequence. A short 6m section of core between
102m and 108m returned anomalous assays of 0.06% Cu and 0.14% Ni.
Assay results and discussion for Hole BWR-V-21-04
Approximately one kilometer to the west of the “A zone” is the “C zone”. Hole BWR-V-21-04 was designed to test historic “C
Zone” mineralization encountered in 1963 drill hole C-63-1 that included 5.5 feet grading 0.77% Ni + 0.65% Cu. Hole BW-V-21-
04 was drilled at a dip of -45 degrees, bearing 205 degrees (SW) being the reported attitude of hole C-63-1. BWR’s hole
intersected a series of rhyolite tuffs intercalated and intruded by intermediate to mafic units, followed by an ultramafic
assemblage of komatiite and peridotite. Mineralization in this hole appeared very similar to the mineralization observed in the
first two holes located 100 metres east. Hole BWR-V-21-04 intersected 14.7 meters of mineralization between 90 and 104
metres of core length that assayed 0.15% Cu and 0.18% Ni, including 2.9 meters (between 101.2m and 104.1 that assayed
0.46% Cu and 0.48% Ni.
Sampling protocol and security
Minroc Management Limited’s senior geologist Francis R. Newton (B.Sc.) as project geologist, was tasked with managing this
drill project, working alongside Sahil Alurkar (M.Sc.). All samples were selected by Mr. Newton and Mr. Alurkar. Core was
logged and cut in a secure site, owned and operated by Services MNG, in Val d’Or, Québec. Minroc Management Limited
rented a core shack from Services MNG where Minroc geologists logged the core. Samples were cut with a diamond saw by
Services MNG staff, under the supervision of Francis R. Newton, P. Geo, and half of the core for each sample interval placed in
labelled plastic bags along with a sample tag for each individual sample. Samples were delivered to ALS Minerals in Val d’Or
at the end of the program. Once at the lab, the samples were tested using “ME-ICP41a – Intermediate Level Aqua Regia” for
multi-element analysis.
Mr. Francis Newton, P.Geo (OGQ#2129), in collaboration with Mr. Neil Novak P. Geo. are responsible for and have reviewed
the technical disclosure of this release. Mr. Newton as an independent qualified person pursuant to NI 43-101 guidelines for
technical disclosure, and Mr. Novak as a qualified person (not independent) pursuant to NI 43-101 guidelines both approve the
technical content of this press release.
BWR Exploration Inc. is a public company focused on exploring for base and precious metals, with its flagship Little Stull
Lake Gold Project in NE Manitoba along with other exploration projects in Northern Ontario, and Northern Quebec, Canada.
Management of BWR includes an accomplished group of exploration/mining specialists with many decades of operational
experience in the junior resource sector in Canada and abroad. There are 101,442,461 shares currently issued.
Neither the Toronto Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For more information about BWR’s Vendôme Sud Project please visit our website:
http://www.bwrexploration.com or call/email:
Neil Novak, P.Geo., President, CEO & Director,
BWR Exploration Inc.
82 Richmond St. E
Toronto, ON
M5C 1P1
Office: 416-848-6866
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