Norden Crown Commences Minimum 3,000M Drill Program at the Burfjord Copper-GOLD Project, Norway
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JULY 6, 2022
NORDEN CROWN COMMENCES MINIMUM 3,000M DRILL
PROGRAM AT THE BURFJORD COPPER-GOLD PROJECT,
NORWAY
Vancouver, B.C., July 6th, 2022. Norden Crown Metals Corp. ("Norden Crown" or
the "Company") (TSXV:NOCR, OTC:NOCRF, Frankfurt: 03E ) has begun an
estimated 3,000 to 5,000 metre diamond drilling program at its 100% owned Burfjord
Copper Project (“Burfjord” or the “Project”) in northern Norway, in partnership with
Boliden Mineral AB (“Boliden) in northern Norway. A variety of anomalous geological,
geochemical, and geophysical targets have been identified which have potential to
host economic copper-gold mineralization. The primary objective of the drill program
is to evaluate the copper-gold grades and test the continuity of newly established
targets within an area of extensive historical mining and trenching. Stratigraphic drill
holes are also planned to supplement targeting and expand prospectivity along the
axis of the Burfjord anticline.
Previous drilling by Norden Crown (see News Release dated March 20, 2019) at
Burfjord returned compelling results including an intercept of 32 metres averaging
0.56% copper and 0.26 g/t gold (including 3.46 metres of 4.31% copper and 2.22
g/t gold) at shallow depths below a cluster of historic mine workings 1,2. Historical
drilling on the Project (Cedarsgruvan) was reported to have returned 7.0 metres
averaging 3.6% copper3.
Patricio Varas, Chairman and CEO of Norden Crown stated, “The joint Norden-Boliden
exploration team has leveraged results from last year’s drilling which combined with
the recently completed TEM-geophysical survey, new geological mapping and
geochemical sampling, have defined numerous high-potential drill targets on the West
and East limbs and the Hinge of the Burfjord Anticline". “We are excited to test these
new targets and feel confident that the summer 2022 drill program will advance the
Burfjord Project substantially.”
Diamond Drilling
Norden Crown has engaged Arctic Drilling AS (Norway) to complete a minimum of
3,000 metres of diamond drilling at Burfjord that is designed to test geological,
geochemical and geophysical targets identified in the 2020 and 2021 field programs.
Arctic Drilling has mobilized to the first target site and drilling has now commenced.
2022 Exploration Targets
The 2022 exploration drilling program at Burfjord is focused on several copper targets
that are surrounded by historical adits, pits , trenches, and workings within the
extensively iron-carbonate altered Burfjord Anticline (Figure 1).
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Figure 1. Overview of planned 2022 drill holes.
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These targets have been identified and prioritized based on lithological and structural
mapping, rock and soil geochemistry, airborne magnetic geophysics and ground
based electromagnetic geophysics. High priority target areas for this summer are
presented below.
West Limb (Kisgangen and Peninsula target areas)
The geology of West Limb is dominated by a 3,000 meter by 400 -metre albite-iron
carbonate-magnetite alteration assemblage in clastic sedimentary rocks (L-Unit;
Figure 1) that is locally brecciated and contains disseminated copper sulphides
(chalcopyrite) and chalcopyrite bearing quartz-carbonate veins. Extensive historical
pits, trenches and adits are present along a strike length of at least 800m along the
trend of several shale horizons adjacent to the L-unit which represent attractive traps
for copper-gold mineralized fluids (Figure 1).
Field exploration programs in 2020 and 2021 delineated an intense magnetic anomaly,
several conductive ground conductors (TEM) (Figure 2), rock samples with elevated
copper, a copper soil anomaly, and several faults thought to be possible fluid conduits.
The drill program will test both strike and depth continuity of mineralization along the
western limb of the Burfjord anticline (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Planned drill fence through Kisgangen target area testing L-unit and historically
mined albite altered copper mineralized shale units at depth.
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East Limb (Gamlegruva and A-Gruva target areas)
The East Limb of the Burfjord anticline constitutes a ~5 kilometre-long trend of
discontinuously outcropping copper occurrences and historical mine adits that contain
disseminated copper sulphide mineralization (chalcopyrite and sporadic bornite)
associated with hematite-jasper breccia and carbonate vein stockworks hosted in
potassic altered pillow basalts and albitized black shales.
The objective of the current drill program is to follow up on 2021-hole BUR-21-005
which returned 1.35m averaging 8.67% Cu and 0.69 g/t Au (see News Release dated
April 11, 2022). Drilling will aim to intersect carbonate veins bearing high-grade copper
within a gabbro unit which hosts a trend of historical pits, adits and trenches (Figure
1).
Hinge Zone (Cedarsgruvan and Cedarelva target areas)
The Hinge Zone is a structural target in the hinge of the Burfjord anticline and is
characterized by intensely albite altered black shales, breccias and albitized dolomite
(Figure 2). Several significant historical mines are present within the target area, which
targeted massive chalcopyrite and strong chalcopyrite dissemination within albitite
(Cedarsgruvan) as well as high grade chalcopyrite veins (Cedarselva). Planned drilling
aims to test strike continuity of mineralization at Cedarsgruvan (Figure 2).
Overview of the Burfjord Project
The Project, located in the Kåfjord Copper Belt near Alta, Norway, is highly prospective
for Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) and Sediment Hosted Copper mineral deposits
which contribute significantly to copper production globally.
Burfjord is comprised of six exploration licenses totalling 5,500 hectares. Within the
license area, during the nineteenth century, copper mineralization was mined from
over 30 historical mines and prospects developed along the flanks of a prominent 4 x
6-kilometre fold (anticline) consisting of interbedded sedimentary and volcanic rocks.
Many of the rocks in the anticline are intensely hydrothermally altered and contain
sulphide mineralization.
The high-grade copper gold veins at Burfjord, that were historically mined at cut- off
grades of 3-5% copper, are surrounded by envelopes of stockwork veins or
disseminations of copper mineralization extending tens to hundreds of metres laterally
into the host rocks. Norden Crown believes this mineralization has economic potential
and represents an attractive bulk tonnage exploration drilling target. Copper bearing
veins in the area are dominated by ferroan carbonate, sodium-rich minerals, and iron-
oxide minerals (magnetite and hematite), but also contain the economically important
minerals chalcopyrite, bornite and chalcocite in addition to cobalt -rich pyrite as
generally coarse-grained (often 0.5 centimetr e to multi-centimetre scale)
disseminations in the veins. The sodium-rich styles of alteration and mineralization at
Burfjord are also host to elevated levels of rare elements (e.g., Indium), which are
critical “technology metals” that are important to the emerging green energy and other
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industries. Discrete zones of cobalt and nickel mineralization are also present at
Burfjord.
Burfjord Joint Venture Terms
Norden Crown entered into an option agreement (the “Agreement”) with Boliden in
respect to Burfjord (see June 10, 2020 News Release). To earn its 51% interest in the
Project, Boliden must fund 100% of the exploration programs by spending US$6
Million over the next four years. Work on the exploration programs is directed by a
join Norden-Boliden Technical committee.
About Norden Crown Metals Corp.
Norden Crown is a mineral exploration company focused on the discovery of Zinc,
Copper, Silver, Gold, Cobalt and Nickel deposits in exceptional, historical mining
project areas spanning Sweden and Norway. The Company aims to discover new
economic mineral deposits in known mining districts that have seen little or no modern
exploration. The Company is led by an experienced management team and technical
team, with successful track records in mineral discovery, mining development and
financing.
References
1. Intercept reported as seen in drill core. The true width is estimated at 85-100%
of the reported interval.
2. See Norden Crown’s April 11, 2022, News Release for discussion of analytical
methods, QA/QC and core handling protocols.
3. Source: NGU Deposit Factsheet, Deposit Area 1943-010, 1997. Norden
Crown’s property reviews have confirmed the geologic occurrence of mineralization
on the Project and considers the historic exploration data to be relevant as reported in
public disclosures and government reports.
Qualified Person
Daniel MacNeil, P.Geo, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101,
has read and approved all technical and scientific information related to Burfjord
contained in this news release. Mr. MacNeil is Vice President Exploration for Norden.
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On behalf of Norden Crown Metals Corp.
Patricio Varas, Chairman and CEO
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attractiveness of Burfjord as a bulk tonnage target as discussed herein, the dates the various segments
of the exploration program will commence, the duration of various segments of the exploration program,
the anticipated timing of the results of the exploration programs described herein and the planned uses
of the resulting data. Although Norden Crown believes the expectations expressed in such forward-
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