First Nordic Identifies New Large, Cohesive 5 km Gold Anomaly at Storjuktan Project, Gold Line Belt, Sweden
First Nordic Identifies New Large, Cohesive 5
km Gold Anomaly at Storjuktan Project, Gold
Line Belt, Sweden
VANCOUVER, BC
,
June 10, 2024
/CNW/ -
First Nordic Metals Corp.
(the
"Company"
or
"First
Nordic"
) (TSX.V:FNM) (OTCQB:FNMCF) (FRA: HEG0) is pleased to provide results from its recent
belt-scale glacial till geochemical survey targeting orogenic gold mineral systems at its 100%-owned
Storjuktan project ("Storjuktan" or "the Project") located on the Gold Line belt, northern
Sweden
.
Storjuktan encompasses approximately 60 kilometers ("km") of first-order structural corridor (strike
length) of the Gold Line belt and is located 20 km north of the Company's Barsele project [1].
Highlights:
Surface till sampling identifies a large and cohesive 5.0 km by 1.0 km As-Cu-Mo-Zn
pathfinder anomaly coincident with a historic ionic leach gold anomaly.
Anomalies oriented in the down-ice direction and are coincident with favourable geology
and a prominent second-order structural corridor.
Follow up exploration programs planned in 2024 to continue to advance targets to drill
testing stage.
Taj Singh
, First Nordic President and CEO comments:
"These results from Storjuktan are very
exciting, as the Project has both the geochemical signature and dimensions / scale that align well
with other multimillion ounce deposits on the belt. Storjuktan's recently identified gold anomaly is
currently about 5 km; for context, the Company's resource-stage Barsele project's current resource
footprint is approximately 3.5 km long.
We look forward to continuing follow-up exploration work on
Storjuktan to advance targets towards drilling. Our goal in the coming months will be a geophysics
program and a systematic top-of-bedrock / base-of-till ("BoT") drilling program at the Project.
Storjuktan Exploration Program
4,357 regional B-Horizon (subsoil) samples were collected covering approximately 2,000 hectares
over multiple untested structural corridors within the central portion of the 25,000 ha Storjuktan
project area. All samples are collected from the glacial till derived B-Horizon soil layer and screened
using handheld XRF (x-ray fluroscence) for pathfinder elements. Anomalous areas identified will be
tested for gold at an external laboratory.
Surface Till Sample Results at Nippas Target
Results from the till sampling program have identified a large gold pathfinder anomaly (Figure 2) at
the Nippas target located in the central portion of the Storjuktan project. Till sample results
coincident with the historic ionic leach gold-in-till anomaly (Figure 3) are defined by an As-Cu-Zn-Mo
(arsenic-copper-zinc-molybdenum) pathfinder element till anomaly extending over 5.0 km by 1.0 km.
The anomaly is oriented in the prominent ice flow direction. The polymetallic signature is consistent
with other anomalies in the belt over known gold deposits. By comparison, the Barsele project's As-
Zn glacial till pathfinder anomaly measures approximately 3.5 km by 0.8 km.
The survey focused on identification of orogenic gold and VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) type
mineral systems known to be present in the Gold Line belt. All surface till samples were analysed
using a portable XRF and follow-up analyses will test the anomalous samples for gold. The company
plans to follow up with BoT drilling to test the 5.0 km Nippas target with the aim of delineating drilling
targets. In addition, the company plans to fly detailed magnetic geophysics over the entire 25,000 ha
Storjuktan project to map the geological and structural architecture and collect an additional 15,000
surface till samples. To date, till sampling has covered less than 10% of the Storjuktan project area.
Next Steps
Follow-up exploration programs are being planned in 2024 to continue to advance the targets to a
drill-testing stage, and include:
High resolution airborne UAV magnetic survey over entire project area (5,700 line km)
Target structural corridors of interest with systematic mapping and sampling
Regional B-horizon till sampling over entire greenstone belt area
Top-of-Bedrock drilling on anomalous target areas identified with till sampling
Develop robust geological and structural framework models to guide exploration
About the Storjuktan Project
The Storjuktan project is a large, early-stage project strategically positioned north of the Barsele
project [1]. It consists of seven contiguous licenses covering 30,000 ha located in the northern
portion of the Gold Line belt. The Storjuktan project contains over 60 km of the Gold Line structure.
All mineralization discovered to date shows a spatial relationship to this structural corridor, occurring
mainly on second- and third-order splay structures.
About the Gold Line Belt Geology
The geology of the Gold Line belt consists of an inverted volcano-sedimentary sequence intruded by
small pre- to syn-kinematic granitic intrusions within a broad, anastomosing high strain structural
corridor. Lithologies are regionally metamorphosed to upper greenschist and amphibolite grade
facies, and gold mineralization is associated with intense sericite, carbonate, biotite, and calc-silicate
alteration assemblages and sulphide minerals pyrite, arsenopyrite, and pyrrhotite. The regional Gold
Line structural corridor runs up the axis of the belt with many jogs, splays, and zones of structural
complexity that are potential locations for dilation and deposition of gold bearing fluids. These
lithological sequences are deemed to be highly prospective for orogenic gold deposits.
About First Nordic Metals
First Nordic's flagship is the Barsele gold project, located in
Sweden
and in a joint venture with
senior gold producer Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. The Barsele project currently hosts a combined open
pit and underground NI 43-101 Indicated Resource of 324,000 ounces gold and an Inferred resource
of 2,086,000 ounces gold. Immediately surrounding the Barsele project, First Nordic is the 100%-
owner of a district-scale license position of close to 100,000 hectares on both the prolific Gold Line
and Skelleftea VMS belts. Additionally, in northern Finland First Nordic holds the entire
underexplored Oijärvi Greenstone Belt.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Taj Singh
, M.Eng, P.Eng, CPA
President & CEO, Director
Qualified Person
Benjamin Gelber
, P. Geo., VP Exploration of the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined in NI
43-101 and takes responsibility for the technical disclosure contained within this news release.
References
[1] Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate for the Barsele Property, 2020, InnovExplo
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This News Release contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to comments
regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of
property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address
future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results
may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements and Barsele undertakes no
obligation to update such statements, except as required by law.
APPENDIX
Figure 1: Gold Line Belt project area with regional geology, showing locations of 2023/24 exploration
programs. (CNW Group/First Nordic Metals Corp.)
Figure
1
: Gold Line Belt project area with regional geology, showing locations of 2023/24
exploration programs.
Figure 2: Map of Nippas Target area within the Storjuctan project showing regional till sampling
geochemical results (CNW Group/First Nordic Metals Corp.)
Figure
2: Map of Nippas Target area within the Storjuctan project showing regional till
sampling geochemical results
Figure 3: Map of Nippas Target area showing historic ionic leach gold-in-till results (CNW
Group/First Nordic Metals Corp.)
Figure
3: Map of Nippas Target area showing historic ionic leach gold-in-till results
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