Kenorland Reports High-Grade Intercept of 30.41 g/t Au over 6.70m from 120m Step-Out on Deep R11 Vein Set at Frotet Project, Quebec
Kenorland Reports High-Grade Intercept of
30.41 g/t Au over 6.70m from 120m Step-Out on
Deep R11 Vein Set at Frotet Project, Quebec
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 17, 2025) -
Kenorland Minerals Ltd.
(TSXV:
KLD) (OTCQX: KLDCF) (FSE: 3WQ0) ("
Kenorland
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce
partial results from the 2025 winter drill program at the Frotet Project (the "
Project
"), located in northern
Quebec. Assays from 21 of 34 drill holes completed, including 14,048 meters of the 22,913-meter
program, are reported herein. Kenorland currently holds a
4% NSR royalty
on the Project.
Drill highlights include the following:
25RDD252: 6.70m at 30.41 g/t Au incl. 2.75m at 72.56 g/t Au
at R11
25RDD252: 7.70m at 16.26 g/t Au incl. 0.70m at 121.70 g/t Au
at R11
25RDD239: 1.30m at 218.10 g/t Au incl. 0.40m at 705.40 g/t Au
at R2
25RDD232: 5.50m at 11.80 g/t Au incl. 2.20m at 26.88 g/t Au
at R2
25RDD248: 0.80m at 70.43 g/t Au incl. 0.30m at 183.80 g/t Au
at R1
25RDD252: 2.40m at 20.31 g/t Au incl. 0.30m at 155.10 g/t Au
at R2
25RDD241: 7.00m at 6.54 g/t Au incl. 1.75m at 21.15 g/t Au
at R7
High grade mineralisation from step-out drill holes within the deep portions of Regnault
continues to demonstrate the system remains open along strike and at depth
Figure 1. Plan map of Regnault drilling including highlights from this press release
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Zach Flood, President and CEO, stated:
"The success of the deep drilling at Regnault continues to
underscore the immense untapped potential of the Frotet Project. These results not only confirm the
continuity of high-grade mineralisation on the R11 veins, but also highlight the increasing scale of the
system. Regnault remains open in multiple directions and we believe we are still in the early days of
what could be a much larger gold discovery."
Discussion of Results
The Winter 2025 drill program was completed in order to continue stepping out along known mineralised
structures while increasing confidence in vein system geometry and grade continuity through targeted
infill drilling. Drill holes were optimised to maintain 50-100m spacing within the known mineralised
footprint, while targeting modest step-outs at depth. Drill holes reported within this release focused on
infill and step-outs along the R2 and R9 mineralised structures including two drill holes that continued at
depth to step-out along the R10 and R11 vein sets, infill within R3, and infill and step-out targets along
the R1, R6 and R7 trends.
Drilling along the R2 trend has continued to return significant high grade mineralisation including
25RDD239 which returned
1.30m at 218.10 g/t Au including 0.40m at 705.40 g/t Au
, a 95m step-out
to the east from drill hole 24RDD195 (3.75m at 3.47 g/t Au including 0.45m at 11.70 g/t Au*), and
25RDD232 that returned
5.50m at 11.80 g/t Au including 2.20m at 26.88 g/t Au
, an 80m step-out to
the east from drill hole 24RDD220 (8.20m at 3.43 g/t Au including 0.70m at 29.40 g/t Au*). Infill along R2
has also demonstrated continuity of high grade, including drill hole 25RDD252 with
2.40m at 20.31 g/t
Au including 0.30m at 155.10 g/t Au
intersected 40m up dip from drill hole 24RDD197 (4.70m at
24.16 g/t Au incl. 0.40m at 261.20 g/t Au*). Assays remain pending from additional drill holes that tested
the R2 trend during the winter 2025 drill campaign, however drilling has shown mineralisation remains
open along strike to the east and at depth.
Figure 2. Cross section through the Regnault gold system including highlights from this press release
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Two drill holes tested the deep, southern portions of the Regnault system, stepping out from known
mineralisation along the R10 and R11 mineralised trends. Drill hole 25RDD232 returned
3.00m at 10.09
g/t Au including 1.00m at 27.35 g/t Au
along the R10 vein, a 70m step-out up dip from drill hole
23RDD172 which returned 0.34m at 31.70 g/t Au**. Within the R11 step-out drilling, several significant
mineralised intercepts were returned including 25RDD252 which returned
6.70m at 30.41 g/t Au
including 2.75m at 72.56 g/t Au
, a 120m step-out to the west and at depth from 23RDD172 (41.85m at
2.56 g/t Au including 4.45m at 11.96 g/t Au**), and 25RDD232 which returned
18.70m at 1.83 g/t Au
including 1.40m at 6.02 g/t Au
, a 65m step-out above and up-dip from 23RDD172. Drill hole
25RDD252 also returned
7.70m at 16.26 g/t Au including 0.70m at 121.70 g/t Au
within the R11
mineralised structures, an 80m step-out at depth below 23RDD162 (6.25m at 2.29 g/t Au including
1.00m at 8.09 g/t Au***).
These two drill holes testing the deepest portions of the Regnault gold
system, down to 1,050m below surface, continue to demonstrate the growth potential of the
R10 and R11 mineralised structures which remain open along strike and at depth.
Figure 3. Long section of the Regnault gold system including highlights from this press release along
R11
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Figure 4. Core photo of R11 vein in hole 25RDD252: 6.70m at 30.41 g/t Au including 2.75m at 72.56
g/t Au
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Reported drill holes from the northern portion of the Regnault gold system also continue to confirm the
high grade nature of the R1 trend, with 25RDD248 which returned
0.80m at 70.73 g/t Au including
0.30m at 183.80 g/t Au
, a 70m step-out at depth below 22RDD124 (0.50m at 54.00 g/t Au****). Along
the R7 vein sets drill hole 25RDD241 returned
7.00m at 6.54 g/t Au including 1.75m at 21.15 g/t Au
,
stepping out 40m at depth below 23RDD192 which returned 1.50m at 9.41 g/t Au including 0.50m at
25.60 g/t Au*****.
(*See press release June 18, 2024)
(**See press release August 8, 2023)
(*** See press release May 31, 2023)
(**** See press release June 13, 2022)
(***** See press release February 20, 2024)
Table 1. Table of assay results from 2025 winter drill program
HOLE ID
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
Ag (g/t)
Residual Au (g/t)
25RDD232
200.00
202.45
2.45
3.22
0.74
And
322.00
327.50
5.50
11.80
12.70
1.74
Incl.
325.30
327.50
2.20
26.88
29.59
And
428.00
430.90
2.90
2.38
2.22
And
566.00
566.40
0.40
28.50
32.90
And
573.00
574.00
1.00
5.78
4.60
And
725.60
728.60
3.00
10.09
12.89
1.46
Incl.
725.60
726.60
1.00
27.35
34.80
And
754.00
758.70
4.70
2.26
2.45
And
969.30
972.60
3.30
1.79
1.71
And
1133.30
1152.00
18.70
1.83
1.31
1.20
Incl.
1139.30
1140.70
1.40
6.02
2.05
And Incl.
1147.00
1148.00
1.00
6.12
4.50
25RDD233
155.35
159.35
4.00
2.08
2.12
1.41
Incl.
158.70
159.00
0.30
10.30
9.40
And
169.40
176.40
7.00
0.98
1.17
And
392.25
397.65
5.40
0.94
0.93
And
447.90
452.45
4.55
1.30
1.00
And
464.35
472.00
7.65
0.82
0.72
And
709.70
713.15
3.45
4.31
1.87
3.41
Incl.
709.70
711.00
1.30
5.80
2.65
And
864.00
874.15
10.15
0.54
1.49
25RDD234
129.85
132.15
2.30
2.63
2.31
1.19
Incl.
131.60
132.15
0.55
7.23
5.10
25RDD235
NSV
25RDD236
NSV
25RDD237
67.95
69.00
1.05
5.74
5.43
25RDD238
27.00
31.50
4.50
1.32
0.40
And
127.20
137.70
10.50
0.68
0.62
And
234.10
237.20
3.10
2.18
3.82
1.03
Incl.
236.55
236.90
0.35
11.20
22.30
And
282.60
289.95
7.35
1.65
1.26
1.00
Incl.
284.70
285.65
0.95
5.99
2.97
And
321.00
322.50
1.50
19.77
17.63
1.76
Incl.
321.55
322.00
0.45
61.80
53.90
25RDD239
648.70
650.00
1.30
218.10
NA
1.52
Incl.
648.70
649.10
0.40
705.40
NA
And
662.85
664.00
1.15
6.14
NA
1.56
Incl.
662.85
663.35
0.50
12.10
NA
And
715.30
725.80
10.50
0.76
0.69
25RDD240
48.50
51.60
3.10
3.97
4.88
1.31
Incl.
50.20
50.90
0.70
13.10
17.50
And
324.65
329.80
5.15
1.31
3.64
And
349.25
351.00
1.75
8.19
6.24
1.04
Incl.
350.40
351.00
0.60
21.90
15.80
And
353.95
354.30
0.35
21.00
37.20
And
614.10
615.30
1.20
13.83
12.57
0.90
Incl.
614.75
615.30
0.55
29.10
25.70
And
627.00
631.75
4.75
3.93
3.98
1.03
Incl.
627.00
628.25
1.25
12.03
11.09
25RDD241
38.30
39.20
0.90
22.40
3.00
And
316.00
317.65
1.65
4.95
2.06
1.54
Incl.
316.00
316.40
0.40
15.60
5.00
And
339.20
339.90
0.70
33.87
9.23
And
363.90
365.00
1.10
15.19
1.56
And
370.75
376.25
5.50
4.30
3.89
3.02
Incl.
373.00
373.55
0.55
15.90
11.40
And
433.85
441.00
7.15
1.92
2.01
1.09
Incl.
433.85
434.40
0.55
11.90
14.90
And
448.00
458.40
10.40
0.52
0.66
And
480.40
483.35
2.95
3.69
1.98
2.24
Incl.
481.20
481.75
0.55
10.00
5.70
And
499.75
501.10
1.35
22.06
18.34
10.25
Incl.
499.75
500.50
0.75
31.50
24.50
And
596.50
597.85
1.35
22.07
21.54
1.35
Incl.
597.35
597.85
0.50
57.30
55.60
And
681.00
681.60
0.60
10.70
9.20
And
695.25
702.25
7.00
6.54
7.57
1.67
Incl.
699.35
701.10
1.75
21.15
25.48
25RDD242
86.70
89.00
2.30
11.61
16.27
0.70
Incl.
88.70
89.00
0.30
84.30
117.50
And
229.20
231.50
2.30
6.51
10.11
2.18
Incl.
229.20
229.90
0.70
16.40
25.10
And
374.70
383.00
8.30
1.25
1.20
And
391.60
392.30
0.70
30.30
13.60
25RDD243
277.65
288.40
10.75
1.31
0.75
And
505.15
506.10
0.95
7.87
8.67
25RDD244
132.50
135.00
2.50
2.13
0.91
And
222.00
225.00
3.00
3.03
1.70
1.50
Incl.
224.00
225.00
1.00
6.08
3.40
And
254.40
260.80
6.40
1.78
0.96
0.94
Incl.
254.40
256.80
2.40
3.20
1.52
And
469.00
481.00
12.00
3.28
2.86
2.06
Incl.
469.70
470.50
0.80
7.16
3.45
And Incl.
474.00
477.50
3.50
5.08
5.45
25RDD245
434.00
443.55
9.55
1.33
1.91
And
625.00
629.70
4.70
1.29
1.38
And
713.55
721.50
7.95
0.77
0.55
And
727.35
735.00
7.65
0.67
0.65
25RDD246
85.80
86.40
0.60
24.30
10.50
355.45
357.80
2.35
3.40
1.98
And
384.00
389.00
5.00
2.85
1.95
2.36
25RDD246A
Incl.
386.90
388.35
1.45
4.05
4.16
And
405.00
409.00
4.00
1.83
1.50
And
536.00
546.00
10.00
1.42
1.60
25RDD247
100.40
104.20
3.80
1.46
1.38
And
416.30
421.00
4.70
1.49
0.99
25RDD248
256.20
257.00
0.80
70.43
56.16
2.41
Incl.
256.70
257.00
0.30
183.80
146.10
And
493.60
496.00
2.40
2.10
2.15
1.08
Incl.
495.60
496.00
0.40
7.21
7.40
25RDD249
138.25
140.80
2.55
2.14
1.37
And
386.40
394.60
8.20
2.02
3.35
1.19
Incl.
389.20
389.60
0.40
18.30
30.70
And
559.00
573.50
14.50
0.81
0.94
25RDD250
190.85
196.60
5.75
2.73
2.32
2.28
Incl.
190.85
192.00
1.15
4.55
2.70
And
400.10
400.50
0.40
22.20
17.70
And
422.05
424.15
2.10
3.67
2.09
1.62
Incl.
422.05
422.90
0.85
6.68
3.55
And
428.50
433.35
4.85
5.77
6.81
2.06
Incl.
428.85
429.55
0.70
27.80
32.60
And
439.50
444.00
4.50
7.15
10.71
1.89
Incl.
440.50
441.00
0.50
49.20
79.50
And
446.00
452.45
6.45
1.57
1.72
And
519.70
520.35
0.65
11.40
10.90
And
736.20
745.00
8.80
1.43
1.28
25RDD251
NSV
25RDD252
512.60
515.00
2.40
20.31
32.02
1.05
Incl.
513.25
513.55
0.30
155.10
248.00
And
559.90
560.20
0.30
34.60
39.50
And
641.40
645.25
3.85
2.94
2.30
1.54
Incl.
644.65
645.25
0.60
10.50
7.00
And
741.20
746.75
5.55
1.62
1.10
0.91
Incl.
743.65
744.50
0.85
5.59
3.61
And
797.55
807.00
9.45
1.54
2.23
1.16
Incl.
801.00
801.50
0.50
8.25
8.70
And
1059.30
1067.00
7.70
16.26
14.62
1.92
Incl.
1059.70
1060.40
0.70
39.80
13.50
And Incl.
1065.00
1065.70
0.70
121.70
130.70
And
1104.45
1107.00
2.55
11.76
16.18
And
1211.00
1217.70
6.70
30.41
42.16
1.07
Incl.
1211.75
1214.50
2.75
72.56
100.47
† Assay intervals reported are core lengths, true widths have not been determined
‡ Residual Au (g/t) represents the average grade of the drill hole interval excluding the highlighted
internal interval
Table 2. Drill collar table of reported drill holes from the 2025 winter drill program
Hole ID
Easting (NAD83)
Northing (NAD83)
Elevation (m)
Depth (m)
Dip
Azimuth
25RDD232
519526
5620517
375.2
1185.00
-55
157
25RDD233
519842
5621085
375.3
987.00
-60
160
25RDD234
518510
5619913
392.2
282.00
-46
159
25RDD235
518579
5619856
393.9
228.00
-48
160
25RDD236
518681
5619918
379.6
246.00
-47
169
25RDD237
518796
5619919
377.4
501.00
-48
157
25RDD238
519909
5620939
376.0
480.00
-62
331
25RDD239
519596
5620672
376.1
741.00
-58
158
25RDD240
518804
5620136
383.4
642.50
-47
163
25RDD241
519903
5621193
379.2
720.00
-63
163
25RDD242
519875
5620769
378.2
540.00
-55
354
25RDD243
519378
5620425
374.6
651.00
-51
151
25RDD244
519654
5620911
375.1
606.00
-60
161
25RDD245
519209
5620674
374.1
780.00
-51
150
25RDD246
519176
5620551
374.4
93.00
-56
155
25RDD246A
519176
5620551
374.4
561.00
-55
159
25RDD247
519636
5620795
374.2
942.00
-59
161
25RDD248
519541
5621025
375.4
519.00
-68
157
25RDD249
519374
5620627
374.8
747.00
-59
159
25RDD250
519721
5620886
374.5
852.00
-63
160
25RDD251
519194
5620328
373.9
457.50
-54
164
25RDD252
519390
5620525
375.0
1287.00
-58
151
About the Frotet Project
The Project covers 39,365 hectares of the Frotet-Evans greenstone belt within the Opatica geological
sub-province of Quebec. The property is adjacent to the past-producing Troilus Gold Corporation's Au-
Cu mine (9.32Moz Au indicated resource) and covers several major deformation zones associated with
known orogenic gold prospects, as well as stratigraphy hosting VMS deposits elsewhere in the belt.
Kenorland initially staked the Project in 2017 and then entered into a joint venture and earn-in agreement
with Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada Ltd. ("
Sumitomo
") in 2018.
The Project hosts the Regnault gold system, a greenfields discovery made by Kenorland and Sumitomo
in 2020 following two years of systematic exploration. Since the initial discovery, Regnault has seen
extensive exploration, totaling 127,217 meters of drilling (265 drillholes).
On February 19, 2024, Kenorland closed a transaction to exchange its 20% participating interest in the
Frotet Joint Venture with Sumitomo to a 4% NSR Royalty.
The Project is located 100 kilometres to the north of Chibougamau, Quebec. Favorable infrastructure
exists in the Project area with an extensive forestry road network as well as the Route-du-Nord crossing
the southwestern portion of the property. A power transmission line also crosses through the property
which supplied power to the past producing Troilus mine.
Figure 5. Frotet Project, Quebec: 4% NSR Royalty
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*Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate on the Troilus Gold-Copper Project, Mineral Resources Effective Date: 02 October 2023
** Mineral Resource Estimate on Moblan Lithium Project, Mineral Resources Effective Date: 21 March, 2023
***The Frotet Royalty is subject to the following buy down rights in favour of Sumitomo:
A 0.25% royalty interest may be purchased for a C$3,000,000 cash payment to Kenorland within five (5) years of the grant of the Frotet Royalty
A 0.50% royalty interest may be purchased for a C$10,000,000 cash payment to Kenorland within ten (10) years of the grant of the Frotet Royalty
In the event Sumitomo exercises the foregoing buy down rights, the Frotet Royalty would be reduced to an uncapped 3.25% net smelter return
royalty on all minerals extracted from the Project
QA/QC and Core Sampling Protocols
All drill core samples were collected under the supervision of Kenorland employees. Drill core was
transported from the drill platform to the logging facility where it was logged, photographed, and split by
diamond saw prior to being sampled. Samples were then bagged, and blanks and certified reference
materials were inserted at regular intervals. Groups of samples were placed in large bags, sealed with
numbered tags in order to maintain a chain-of-custody, and transported from Chibougamau to Bureau
Veritas Commodities ("
BV
") laboratory in Timmins, Ontario.
Sample preparation and analytical work for this drill program were carried out by BV. Samples were
prepared for analysis according to BV method PRP70-250: individual samples were crushed to 2mm
(10 mesh) and a 250g split was pulverized to 75μm (200 mesh) for analysis and then assayed for gold.
Gold in samples were analyzed using BV method FA430 where a 30g split is analyzed with fire assay by
Pb collection and AAS finish. Over-limits gold samples were re-analyzed using BV method FA530
where a 30g split is analyzed with fire assay by Pb collection and gravimetric finish. Multi-element
geochemical analysis (45 elements) was performed on all samples using BV method MA200 where a
0.25g split is by multi-acid digest with ICP-MS/ES finish. All results passed the QA/QC screening at the
lab, all company inserted standards and blanks returned results that were within acceptable limits.
Qualified Person
Cédric Mayer, M.Sc., P.Geo. (OGQ #02385), "Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101, has
reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this press release.
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