Kirkland Lake Discoveries Completes Inaugural Drill Program at Hurricane Intrusive Zone, Announces Board Change
Kirkland Lake Discoveries Completes
Inaugural Drill Program at Hurricane Intrusive
Zone, Announces Board Change
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 2, 2024) - Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: KLDC)
(OTC Pink: KLKLF) ("
KLDC
" or the "
Company")
is pleased to announce that it has completed its
Phase 2 drill program safely and efficiently at the Hurricane Intrusive Zone on the Lucky Strike Property.
A total of thirteen drill holes (Table 1) aggregating 3,376 metres were drilled at six targets, completing
the second of three phases previously announced (see
July 20, 2023, news release
).
The Hurricane Intrusive Zone (Figure 1), which was the subject of prospecting, mapping, and airborne
magnetics in 2023, is a geophysical anomaly with copper and gold mineralization associated with
intense alteration from syenite intrusive bodies. The drill program (Figure 2) was designed to test the
geology and assess the continuity of mineralization observed in outcrop during the summer mapping and
prospecting programs.
Figure 1
Property map showing location of the Hurricane Intrusive Zone at the centre of the KL East Side
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Figure 2
Hurricane Intrusive Zone geological map with drill collar locations
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Drill Hole #
Easting
Northing
Azimuth
Dip
Total Depth (m)
KLD24-10
593601
5341396
215
-45
250
KLD24-11
593659
5341490
215
-60
400
KLD24-12
594631
5341645
150
-45
231
KLD24-13
594683
5341569
150
-45
138
KLD24-14
592930
5341616
205
-45
192
KLD24-15
592930
5341616
205
-60
262
KLD24-16
593118
5341813
258
-45
164
KLD24-17
593431
5341502
160
-45
327
KLD24-18
593852
5341761
350
-38
296
KLD24-19
594047
5342074
135
-45
394
KLD24-20
594425
5342134
20
-45
302
KLD24-21
594425
5342134
20
-72
96
KLD24-22
593852
5341761
55
-45
324
Table 1
Drill collar locations, orientations and depth of holes at Hurricane Intrusive Zone
The Hurricane Intrusive Zone bears similarity to the rocks and mineralization found at Agnico Eagle
Mines Limited's ("
Agnico
") Upper Beaver deposit, which is six km to the southwest. Upper Beaver is a
gold-copper deposit that is mainly hosted in the Upper Beaver alkalic intrusive complex and the
surrounding basalts it intruded. It is associated with disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite, and
magnetite-sulphide veining associated with strong magmatic-hydrothermal alteration. The mineralization
occurs as elongated tabular bodies that strike northeast, dip steeply northwest and plunge 65 degrees to
the northeast. The mineralization has been defined along a 400m strike length from the surface to a
depth of 1,800m and remains open at depth.
Queenston Mining Inc. sold the 1.1-million-ounce (Moz) deposit to Osisko Mining Corp. ("
Osisko
") for
$550 million in 2012. Osisko, in turn, sold the project to Agnico in 2014 and Agnico has since expanded
the resource at Upper Beaver. As at December 31, 2022, Upper Beaver had approximately 1.4 Moz of
gold and 20,000 tonnes (t) of copper in underground probable mineral reserves (8.0 Mt grading 5.43 g/t
gold and 0.25% copper); 403,000 oz of gold and 5,100 t of copper in underground indicated mineral
resources (3.6 Mt grading 3.45 g/t Au and 0.14% copper); and 1.4 Moz Au of gold and 17,300 t of
copper in underground inferred mineral resources (8.7 Mt grading 5.07 g/t Au and 0.20% copper). An
updated mineral resource for the Upper Beaver Deposit was expected in late 2023 but has yet to be
released.
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Board Changes
The Company also announces that Steve Burleton has resigned as Director of the Company effective
March 29, 2024.
The Company thanks Mr. Burleton for his invaluable contribution and wishes him
success in his future endeavours.
QP Statement
Danièle Spethmann, P.Geo., Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of the Company,
is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Ms. Spethmann has reviewed the
technical information in this news release and approves the written disclosure contained herein.
About Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp.
Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp. is a TSX Venture Exchange-listed company that has recently
consolidated a district-scale and highly prospective land package in the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp in
Ontario, Canada. The properties are hosted in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the world's best-
endowed greenstone belts, with 200+ Moz of gold produced to date.
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The properties are host to regional
and property-scale mineralized structures that are considered second-order structures off the Larder
Lake Cadillac Deformation Zone (LLCDZ), the regional structure in the belt known to be spatially
associated with the gold mines hosted in the camp.
The properties assembled include the Lucky Strike Property, Arnold Property, KL Central, Goodfish-
Kirana, and the optioned KL West Properties. The KLDC land position comprises approximately 38,000
ha, over 1,338 claims, and 29 patented claims and ranks the Company as the largest landholder in the
Kirkland Lake region.
For additional information, please contact:
Danièle Spethmann, P.Geo.
Founder, President & CEO
kirklandlakediscoveries.com
+1 416 363 0317
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements"
(collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, without limitation, statements
relating the future operations and activities of Kirkland Lake Discoveries, are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as
"expects", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "potential", "possible", and similar
expressions, or statements that events, conditions, or results "will", "may", "could", or "should" occur
or be achieved. Forward-looking statements in this news release relate to, among other things, the
Company's three-phase drill program, the results thereof, and any impact therefrom. There can be no
assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the
beliefs, opinions and projections on the date the statements are made and are based upon a number
of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Kirkland Lake Discoveries, are
inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties
and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause actual results, performance
or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or
may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and the parties have made
assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without
limitation, the ability to complete proposed exploration work, the results of exploration, continued
availability of capital, changes in general economic, market and business conditions, and the ability
to obtain any requisite approvals. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements and information contained in this news release concerning these items. Kirkland Lake
Discoveries does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements of beliefs,
opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change, except as required by applicable securities
laws.
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https://www.agnicoeagle.com/English/exploration/exploration-projects/Kirkland-Lake-project/default.aspx
2
Canada's Gold Exploration Frontier: The Abitibi Greenstone Belt -
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/canadas-gold-exploration-frontier-the-abitibi-
greenstone-belt/
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