Petrolympic drills 2.14 g/t Au over 9.1m, including 6.25 g/t Au over 3m on the Vauquelin gold and base metals Property in Val-d’Or, Québec
December 13 2023 - 6:15AM
Petrolympic Ltd. (TSX.V: PCQ) (OTC: PCQRF) (the “Company”) is
pleased to provide an update on its exploration program in the
Vauquelin-Rayon d’Or Property (the “Property”). The Property
consists of 37 mining claims totaling 2,129 hectares located 30 km
east of the city of Val-d’Or, Québec, on the eastern extension of
the world-famous Cadillac Break within the Val-d’Or Mining Camp
(see Figure 1 below).
The 2023 drilling program was designed to test
priority targets provided by IP-Resistivity surveys as well as on
the lateral extension of the known Rayon d’Or gold mineralized
zones (see Figure 2 below). A total of 3,117 meters distributed in
19 diamond drill holes were completed during the months of August
and September 2023. All samples were sent to ALS Global Laboratory
in Val-d’Or.
This drilling campaign confirmed that the
southeastern extensions of the Rayon d'Or mineralized structures
are generally gold-bearing and prospective. Their extension farther
towards the southeast is also demonstrated by the presence of an IP
anomaly extending over 500 m. The northwestward extension of Rayon
d'Or has not been drilled, but it ties in with an IP anomaly
extending over a distance of 800 m. Some other IP anomalies
investigated by drilling have demonstrated their potential for gold
and in some cases for base metals (Cu). The very positive results
obtained during this campaign significantly increase the interest
in each of the geophysical targets defined on the property (Figure
2).
The Rayon d’Or gold zone previously discovered
by drilling on the northwest side of Gueguen Lake is composed of
several gold-bearing structures-oriented NW-SE. The most
significant values obtained at shallow depths were: 12.74
g/t Au / 3.96 m (DDH 1), 3.83 g/t Au / 3.08
m (DDH 6W-C-5) and 3.37 g/t Au / 3.44 m
(DDH V-89-75). The auriferous mineralization is associated to both
disseminations, veins and veinlets of sulphides (mostly pyrite and
pyrrhotite) within altered and fractured zones. One of the
gold-bearing zones of the Rayon d'Or deformation corridor was
already located approximately 900 m toward the southeast and close
the east side of Gueguen Lake by diamond drill hole 82-6, which
returned a gold intersection of 2.06 g/t Au / 1.83
m, including 3.08 g/t Au / 0.61 m.
The 2023 drilling program extended the
mineralized zones of Rayon d’Or over a distance of 100 m towards
the southeast. Two strongly altered, sheared and fractured zones
reaching thicknesses of more than 20 m and generally spaced 25-50 m
apart are injected with numerous quartz-carbonate-tourmaline veins
and mineralized with up to 10% disseminated pyrite and locally
traces of chalcopyrite. All the mineralized zones in that area
returned up to 0.65 g/t Au over interesting widths
up to 12 m. Additional sections of several of
these drill holes are being analyzed to complete coverage of the
mineralized intersections and results are pending.
The best gold intersection was obtained on the
southeasternmost section with drill hole VAU-23-10 returning
0.63 g/t Au over 7.5 m (Zone 1) and 15 m farther
along the hole 2.16 g/t Au over
9.0 m, including 6.25 g/t Au over 3.0
m (Zone 2). The extension of this large gold zone is
highlighted by IP anomaly IPG-24 aligning with this structure and
extending over a distance of more than 400 m towards the southeast.
Those results confirm the potential of economic gold content of the
Rayon d'Or gold-bearing structure laterally or at depth.
Diamond drill hole VAU-23-03 was designed to
test IP anomaly IPG-25 extending NW-SE approximately 200 m south of
Rayon d'Or. A quartz-carbonate-tourmaline-pyrite vein returned
close to surface 5.48 g/t Au over 1 m and a second
tourmaline-pyrite vein returned deeper along the hole an
intersection of 0.52 g/t Au over 3 m.
Diamond drill holes VAU-23-17, -18 and -19
investigated two IP anomalies detected approximately 400 m south of
the eastern tip of Rayon d’Or and extending over a distance of
approximately 500 m toward southeast. Mineralized structures
similar to those present at Rayon d’Or include wide, sheared,
fractured zones injected of quartz-carbonate-tourmaline-pyrite
veins and veinlets containing up to 10% pyrite with locally thin
semi-massive pyrite zones. A mineralized structure returned an
intersection of 0.52 g/t Au over 6 m in hole
VAU-23-18 and indicates that those structures are also
gold-bearing.
Diamond drill hole VAU-23-16 tested a series of
IP anomalies detected at the southern limit of Gueguen Lake.
Several mineralized structures containing quartz-carbonate veins
with disseminated pyrite (1-3%) and small amounts of chalcopyrite
were identified and the best intersection was 0.94 g/t Au
over 2 m. This deformation corridor is oriented NW-SE and
may correspond to the northwestern extension of the Central Gold
and North #1 gold zones displaced northward by a northeast-trending
fault. Previous drilling intensively tested Central Gold and North
#1 gold-bearing zones.
The southeastern extensions of the gold-bearing
structures of the Rayon d’Or were also evidenced during a
prospecting and biogeochemical sampling program carried out on the
central and eastern parts of the Property. Anomalous gold, copper
and zinc values coincide with mineralized structures located using
Magnetic and Induced Polarization Resistivity (Mag-IP) surveys in
the southeastern extension of the Rayon d'Or deformation corridor
(Figure 2).
The drilling campaign 2023 therefore locates
large, highly deformed and mineralized zones crossing the Vauquelin
Property and increases the possibility of discovering interesting
gold zones similar to those already defined on neighboring
properties. This structural context is similar to that of the Chimo
mine owned by Cartier Resources and located less than 5 km south of
the Property (Figure 1). Like on the Vauquelin-Rayon d’Or Property,
mineralization at Chimo includes numerous gold zones associated
with structures present in three deformation corridors (Cartier
Resources web site).
Petrolympic is a gold exploration company with
projects located in Quebec. The Province of Quebec has consistently
ranked as one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions.
Qualified Person
Alain-Jean Beauregard, B. Sc., P. Geo. (OGQ #
227), is the “Qualified Person” under National Instrument 43-101
and has reviewed and approved the geological information reported
in this news release. Mr. Beauregard is independent from the
company.
NEITHER THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE NOR ITS REGULATIONS SERVICES
PROVIDER HAVE REVIEWED OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR
ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.
For further information, please contact:
Mendel Ekstein,
President and CEO Petrolympic Ltd.
T: 845 656-0184
E: exis@petrolympic.com
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Figure 1 – Location of Petrolympic’s Rayon
d’Or-Vauquelin Property in the Cadillac Break corridor within the
Val-d’Or Mining Camp.
Figure 2 – Location of the drill holes, IP and
zones investigated during the 2023 campaign in Rayon d’Or.
Photos accompanying this announcement are available at
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