Strongbow Returns 1.17% Nickel From Snowbird Nickel Project
September 16 2009 - 12:11PM
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Strongbow Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SBW) is pleased to report
that sampling of a new nickel showing at its wholly owned Snowbird
nickel project has returned 1.17% Ni and 0.40% Cu. The Snowbird
project extends over 150 kilometres from Strongbow's Nickel King
deposit in the Northwest Territories to Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan.
The Company believes this area is highly prospective for the
discovery of additional magmatic nickel-copper sulphide deposits
similar to Nickel King (please see Strongbow news release #09-08,
dated July 15, 2009).
In August 2009, company geologists conducted a two week
exploration program intended to evaluate a number of priority
targets in the Opescal Lake and Heel areas of the Snowbird project.
Two new areas of nickel-copper sulphide mineralization were
discovered at Opescal Lake, which straddles the
Saskatchewan-Northwest Territories border. The most significant
mineralization was discovered at the OPN target, where five of six
representative samples of mineralized gabbro boulders returned from
0.22% to 1.17% Ni. Gabbro boulders and subcrop that define the OPN
target are directly coincident with a 770 m long high priority
(greater than 1,000 Siemens) geophysical conductor. This conductor
also coincides with the northern third of a discontinuous magnetic
high that can be traced for over two kilometres. The sulphide metal
content of the samples collected from the OPN target is estimated
to be 4.5-5.0% Ni in 100% sulphides. These sulphide metal contents
are very encouraging and compare favourably to those calculated for
the Nickel King deposit, located 35 km to the northeast.
The second new discovery at Opescal Lake, the NP8 showing, is
located approximately 13 km to the southeast of the OPN target.
Mineralization at the NP8 showing is hosted within a norite sill
that coincides with a 660 m long high priority (greater than 1,000
Siemens) geophysical conductor and magnetic anomaly. Outcrops and
boulders of norite and related pyroxenite have been mapped over an
estimated strike length of 900 m. Six grab samples of mineralized
norite returned from 0.13% Ni to 0.38% Ni. The sulphide metal
content for the highest grade sample is estimated at 3.1% Ni in
100% sulphides.
Outside of the OPN and NP8 showings, numerous mafic to
ultramafic intrusions have now been mapped in the Opescal Lake
area. Of particular interest is a five kilometre long discontinuous
trend of magnetic high anomalies located 1.5 kilometres east of the
OPN target. This magnetic trend is coincident with at least eight
priority conductive targets having conductivity thickness values in
excess of 150 Siemens. Ground truthing of these targets has been
frustrated by the presence of significant glacial overburden,
however, of note is a single grab sample collected prior to 2009,
at the southern end of this magnetic trend that returned 4.2 g/t
Au, 0.8 g/t Pd, and 0.8 g/t Pt.
An evaluation of the Heel target area, located 30 km south of
Opescal Lake and 70 km northeast of Stony Rapids, identified a
series of mafic to ultramafic intrusions associated with at least
seven priority (greater than 150 Siemens) conductive anomalies. The
intrusions are generally weakly mineralized with nickel values
typically less than 0.15% Ni. However, the most promising showing
discovered to date in the Heel area was sampled in 2008 and
returned 0.48% Ni and 0.27% Cu.
The discovery of previously unknown mafic and ultramafic
intrusions in close proximity to high priority geophysical
conductors is very encouraging and indicates that targets in the
Opescal Lake and Heel areas warrant follow up evaluation with
ground geophysics and drilling.
Strongbow's exploration programs are conducted under the
supervision of David Gale, P.Geo. (BC), Vice-President of
Exploration for Strongbow and a Qualified Person within the meaning
of National Instrument 43-101. All rock samples are submitted to
Acme Analytical Laboratories of Vancouver, BC for analysis. Each
sample is weighed, dried and crushed to better than 70% passing a 2
mm screen. A split of up to 250g is taken and pulverized to better
than 95% passing a 100 micron (150 mesh) screen. The prepared
sample is subjected to an aqua regia digestion and the resulting
solution is analyzed by inductively coupled plasma - mass
spectrometry (ICP-MS). Samples that return nickel results greater
than 5,000 ppm are re-analyzed using laboratory inserted ore grade
standards to provide optimum precision and accuracy. Strongbow
conducts an internal quality assurance/quality control program,
with the regular insertion of standard, blank and field duplicate
samples into the sample stream.
STRONGBOW EXPLORATION INC.
Kenneth A. Armstrong, President and CEO
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed, and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy of this release.
Contacts: Strongbow Exploration Inc. Ken Armstrong President and
CEO 604 668 8355 604 668 8366 (FAX) info@strongbowexploration.com
www.strongbowexploration.com
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