White Metal Partner Noronex Commences 10,000 Metre Drilling Program at the DorWit Copper-Silver Project, Namibia
09 September 2021 - 10:00PM
White Metal Resources Corp. (TSXV: WHM)
(FRA: CGK1) (OTCMKTS: TNMLF) (“White Metal” or the
“Company”) is pleased to provide an update from its Australian
joint venture partner Noronex Limited (ASX: NRX) (“Noronex”).
Noronex has informed White Metal that it has commenced a 10,000
metre drilling program at the DorWit Copper-Silver Project (the
“Property” or “Project”) in Namibia (see Noronex news release dated
17 August 2021). The Namibian Project comprises three Exclusive
Prospecting Licences (EPLs) that cover 78,000 hectares, referred to
as the Witvlei (EPL 7028 and EPL 7029) and Dordabis (EPL 7030)
properties. The Project is prospective for sedimentary-hosted Cu-Ag
mineralization within the prolific Kalahari Copper Belt that spans
Namibia and Botswana. The focus of the current exploration efforts
will be on the Witvlei project that comprises EPL 7028 and 7029
(Figure 1).
Highlights of the Drilling Program:
- Drilling has commenced in Namibia at
Witvlei Project at the Otjiwaru Prospect (Figure 2).
- Program of drilling will test five
high-priority targets with 10,000 m of Reverse Circulation (RC)
holes planned.
- Geophysical crew has completed the
Dipole-Dipole IP survey at Gemboksvlei and is currently underway at
Okasewa.
- Known mineralization is confirmed to
have a strong chargeability IP anomaly and a number of new
chargeable zones are defined associated with anomalous copper
geochemistry.
- Drilling is expected to continue for
three-to-four months across the five high-priority targets that
have been identified:
- sub-cropping copper at Dalheim with
two-kilometre strike extent.
- chargeability IP anomalies at
Gemboksvlei on a one-kilometre-long copper soil zone.
- outcropping copper at Otjiwaru over
an 800-m-wide zone.
- a 2.5 km by 1.2 km copper-in-soil
anomaly in an altered structural zone south of Okasewa.
- unexplained copper soil anomalies
at Christiadore Prospect.
Michael Stares, President & CEO of White
Metal, stated, “This is great news that Noronex has started their
drill program and it indicates that they are truly committed to
advancing the DorWit Property. I look forward to receiving updates
and reporting the results of the drilling to our shareholders. I
should add that the Company has been successful in securing three
JV Partners including Noronex to advance other projects that the
Company owns. This includes the Startrek Property, optioned by
Leocor Gold, that is located in the province of Newfoundland and
Labrador, Canada, near New Found Gold’s Queensway Property. Leocor
Gold is currently starting work on the Startrek Property. The other
JV is with Benton Resources who is advancing the Far Lake
Copper-Silver Property, located about 90 minutes west of Thunder
Bay.”
Figure 1. Map
showing Witvlei project areas in the Kalahari Copper Belt (White
Metal / Noronex
JV).https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/3d86c4cc-5b22-4767-9b77-db1d95c8617b
Drilling
The drill rig and crew are on site and have commenced drilling
at the Otjiwaru Prospect. Contractor, FerroDrill, Namibia will
complete the initial planned 10,000 metres of RC drilling (Figures
2 and 3).
Figure 2. FerroDrill on site
drilling at Otjiwaru, targeting sub-cropping malachite
mineralization.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/fb44e388-4645-4d1a-a265-e5fe8d5a6c40
The rig is completing a fence of seven
200-m-deep holes that will cover a 700 m width across the broad
2.5-km-long soil anomaly (Figure 3). The zone targeted has
sub-cropping malachite mineralization hosted in fine sediments
along strike from a regional EM conductor in a zone of complex
structures.
Figure 3. Planned RC drill
holes plotted on soil geochemistry anomalies at the Otjiwaru
Prospect with regional structural
interpretations.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/cf1d7ddb-cf3b-4fcb-a4a4-e6e4cd2aacad
Highly-ranked priority targets are being
finalised for the program and will be tested in an order dependent
upon access condition and geophysical survey results.
Diamond drilling is expected to follow-up on
these regional RC hole fences to define the style and character of
the geology and mineralization.
IP Survey
The geophysical crew has completed collecting
high-quality IP data at the Gemboksvlei project and are currently
collecting three lines across the Okasewa Prospect (Figure 4).
The survey has commenced with 3 km lines running
NNW at 800 m spacing with 100-m-spaced Dipole-Dipole lines. The
lines cover known mineralization at the Okasewa resource to
determine its IP response. Lines are designed to cover the known
mineralization and untested soil geochemical anomalies along strike
from EM conductors identified with the airborne EM survey (Figure
4).
Figure 4. Mineral mapping from
remote sensing data highlighting chlorite-carbonate alteration
(green zones) between Christiadore, Otjiwaru and Okasewa. Soil
sample points coloured by copper. Planned drill traverses and IP
lines.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a0b0350a-1c25-4975-af99-a9eb4261245e
Qualified PersonTechnical
information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans (P.Geo.), Vice President Exploration and a
Director of White Metal, who is a Qualified Person under the
definitions established by NI 43-101.
About White Metal Resources
Corp.:White Metal Resources Corp. is a junior exploration
company exploring in Canada and southern Africa. The Company’s two
key properties are the Flagship Tower Stock Gold Project in Thunder
Bay, Ontario, Canada and the Okohongo Copper-Silver Project in
Namibia, Africa. For more information about the Company please
visit www.whitemetalres.com.
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Directors
"Michael Stares"President & CEO
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