Heritage Mining Ltd. has reported its highest visible gold count to date at the Melba Mine Project in Northeastern Ontario, with more than 20 visible gold occurrences identified in drill hole ML3800-004.
Visible gold grains measuring up to 2 millimetres were observed between approximately 45 and 54 metres depth within a roughly 9-metre-wide shear zone with an estimated true width of about 6 metres. The coarse gold occurs as disseminated grains within the sheared and brecciated zone. Assay results from ML3800-004 remain pending.
The hole follows ML3800-003, which also encountered visible gold. Both holes tested a proposed high-grade gold shoot identified through structural work completed by Brett Davis. The gold-bearing zone in ML3800-004 has an approximate northeast-southwest strike, with gold associated with brecciation that overprints earlier quartz veins within a sheeted shear-zone system.
The Melba Mine Project is located approximately 22 kilometres northeast of Kirkland Lake and 90 kilometres southeast of Timmins. It lies along the Ross Fault, a splay from the Porcupine-Destor Fault Zone.
Heritage Mining Ltd. plans further drilling to test the structural model and the proposed low-angle east-plunging gold shoots. The company notes that Melba currently has no mineral resources or reserves and has not undergone economic studies.