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Aston Bay Acquires Hurricane Target in New Prospecting Permits
(via Thenewswire.ca) Vancouver, British Columbia / TheNewswire / March 3, 2016 - Aston...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aston Bay Acquires Hurricane Target in New Prospecting Permits(via Thenewswire.ca)\n\n \nVancouver, British Columbia / TheNewswire / March 3, 2016 - Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V: BAY) (\"Aston Bay\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that the Company has been granted prospecting permits that encompass the new Hurricane Target on Somerset Island, Nunavut. \n\n\n \nThe Hurricane Target Area is a broad 10 km north-south by 2 km east-west L-shaped GEOTEM(R) anomaly interpreted as a conductive body with a strong central core rooted in a bedrock source, possibly related to sulphide mineralization. Hurricane was selected as a favourable target for follow-up work by Noranda Inc. in 2000, including reconnaissance ground electromagnetic and gravity surveys.\n\n\n \n\nClick Image To View Full Size\n\n \n \nSix new prospecting permits, covering a combined area of 135,546 hectares (ha), were granted to Aston Bay on February 1, 2016 for a term of five years, of which the Company was officially notified on February 24, 2016. This acquisition has increased the overall Aston Bay land package to 395,118 ha (976,357 acres). The area covered by the six new prospecting permits, including the Hurricane Target, are covered by the Area of Interest in the Company's Letter of Intent (\"LOI\") with BHP Billiton. \n\n\n \n\"We are pleased to have added this land package to our extensive land position on Somerset Island,\" said Thomas Ullrich, Chief Operating Officer and Executive VP of Exploration of Aston Bay. \"This further consolidates the exploration district, and the identification of high-priority early-stage exploration targets illustrates an early benefit of our partnership with BHP Billiton.\"\n\n\n \nHurricane is located 38 km south of the main Storm Copper showings, and 18 km north-northwest of the Typhoon Zinc showing (see map of location). \n\n\n \nThe Hurricane Area was identified as a priority target from the 2015 reinterpretation of the historical geophysical data acquired from Teck Resources Limited in 2012. The GEOTEM(R) survey was flown in April 2000 by Fugro Airborne Surveys, on behalf of Noranda Inc. GEOTEM(R) is a fixed-wing time-domain electromagnetic and magnetic survey. A total of 3,620 line-km of data were collected on lines spaced 250 to 300 metres apart. The survey initially identified 29 anomalies of interest, includi...