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Geophysics and Geochemistry at Connaught Copper Property Identifies Multiple New Porphyry Targets
Geophysics and Geochemistry at Connaught Copper Property Identifies Multiple New Porphyry...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Geophysics and Geochemistry at Connaught Copper Property Identifies Multiple New Porphyry Targets\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n Nov. 2, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - ATAC Resources Ltd. (\"ATAC\") (TSXV: ATC) (OTC: ATADF) is pleased to provide an update on 2021 exploration work at its wholly-owned 137 km\n \n 2\n \n Connaught property near\n \n Dawson City\n \n ,\n \n Yukon\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The road-accessible\n \n Connaught\n \n property, located at the head of the Sixty Mile placer gold camp, lies within the 150 km-long Sixtymile-Pika fault system that hosts porphyry, skarn and epithermal mineralization in\n \n Yukon\n \n and\n \n Alaska\n \n .\n \n Connaught\n \n demonstrates compelling\n \n copper-molybdenum\n \n \n ±\n \n \n gold porphyry potential\n \n and hosts\n \n 26 distinct silver-lead-zinc-gold-copper\n \n epithermal\n \n \n veins. The 2021 exploration program focused on evaluating the previously untested copper porphyry potential.\n \n \n \n 2021 Connaught Exploration Highlights\n \n \n \n \n Geophysical and geochemical surveys identify four target areas for copper-molybdenum±gold porphyry potential along a\n \n 13 km trend\n \n ;\n \n \n \n Target Area A\n \n , a pre-existing copper-molybdenum-in-soil anomaly underlying the 2021 trenching area, was\n \n extended\n \n 500 m\n \n to the east and\n \n 600 m\n \n to the north (total 2,000 x\n \n 1,100 m\n \n )\n \n ;\n \n \n \n Target Area B\n \n is a new\n \n 1,300 x\n \n 1,700 m\n \n copper±gold-in-soil anomaly\n \n located 2.5 km southeast of the 2021 trenching area coincident with a magnetic \"donut\" feature and high resistivity;\n \n \n \n Target Area C\n \n is a new\n \n 2,100 x\n \n 400 m\n \n copper-molybdenum-in-soil anomaly\n \n located 5 km west of the 2021 trenching area within a broad magnetic high;\n \n \n \n Target Area D\n \n is a pre-existing\n \n 700 x\n \n 1,000 m\n \n copper-molybdenum-in-soil anomaly\n \n located 9 km west of the 2021 trenching area within a broad...