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Blue Star Extends Ataani Massive Sulphide Discovery to +300 Metres, Remains Open; Completes Strategic Expansion of Landholdings
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 29, 2024) - Blue Star Gold Corp. (TSXV: B...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Blue Star Extends Ataani Massive Sulphide Discovery to +300 Metres, Remains Open; Completes Strategic Expansion of LandholdingsVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 29, 2024) - Blue Star Gold Corp. (TSXV: BAU) (OTCQB: BAUFF) (FSE: 5WP0) (\"Blue Star\" or the \"Company\") provides an update on the Ataani discovery and announces a strategic expansion of its landholdings in the High Lake Belt in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut (Figure 1). Highlights Ataani, the first new massive sulphide discovery in the region in ~20 years, confirms the untapped potential of the High Lake BeltLocated less than 13 km from the High Lake deposits and 6 km from the proposed Grays Bay Road This VMS mineralization has now been tested and confirmed over a 300-metre strike length, and remains openStrategic low-cost mineral exploration agreement expands Blue Star's footprint in the prospective High Lake Greenstone Belt, covering an area known for its gold rich VMS deposits1,587-hectare expansion of the Roma Project to cover strategic ground proximal to MMG's High Lake depositsProject encompasses several promising VMS prospects characterized by high grade copper values in surface rock samplesNew prospects occur within the High Lake deposit stratigraphy, less than 2-3 km from MMG's West Zone depositGrant Ewing, CEO of Blue Star stated, \"The Ataani massive sulphide discovery, one of the highlights of our 2024 exploration campaign, further demonstrates the underexplored nature of our extensive landholdings in the High Lake Belt. Blue Star recently completed a strategic expansion of the Roma Project to include known historical and untested targets between the Ataani discovery and the existing High Lake deposits, providing additional high potential resource growth areas for the Company.\"Ataani DiscoveryFinal drill results have been received from the Ataani 2024 drill program. The Ataani VMS discovery occurs less than 13 km north of the High Lake deposits and 6 km from the proposed Grays Bay Road. Blue Star first targeted the greenstone hosting the Ataani mineralization through compilation of historical public data. A fixed loop electromagnetic (\"EM\") survey completed in the summer of 2024 revealed a large conductive body ~320 metres by 100 metres in size, below a flat lying Proterozoic diabase sill. The first three drill holes tested the cen...