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Eagle Plains' Partner Rockridge Commences Drill Program at the High-Grade Knife Lake Copper Project, Saskatchewan
CRANBROOK, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 27, 2022 / Eagle Plains Resources (TSXV:EPL) is plea...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Eagle Plains' Partner Rockridge Commences Drill Program at the High-Grade Knife Lake Copper Project, SaskatchewanCRANBROOK, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 27, 2022 / Eagle Plains Resources (TSXV:EPL) is pleased to announce that option partner Rockridge Resources Ltd. (TSXV:ROCK) (OTCQB:RRRLF) (Frankfurt:RR0) (\"Rockridge\") has commenced a summer drill program of approximately 1,000m at the Knife Lake High-Grade Copper VMS Project located in Saskatchewan, Canada (the \"Knife Lake Project\" or \"Property\"). Rockridge is fully funded and permitted for this drill program.Rockridge holds the exclusive option from Eagle Plains to acquire a 100% interest in the Property that covers the Knife Lake Cu-Zn-Ag-Co VMS deposit (details following). The contiguous claims are located approximately 50 km northwest of Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan. A 357kV powerline runs within 16 km of the Knife Lake Deposit area.See Knife Lake VMS Project Location Map hereUsing the results and interpretation from the recently completed geophysical programs, as well as the 2021 drill and field programs, the program will focus on targets at the Gilbert Lake zones as well as at the deposit. The Knife Lake Project, consisting of 82 claims totaling 56,865 hectares (140,516 acres), is an advanced-stage copper, silver, zinc and cobalt exploration property in Saskatchewan host to the Knife Lake Deposit.Jon Weisblatt, Rockridge's CEO, commented, \"We are excited to start this summer drilling program which will test highly prospective regional targets in addition to resource infill and expansion drilling at the Knife Lake deposit. There is robust potential for new discoveries and resource expansion at the Property which is the goal of this drill program. Knife Lake remains a noteworthy exploration opportunity that can offer investors exposure to a top mining jurisdiction and to commodities in high demand like copper and several other base and precious metals.\"Summer Diamond Drilling ProgramThe focus of the 2022 drill program will be on the highly prospective Gilbert Lake target area as well as continued infill and expansion drilling at the Knife Lake deposit. The program will consist of approximately 1,000m in six to eight drill holes. The Gilbert Lake targets were identified from the results and interpretation of the previous geophysical, drill and field programs. Results from...