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Great Atlantic - Diamond Drilling Gold, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc Mascarene Property, Southern New Brunswick
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2022 / GREAT ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP. (TSXV.GR) (the "...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Great Atlantic - Diamond Drilling Gold, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Zinc Mascarene Property, Southern New BrunswickVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2022 / GREAT ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP. (TSXV.GR) (the \"Company\" or \"Great Atlantic\") is pleased to announce it has completed a diamond drilling program at its Mascarene Property, located in southern New Brunswick. The program was being conducted at the Wheal Louisiana copper - nickel - cobalt occurrence which includes historic shafts. Great Atlantic previously confirmed copper-gold mineralization at this occurrence. Five holes were completed of which four holes intersected quartz and / or carbonate veins with copper mineralization (chalcopyrite).Semi-massive chalcopyrite in quartz vein in drill hole MA-22-5.The 2022 winter drilling program consisted of five close-spaced drill holes (MA-22-5 to MA-22-9) totalling 787 meters. The drilling was conducted within the southern region of the Mascarene Property at the Wheal Louisiana copper - nickel - cobalt mineral occurrence. The drilling program tested areas of reported copper soil geochemical anomalies; reported gold, copper, nickel and cobalt mineralization; and historic pits / shafts.Quartz and / or carbonate veins with chalcopyrite (+/- pyrite and pyrrhotite) were intersected in four drill holes. The more prominent of these include a near-surface veined zone intersected at 2.6 - 6.5 metres in MA-22-9 and a veined zone intersected at 144.4 -145.7 meters in MA-22-5 with local semi-massive chalcopyrite. Mineralized veins with chalcopyrite were also intersected in drill holes MA-22-6 and MA-22-7. Veins with pyrite and / or pyrrhotite were intersected locally in drill hole MA-22-8. These intervals will be sampled with samples to be submitted to a certified and independent laboratory for gold assay and multi-element analysis (including copper, nickel and cobalt).Near-surface quartz - carbonate veined zone with sulfides in MA-22-9The drilling program was conducted adjacent to a broad northeast trending zone of magnetic high anomalies (identified during a 2001 government airborne magnetic survey) which transect the entire Mascarene Property. Great Atlantic's management speculate this magnetic high trend to be associated with a buried mafic intrusion(s) and a possible target for mafic intrusive hosted copper-nickel-cobalt deposits.The dril...