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InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses Great Atlantic's Maiden Diamond Drilling Program at its Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc and Gold Mascarene Property, in Southwest New Brunswick - Video Available on Investmentpitch.com
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 1, 2021) - Great Atlantic Resources (TSXV...
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[{"type":"text","content":"InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses Great Atlantic's Maiden Diamond Drilling Program at its Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Zinc and Gold Mascarene Property, in Southwest New Brunswick - Video Available on Investmentpitch.comVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 1, 2021) - Great Atlantic Resources (TSXV: GR) (FSE: PH02) has begun its maiden diamond drilling program at its copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc and gold Mascarene Property, which covers an area of approximately 2,080 hectares, is located approximately 6 kilometers southwest of the town of Saint George in southwest New Brunswick. Access is excellent with paved provincial roads both transecting and within close proximity of the property.For more information, please view the InvestmentPitch Media \"video\" which provides additional information about this news and the company. If this link is not enabled, please visit www.InvestmentPitch.com and enter \"Great Atlantic\" in the search box.Cannot view this video? Visit:http://www.investmentpitch.com/video/1_ar1acdlc/Great-Atlantic-begins-maiden-diamond-drilling-program-at-its-copper-cobalt-nickel-zinc-and-gold-Mascarene-Property-in-southwest-New-BrunswickThe drilling program, a minimum 600 meters with at least 3 holes to be completed, is being conducted in an area of anomalous rock and soil samples identified by the company during 2020 and within the magnetic high trend previously identified during a 2001 government airborne magnetic survey. This zone of magnetic high anomalies extends through the entire Mascarene Property, including the east region where drilling is underway.Gold, copper, nickel and cobalt mineralization is reported locally within this magnetic trend including two mineral occurrences, Oliver Cameron and Wheal Louisiana, with historic workings and within a small quarry referred to as the North Pit. Great Atlantic's management speculates 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.Rock samples collected by the company during 2020 prospecting and trenching programs returned anomalous values for zinc and copper including bedrock samples of 7,810 ppm zinc (0.781% Zn), 5,800 ppm zinc (0.58% Zn), 806 ppm copper and 583 ppm copper and a float sample returning 1100 ppm copper. Some rock and soil samples ...