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Midland Exploration Provides Update on 10,000-metre ADDP Drilling Program on Gold and Nickel-Copper Projects in Abitibi
MONTREAL, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to provide an update on its drilling program totalling m
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[{"type":"text","content":" MONTREAL, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to provide an update on its drilling program totalling more than 10,000 metres on its gold and nickel-copper projects in the Abitibi region. This drilling program, dubbed the Abitibi Discovery Drilling Program (“ADDP”), has mobilized one drill rig continuously since December 2022 through to the end of March 2023 on the Patris, Heva, Laflamme JV and Adam projects. A first phase of drilling on the Patris project, consisting of eleven (11) drill holes for a total of nearly 3,000 metres, was recently completed in early February. Two areas were prioritized, namely in the southeast part of the property, along the La Pause Fault, with the potential for gold-bearing alkaline dykes in ultramafic rocks of the Malartic Group. New targets in this area included new induced polarization (“IP”) anomalies identified during the summer 2022 surveys that are located along the extensions of historical gold occurrences such as Gadoury, Patris, and Lac Bellot-Ouest. The other area of interest targeted an extensive alteration zone (80-100 metres wide) consisting of hematized felsic dykes with local pyrite mineralization (up to 2-3%) crosscutting strongly deformed ultramafic rocks with fuchsite alteration. These hematized felsic dykes host significant quartz veining, locally exhibiting anomalous metal assemblages with gold, silver, copper, lead, and molybdenum. In addition, the potential enrichment of these metals at depth, which had been identified below previous drill holes, was tested during this program. More than 1,500 samples were sent to the laboratory and assay results are pending. After completing a short drill hole (200m) on the Heva project to test a new IP anomaly identified in the south part of the property, near the Cadillac Fault, the drill rig was moved to the Laflamme JV (Midland 79% - Abcourt Mines Inc. 21%) project in mid-February. An aggressive program totalling at least 3,000 metres will test several new gold-bearing structures as well as the best targets located near the high-grade gold-bearing boulders discovered in the summer of 2022, which graded up to 28.7 g/t Au and 6.0 g/t Au in grab samples. New gold-bearing structures grading up to 18.9 g/t Au and 5.7 g/t Au (grab samples) were subsequently discovered north of the gold-...