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Murchison Announces Commencement of Additional Airborne Geophysical Survey Coverage at Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 18 , 2020 / Murchison Minerals Ltd. ("Murchison" or the...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Murchison Announces Commencement of Additional Airborne Geophysical Survey Coverage at Brabant Lake, SaskatchewanTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 18, 2020 / Murchison Minerals Ltd. (\"Murchison\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV:MUR) is pleased to announce it has retained Geotech Ltd. to complete a proposed minimum 900 line kilometre helicopter-borne versatile time-domain electromagnetic (VTEM™ Max) geophysical survey with the purpose of investigating the mineral potential over its recently acquired mineral claims (MAS, M, M-North and other claims blocks acquired in early 2019) in the Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan area. The survey is scheduled to start in the latter part of March 2020.The survey will consist of 400 metre spaced lines with additional closer spaced lines planned where additional information is warranted. Additional details are presented in the updated Murchison Corporate Presentation posted on the website www.murchisonminerals.com.Meanwhile, Murchison is currently drilling high-priority targets selected based on the VTEM MAX airborne survey completed in February 2019 and field prospecting undertaken in the summer of 2019.Murchison currently owns 100% of the Brabant-McKenzie Deposit which remains open to expansion.The Brabant-McKenzie Deposit has an NI 43-101 resources of:Indicated - 2.1 million tonnes at 7.08% zinc, 0.69% copper, 0.49% lead, 39.60 g/t silver Inferred - 7.6 million tonnes at 4.45% zinc, 0.57% copper, 0.19% lead, 18.40 g/t silver Qualifying Statement The foregoing scientific and technical disclosures have been reviewed by John Shmyr, P. Geo. and Martin St-Pierre, P. Geoph., qualified persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Shmyr and Mr. St-Pierre are independent consultants to Murchison and the Brabant Lake project.About the Brabant Lake Project The Brabant Lake project is located 175 kilometres northeast of La Ronge, Saskatchewan and approximately three kilometres from the community of Brabant Lake. The area is accessed year‐round via provincial Highway 102 and is serviced by grid power. The project consists of one mining lease, which hosts the Brabant‐McKenzie VMS deposit, and additional mineral claims which totals 566 square kilometres, extending over 57 kilometres of strike length over favourable geological horizons, multiple known mineralized showings and identified ...