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Nuvau Launches Follow up Drilling to Bracemac Footwall Gold Discovery in Matagami
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 12, 2025) - Nuvau Minerals Inc. (TSXV: NMC) has begun ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nuvau Launches Follow up Drilling to Bracemac Footwall Gold Discovery in MatagamiToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 12, 2025) - Nuvau Minerals Inc. (TSXV: NMC) has begun its minimum 1,500 m drill program aimed at testing continuity and extensions to the orogenic gold system discovered last month. The discovery was made with the first hole drilled of an inaugural gold-focused exploration program, in the footwall of the Bracemac-McLeod Mine approximately 200 m below surface. The follow-up program is being drilled immediately north east of this base metal mine, which was in production until mid 2022. The Matagami Property is in the northern Abitibi Region of Quebec, one of the world's most prolific gold endowed districts. This northern part of the Abitibi region includes Canada's largest gold producing mine with the country's largest gold mineral reserves: the Detour Lake Mine owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. Hecla Mining Company's Casa Berardi Mine, which has produced over 3 million ounces of gold, is located to the southwest of the Matagami Property (see Figure 1 below).While the Abitibi's first recorded gold discovery was 119 years ago in Rouyn-Noranda, the Matagami Property remains one of the largest areas in the region that has not been subject to a gold focused exploration program. Previous owners were concentrating on defining and developing multiple VMS deposits into multiple mines that produced extensive copper and zinc for more than 60 years. This was one of the primary opportunities Nuvau identified when it entered into the agreement to acquire the Property from Glencore. The Company recently began compiling gold related historic data, as well as launching several gold-focused initiatives (including till sampling) aimed at defining initial targets for drilling. Figure 1: Matagami property locationTo view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/11236/262123_8f984e3ef4857b89_001full.jpgNuvau's current gold-focused exploration program has identified three initial priority targets:Bracemac Footwall DiscoveryGold-in-Till Anomaly TargetThunder Mine (1988) TargetThe map below shows the location of these three targets (Figure 2). The vast majority of this 1,300 km2 land pack remains open for gold exploration.Figure 2: Current gold targetsTo view an enhanced version of t...