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Opawica Mobilizing Crew for Multi-Parameter Airborne Survey on Bazooka, McWatters, and Arrowhead Properties
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[{"type":"text","content":"Opawica Mobilizing Crew for Multi-Parameter Airborne Survey on Bazooka, McWatters, and Arrowhead Properties\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, B.C. -\n \n \n TheNewswire\n \n \n – November 16\n \n \n th\n \n \n , 2021 -\nOpawica Explorations Inc. (TSXV:OPW) (FSE:A2PEAD) (OTC:OPWEF) (the\n“Company” or “Opawica”) is pleased to announce crews are being\nmobilized for the Multi-Parameter Airborne Survey System (M-PASS) over\nits Bazooka, McWatters, Arrowhead Properties in Rouyn Noranda camp of\nthe Abitibi in Quebec.\n \n \n \n \n Blake Morgan, Chief Executive Officer of Opawica\nstated, “Perfect timing has enabled Opawica to undertake an airborne\nsurvey on all three core Quebec Properties at once. I am looking\nforward to the results as we move towards our drill program this\nyear.”\n \n \n \n \n Bazooka Property\n \n \n \n \n The Bazooka project is contiguous to the southwestern\nborder of Yamana Gold's Wasamac Gold Property which hosts existing\nproven and probable mineral reserves of 1.8 million ounces of gold at\n2.56 grams per tonne. Wasamac has proven 1,028,000 tonnes at 2.66 g/t\nAu and probable of 20,427,000 tonnes at 2.56 g/t Au (Yamana Gold press\nrelease Jan. 21, 2021). *\n \n \n \n \n The Bazooka Property occurs along one of the most\nprolific auriferous structures in the world, the Cadillac-Larder Lake\nBreak/Fault. The Cadillac-Larder Lake Break/Fault, in part, marks the\nboundary between the Archean Abitibi sub-province in the north and the\npredominantly metasedimentary Pontiac sub-province south of the\nfault.\n \n \n \n \n In 2003, Lake Shore Gold Corporation drilled 1m\nwith\n \n \n 316.13 g/t\nAu\n \n \n on the Property followed by 2m at 12 g/t Au\nand 4.5m at 7.9 g/t Au in 2005. A few highlights of the most recent\nhistorical drilling on the Property in 2011 by RT Minerals Corp.\nreturned\n \n \n 17m at 7.8 g/t\nAu\n \n \n and 1.86m at 29.43g/t Au.\n \n \n \n \n Gold mineralization on the Property occurs within\nmixed, up to 60m wide (estimated true width), strong\nquartz-carbonate-sericite and talc-chlorite schists of sedimentary and\nultramafic to mafic volcanic protoliths, respectively, and is referred\nto as the Main Zone. The alteration and mineralization are spatially\nassociated with the Cadillac-Larder Lake\n \n \n \n \n Break/Fau...