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Spruce Ridge Resources Begins Drilling the Crawford Property
WELLINGTON COUNTY, ONTARIO / ACCESSWIRE / November 15,2018 / Spruce Ridge Resources Limited ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Spruce Ridge Resources Begins Drilling the Crawford PropertyWELLINGTON COUNTY, ONTARIO / ACCESSWIRE / November 15,2018 / Spruce Ridge Resources Limited (TSXV: SHL) (\"SpruceRidge\") is pleased to announce that drilling has begun on their optionedproperty in Crawford Township, Ontario.The diamond drill program will be approximately 2,000 metres.The first drill hole isplanned to be 600 metres deep and will test the strongest portion of a 3,000metre long magnetic anomaly within an interpreted ultramafic and maficintrusive complex covering an area of approximately 3.5 by 2.0 kilometres,estimated from recently completed airborne geophysical surveys.An airborne gravity survey using the Falconsystem was recently carried out by Noble Minerals Inc., the Optionor of theCrawford property.A helicopter-borneelectromagnetic and magnetic survey also covered the area.The presence ofultramafic and mafic intrusive rocks is confirmed by limited diamond drillingperformed in the 1960s.Ultramafic-maficcomplexes are favourable sites for nickel ± copper ± cobalt ± platinum-groupelements (PGEs).The primary target ofthe upcoming drill program is a magnetic anomaly peak and closely associated1400-metre long EM conductor.Anartificial intelligence (AI) assessment of combined geological and geophysicaldata confirmed the favourable interpretation of the ultramafic-mafic intrusivecomplex as a target for nickel mineralization, as well as highlighting VMS-typetargets elsewhere on the Crawford property (see news release of July 16th,2018).The Crawford propertyis crossed from south to north by provincial highway 655.The target area is 42 kilometres by road fromthe centre of Timmins, and it is 17 kilometres north of the Kidd Creekzinc-copper-silver mine, which has been in continuous operation for 50 years,producing in excess of 100 million tonnes of ore, making it one of the largestVMS mines in Canada and in the world.The Timmins mining camp has produced more gold than any other miningdistrict in Canada, over 70 million ounces to date.Gold mining commenced in 1909 and continuestoday, with new discoveries being made in response to new exploration programs.The target area for the present drillingprogram is within 1,500 metres of highway 655.Despite being so closeto a major mining camp, the Crawford property has seen relatively littlehistorical explorat...