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Transition Metals: Ground-Breaking Biogeochemical Survey Outlines Significant Areas of Anomalous Copper at Wollaston Sediment-Hosted Copper Project, Saskatchewan
Additional 23 square kilometres staked to cover new anomalous copper target areas Sudbury, On...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Transition Metals: Ground-Breaking Biogeochemical Survey Outlines Significant Areas of Anomalous Copper at Wollaston Sediment-Hosted Copper Project, SaskatchewanAdditional 23 square kilometres staked to cover new anomalous copper target areasSudbury, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 18, 2021) - Transition Metals Corp (TSXV: XTM) (\"Transition\", \"XTM\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report the results of a successful property-wide helicopter-supported, tree-top, biogeochemical survey completed over approximately 150 square kilometers of its 100% owned Wollaston Copper project in north central Saskatchewan. Transition has added an additional 23 square kilometres to cover significant areas of anomalous copper outlined by this survey. The project is located (Figure 1.) approximately 60 kilometres southwest along strike from the Janice Lake project, a sedimentary hosted copper project being aggressively explored by Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC) and Forum Energy Metals (Forum). Transition CEO and President Scott McLean, P.Geo. stated, \"This type of survey has never been applied at such a regional scale as a screening tool for large scale sedimentary-hosted copper deposits. When you are exploring for world class deposits on a district scale, approaches like biogeochem can be a cost effective tool to separate the wheat from the chaff. The experience our team gained with this approach has given us some powerful tools to help us quickly identify target areas where we should be focusing moving forward.\" Discussion of ResultsThe survey included the collection and analysis of tree-top twigs from 637 trees at approximately 500 metre spacing, with infill sampling around several known base metal showings. The 663 ashed twig samples, including duplicates, of jack pine and black spruce were analyzed by ICP-MS1 and yielded copper (Cu) values from 88 parts per million (ppm) to 650 ppm. The survey was successful at confirming the presence of copper enrichment in samples collected over and proximal to historical showings, as well as delineating new anomalous trends and target areas for future investigation. The methodology behind the biogeochemical survey, along with a video showing how samples are collected, is available here. The results highlight large and continuous zones exhibiting enriched copper signatures in vegetation on both ...