Opus One Gold Corp (TSX-V: OOR) has announced new assay results from its winter drilling program at the 100% owned Noyell property, located in the northern Abitibi greenstone belt near Matagami, Quebec.
Drilling Highlights
Hole NO-26-21a, the deepest hole drilled to date on Zone 1, returned 11.37 meters grading 4.92 grams per tonne gold (true width 9.08 meters). This result confirms that high-grade gold mineralization in Zone 1 is continuous from surface down to the 700-meter vertical level.
The high-grade shoot along the eastern portion of Zone 1 remains strong and open at depth. This interval lies on the same cross section but 200 meters below the previously released hole NO-26-07, which returned 8.22 g/t gold over 8.5 meters (true width 7.16 meters). Zone 2 was not intersected in this hole.
Additional Zone 1 Results
Hole NO-26-12, drilled approximately 150 meters west of NO-26-21a in the central portion of Zone 1, intersected Zone 1 at 600 meters vertical, returning 4.43 g/t gold over 1.88 meters (true width 1.68 meters). This result exceeded expectations, as this portion was previously interpreted as potentially barren.
Hole NO-26-15, drilled about 350 meters west of NO-26-21a at a similar depth, tested a potential vertical extension of Zone 1 in its western portion. Assay results showed weak mineralization along the western vector, returning 0.84 g/t gold over 1 meter (true width 0.74 meters) between 725 and 726 meters.
West Zone and Future Plans
No results have been released yet for the West Zone, as only a few assays have been received from the five holes completed there this winter.
Louis Morin, CEO of Opus One, commented: "Our efforts and persistence are rewarded as more exciting results are coming from the Zone 1 gold-bearing structure on Noyell. It is now confirmed that a high-grade gold vector is present from surface down to at least 700 meters vertical, with mineralization remaining open at depth. Continuity, grade, and thickness are all encouraging for future programs to verify potential continuity."
The company plans to incorporate these results into updated geological models and design further drilling to explore the depth and lateral extensions of Zone 1.
