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Eppler Nickel and Cu-Zn, NE Manitoba
Located in NE Manitoba 110 kilometres west of Churchill, the Eppler Project offers both Cu-Zn and Ni-Cu massive sulphide potential on a regional scale. A detailed interpretation of the airborne VTEM survey completed over the Eppler project has resulted in the selection of several top priority drill targets for VMS-style Cu-Zn mineralization on the western portion of the property. In addition, review of the VTEM data has highlighted the potential for nickel sulphide and PGE mineralization over the large ultramafic complex located on the eastern side of the property. A drill camp is in place and in excellent condition. The project area lies within the Great Island Domain of the Archean Seal River greenstone belt along the northern margin of the Trans Hudson Orogen. In general, there are three distinct terrains on the property; (i) An ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX highly prospective for nickel sulphide and PGE. The large, 37 kilometres long, body dominates the south and east portions of the property and consists of serpentinite, peridotite, and gabbro. (ii) TARGET T1 and the PEANUT GRID are highly prospective for VMS-style Cu-Zn deposits and occur in the west portion of the property. The targets occur within a large package of felsic and mafic volcanic rocks that are locally altered, brecciated, and gossanous. (iii) Poorly exposed terrain with subdued magnetic signatures occupies the northern quadrant of the project. During 2004, Western Warrior Resources completed a high resolution airborne magnetic survey over the property in search of gold in iron formation and for kimberlite. The PEANUT GRID was established over a 6 kilometre magnetic feature in the west. Ground survey results were positive and a follow-up VTEM electromagnetic airborne survey was competed over a large portion of the property that included the volcanic and ultramafic environments. The surveys identified seventeen significant Cu-Zn massive sulphide target zones, two large high potential Ni-Cu-PGE trends, thirty-five kimberlite targets, and an unanticipated iron ore target. In 2006, the Company completed a 1,867 metre drilling program investigating several of the iron formation gold targets. 
VMS-Style Cu-Zn Potential The western portion of the project area is characterised by volcanic stratigraphy and sediments including the prominent "Dragon's Neck" sulphide facies iron formation, brecciated hydrothermally altered felsic volcanic rock, and sulphide gossan. Several discrete highly conductive VTEM airborne geophysical anomalies have been identified over a 6 kilometre strike for drill testing. One target in particular, TARGET T1, is a VMS-style Cu-Zn target and has been selected as priority and is drill ready. The target is described as a shallow discrete highly conductive VTEM response occurring as two detached bodies over a 1200 metre strike with widths between 70 and 130 metres. It is steeply dipping with a coincident very high magnetic signature and spatially associated with strongly altered felsic volcanic and with gossan. 
Nickel Sulphide & PGE Potential A large, 37 kilometres ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX dominates the southern and eastern portion of the property and is under investigation for its Ni-sulphide and PGE potential. The complex is defined by high resolution airborne magnetics, few outcrops, and eight shallow historical drill holes. At its southern limit the complex is interpreted to be in a structural contact with the "Dragon's Neck" sulphide iron formation and continues north-eastward for 10's kilometres as an approximate 800 metre wide body. Interpretation of the VTEM data indicates three types of conductive anomalies within the complex that are compatible with sulphide mineralization. (i) Highest priority short wavelength VTEM conductive anomaly that overprints a broader response with local coincident magnetic high. (ii) High priority VTEM conductive anomaly dominant in the later channels with coincident magnetic high. (iii) High priority discrete VTEM conductive anomaly with flanking magnetic high. These remain untested and will be the focus for follow up surface geophysical surveys and drilling. |
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