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Pipestone Regional Gold, NW Ontario

  • Large project area ideally situated in known gold region.
  • Multi-gram gold intersected at Wampum and Bluff Point prospects.
  • 100% owned by Whetstone Minerals.

Located in the Kenora district between the Cameron Lake gold deposit (Nuinsco Resources) in the north and the Zone 17 gold deposit (Rainy River Resources) in the south, the project provides opportunity to extend the known gold prospects as well as make new discoveries on the known gold trends. A major road and power line are located adjacent to the property with numerous smaller access roads throughout the region. Rail access is located 60 kilometres to the south.

Previous workers successfully outlined several important prospects, however, large portions of the project area remain unexplored or underexplored using modern exploration techniques. Two regional gold structures, the Pipestone and the Manitou Stretch, transcend the project and provide excellent opportunity to investigate the regional-scale gold potential of the area. In addition, the area is also highly prospective for volcanic hosted massive sulphide mineralization as found at Off Lake and Ni-Cu and PGE mineralization associated with extensive mafic-ultramafic intrusive rocks.

In 2007, the Company completed a property wide high resolution aeromagnetic survey. This survey, in association with the known property geology, provided a basis for a detailed structural interpretive study investigating the potential for unrecognized gold environments within the project area.

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Within the project area, numerous gold showings are associated with alteration along major and secondary structural zones and host historic occurrences including Whetstone Mineral's key properties.


Pipestone Projects

  • Bluffpoint

    Several showings where drilling obtained encouraging results.

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  • Wampum

    A past producer where recent drilling intersected positive results

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  • Off Lake

    Adjoins to Rainy River Resources’ Off Lake gold zone.

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  • Milltree

    Large gabbro body with untested AEM conductors prospective for nickel sulphide deposits.

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