American Pacific Mining Corp said it has received the permits necessary to commence drilling at the Madison copper-gold project in Montana, USA. The company said the five-hole diamond drill campaign, which is expected to commence in Q1 2024, is designed to further define and expand on known near-surface, high-grade copper and gold mineralization, while extending beneath known mineralization to provide a foundation for deeper exploration in areas which have seen limited historical drilling.
“The Madison Project has always been of keen interest to our team, given its historical high-grades and still limited exploration,” said American Pacific CEO Warwick Smith. “Madison has been shown to carry significant grades, particularly in the skarn and we look forward to extending skarn mineralization, as we prepare to conduct more comprehensive exploration into the porphyry-style mineralization beneath.”
Previous drilling in this area returned drill intersections of 14.44 grams per metric ton (g/mt) gold over 6.5 meters (m) and 6.97% copper over 61.6 m.
