A work program by Minnova (TSE) will begin this month on a large land package adjacent to Curragh Resources’ Stronsay deposit in northeastern British Columbia.
Minnova can earn a 60% interest in the 11,000-acre Gataga properties owned by Ecstall Mining (VSE) by spending $1.5 million on exploration and making payments totalling $150,000 by March, 1996.
The properties are within the Kechika Trough zinc district which hosts Stronsay (formerly Cirque), a massive sulphide deposit reported to host 30 million tonnes grading 8.6% zinc and 3.5% lead. Curragh recently completed a road to the property and carried out a large underground exploration and development program. The company has also applied for production permits with a view to a 1993 startup.
Numerous barite-lead-zinc deposits occur along the Kechika Trough, and Ecstall reports that its Gataga properties cover the strike extension of favorable rocks north and south of Stronsay. Last year Ecstall conducted geophysical surveys and soil sampling which identified a number of targets that will be further explored this season.
Ecstall also has numerous properties in the Iskut and Eskay Creek regions, including the prospective Forgold property which will be explored by Gold Fields Mining this summer.
The company also plans to explore its Story 7 claim near Eskay Creek which was restored to it early this year through a court decision.
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