Exploration Success
Probe recently announced that their 2023 exploration program at La Peltrie, located 25 km southeast of Agnico Eagle’s Detour Lake gold mine, proved to be a resounding success. The project yielded promising results, revealing a large, copper-rich base metal system and higher-grade zones that can potentially amplify the project’s value.
David Palmer, the CEO of Probe, emphasized the significance of the 2023 exploration program, stating, “The results were also useful in adding to our geological understanding of the area and identifying new high-priority areas proximal to the discovery zone.”
Furthermore, Palmer expressed enthusiasm for the upcoming 2024 drilling program, which aims to expand the system, define new, higher-grade zones, and investigate parallel structures and horizons.
Exploration Highlights
The 2023 drill program at La Peltrie revealed several encouraging highlights:
- Hole LAP-23-18 intersected a wide mineralized interval grading 0.11% copper over 363 metres, including a high-grade zone with grades of 1.17% copper over 9.5 metres.
- Hole LAP-23-19 returned an interval grading 0.17% copper over 15.2 metres, and another grading 0.09% copper over 17 metres.
- Hole LAP-23-20 yielded a wide interval grading 0.09% copper over 400.2 metres, including an interval grading 0.50% copper over 13.2 metres.
- Hole LAP-23-21 returned an interval grading 0.16% copper over 22 metres, and another grading 0.12% copper over 66 metres.
Future Drilling Plans
Based on these compelling results, Probe intends to continue drilling at La Peltrie as part of its Detour Quebec project. This project also encompasses the Gaudet-Fenelon JV property and the wholly owned Detour Quebec Main and North properties.
