Sicotte
The Sicotte property (15 mining claims for 1,500 hectares) is located 16 km east of the Selbaie Mine, which produced 53 Mt @ 1% Cu, 1.9% Zn, 0.6 g/t Au and 4.1 g/t Ag between 1982 and 2005 (MRNF - DV 2005-01). The property geology hosted felsic rock related to the Selbaie Mine sequence, andesitic rocks and mafic and felsic intrusions (quartz-feldspath porphyry) belonging to the Brouillian volcanic complex. The property encloses three gold showings of interest including the Ruisseau Twinning showing, characterised by a network of quartz-tourmaline veins hosted in altered diorite affected by a carbonate and sericite alteration and a dissemination of pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite. High gold values ranging between 8 and 54 g/t Au (grab sample) (MRNF - SIGEOM Database) were identified. An important ductile deformation zone of over 50 meters in thickness oriented towards the E-W and strongly altered in carbonate and silica equally affects the diorite of the Ruisseau Twinning showing. In addition, the property also includes the Lac Sicotte NE showing and a drill intersection returned values of 2.5 and 2.3 g/t Au over 1.5 and 1.0m respectively (core length) (MRNF - SIGEOM Database). The mineralization of these showings are associated with a network of quartz veins hosted in carbonate and silicified felsic rock and contains dissemination of pyrite and chalcopyrite.
