Lake Menarik
Key Facts
- Commodities: Gold (Menarik West & Menarik East); Nickel, Copper, PGEs, Chromium (Menarik East)
- Stage: Exploration
- Ownership: 100% Harfang
- Encumbrances: 2% NSR on certain claims
- Size: 386 claims totalling 15,669 hectares
- Location: Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec; 45 km south of Radisson and 7 km northeast of the Transtaiga Road and Billy-Diamond Highway junction
- Access: by road via the Billy-Diamond Highway and by air via the La Grande Airport (30 km from site)
- Main Areas of Interest: Menarik West, Menarik East
Highlights
Menarik West:
- BROAD GOLD INTERVALS DRILLED: Diamond drill program completed in 2023 confirmed broad gold intervals including:
- 1.15 g/t Au over 47 m, incl. 3.75 g/t Au over 7 m
- 1.75 g/t Au over 21 m, incl. 2.49 g/t Au over 14 m
- HIGH-GRADE GOLD: Prospecting across the property has returned high-grade gold samples including:
- 1,918 g/t Au, 90.88 g/t Au, 61.5 g/t Au (Grab Samples)
- 12.46 g/t Au, 25.5 g/t Au over 3.6 m (Channel Samples)
- STRONG CHARGEABITIY TARGETS: IP survey completed in 2023 outlined strong and broad chargeability targets measuring more than 1.5 km long.
- FAMILIAR GEOLOGIC SETTING: Local geology is reminiscent of Timmins, Kirkland Lake, and Matachewan gold camps.
- HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE PROJECT GEOLOGY: Extensive shear zone with massive ankerite alteration up to 700 m long and 50 m wide.
Menarik East:
- MAIDEN EXPLORTION PROGRAM: The summer 2024 exploration program marked the first time that Harfang geologist have put boots on the ground.
- NEW GOLD TREND IDENTIFIED: Multiple high-grade gold discoveries led to the delineation of a new gold trend within quartz-carbonate vein systems associated with shear zones;
- DV-58 – 44.30 g/t Au; 28.50 g/t Au; 20.60 g/t Au (Grab Samples)
- RO-60 – 22.5 g/t Au (Grab Samples)
- AG-33 – 9.13 g/t Au; 3.97 g/t Au (Grab Samples)
- LARGEST KNOWN HISTORIC Cr RESOURCE: The ultramafic zone hosts the largest known historic chromium resource in northern Québec:
- 6.34 Mt grading 7.73% Cr2O3, 398 ppb Pd, 105 ppb Pt, and
- 1.06 Mt grading 0.38% Ni, 0.15% Cu
- DYKE SWARM DISCOVERY: The discovery of gold-bearing sheared dykes highlights the gold potential of a 20 km2 area of gabbroic dykes.
- POLYMETALLIC POTENTIAL: Gold and copper-nickel-PGE discoveries have been made in the ultramafic zone of the Menarik Igneous Complex, an area previously known to host chromium mineralization, and are indicative of the polymetallic potential across the entire Property.
Figure 1
Sericite and quartz alterations with pyrite overprinting the hematitized monzonite at the Pierre showing (5.83 g/t Au over 0.28 m, DDH1404-03)
Figure 2
Intense sericite alteration and quartz veining overprinting the hematitized monzonite at the Pierre showing (3.45 g/t Au over 0.35 m, DDH1404-03)
Figure 3
Strongly hematitized quartz monzonite with pyrite-rich veinlets (17 ppb Au, DDH1404-11)
Maps
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Shaded relief geological map of Lake Menarik.
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High-grade gold discoveries at Menarik East that led to the delineation of a new gold trend.
Recent Project News
HARFANG CONFIRMS AND EXPANDS HIGH-GRADE GOLD FOOTPRINT AT SERPENT, QUÉBEC
Download this press release:MONTREAL, November 20, 2024 - Harfang Exploration Inc. (“Harfang” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: HAR) is pleased to report additional high-grade gold results from its fall channel sampling program along the Nusa Trend at its wholly-owned Serpent...
HARFANG COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF NEWORIGIN
Download this press release:MONTREAL and TORONTO, November 7, 2024 - Harfang Exploration Inc. (TSXV: HAR) (“Harfang”) and NewOrigin Gold Corp. (TSXV: NEWO) (“NewOrigin”) are pleased to announce the successful completion of the previously announced transaction by which...
HARFANG ANNOUNCES HIGH-GRADE GOLD DISCOVERIES AT MENARIK EAST, QUÉBEC
Download this press release:MONTREAL, October 17, 2024 - Harfang Exploration Inc. (“Harfang” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: HAR) is pleased to announce multiple high-grade gold discoveries at its wholly-owned Menarik East Property (the “Property”) in Eeyou Istchee James...