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Northern Superior Reports 5.96 g/t gold over 10.0 metres, 2.94 g/t gold over 14.0 metres, and 1.63 g/t gold over 20.6 metres from the Arctic Fox Zone of the Philibert Project
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 11, 2023 / Northern Superior Resources Inc. ("Northern Superior" or the "Company") (TSXV:SUP)(OTCQX:NSUPF) is pleased to report the remaining assay results for the Arctic Fox Zone (see Figures 1 and 2) from its 2022 core drill campaign on the Philibert gold property (see press release dated November 15, 2022), located 60 kilometres southwest of Chibougamau, Québec.
Highlights Include (Grades uncut; lengths measured along hole, Table 1):
- 23 Holes Remain Pending (from the 2022 Philibert drill core program);
- DDH PB-22-360 returned 5.96 g/t Au over 10.0 metres 180.0 to 190.0 metres, including 11.2 g/t Au over 0.5 metres from 181.5 to 182.0 metres and including 12.9 g/t Au over 0.5 metres from 182.5 to 183.0 metres;
- DDH PB-22-339 returned 2.94 g/t Au over 14.0 metres from 340.0 to 354.0 metres, including 4.01 g/t Au over 8.9 metres from 341 to 349.9 metres, and including 9.79 g/t Au over 2.0 metres from 346.0 to 348.0 metres;
- DDH PB-22-400 returned 1.63 g/t Au over 20.6 metres from 86.4 to 107.0 metres, including 3.61 g/t Au over 7.6 metres from 86.4 to 94.0 metres and 1.26 g/t Au over 9.5 metres from 116.0 to 125.5 metres;
- DDH PB-22-390 returned 1.18 g/t Au over 19.0 metres from 101.0 to 120.0 metres and,
- DDH PB-22-407 returned 1.03 g/t Au over 20.0 metres from 66.0 to 86.0 metres.
Simon Marcotte, President & CEO of Northern Superior, commented: "We continue to be impressed by the results from the 2022 drill program on the Arctic Fox Zone. Results continue to show high grade gold over considerable widths along strike and down dip. We look forward to continuing to expand the zone along strike and down plunge especially toward the fault zone, known as the Fennec Fox area."
Mr. Marcotte added: "Following our consolidation endeavors in 2022, the year ahead promises to be a busy and exciting year for Northern Superior. Not only do we still have 23 holes pending from the Philibert program, but results from the recently completed drilling campaigns at Lac Surprise and Croteau Est, cumulating over 19,000 metres, will also provide for significant news flow in the weeks and months ahead. We also remain on track for an updated resource estimate on Philibert in the next few months, which we trust will establish Philibert as a pillar of this rapidly emerging gold camp."
2022 Drill Program
Northern Superior is reporting assay results from the remaining sixteen drill holes for the Arctic Fox Zone, completed in 2022. This zone is part of the northwestern footwall located within the 3-kilometre Philibert mineralized corridor. To date, the Arctic Fox Zone has been defined over 600 metres along strike and up to 275 metres vertical depth.
Results reported today include drill hole PB-22-339 one of the deepest holes to test the southern part of the Arctic Fox Zone at a vertical depth of 270 metres, which returned 2.94 g/t Au over 14.0 metres from 340.0 to 354.0 metres. Drill hole PB-22-360 also tested mineralization down dip on the southern Arctic Fox Zone and returned 5.96 g/t Au over 10.0 metres from 180.0 to 190.0 metres at a vertical depth of 145 metres. Drill hole PB-22-358 drilled near surface and up dip of drill holes PB-22-360 and PB-22-339 in the southwestern extent of the Arctic Fox Zone returned 1.99 g/t Au over 12.4 metres from 42.7 to 55.1 metres (see Figures 1, 2 and 3). From the eastern extent of the southern Arctic Fox Zone drill holes PB-22-369 and PB-22-373 appear to be drilled too far south missing the intended mineralized zone.
From the central area of the northern Arctic Fox Zone, drill hole PB-22-407 returned 1.03 g/t Au over 20.0 metres from 66.0 to 86.0 metres and PB-22-400 returned 1.63 g/t Au over 20.6 metres from 86.4 to 107.0 metres. In the eastern area of the northern Arctic Fox Zone drill hole PB-22-390 returned 1.18 g/t Au over 19.0 metres from 101 to 120.0 metres (see Figures 1, 2 and 4). The most eastern drill hole testing the northern Arctic Fox Zone, PB-22-413 returned weak mineralization and may have been drilled south of the surface extent of the interpreted zone.
Mineralization is hosted in a quartz rich gabbro named the Philibert Horizon, part of the Obatogamau Formation, and focused within west-northwest to northwest trending silicified shear zones with moderate dips to the northeast. Mineralization is characterized by strong ankerite and silicification including dark grey quartz veining and up to 20% disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite mineralization. See Table 1 and Figures 1 to 5 below.
Complete assay results for the 2022 drill program, Arctic Fox Zone, are provided in Appendix One.
Table 1: Reported Assay Results, Arctic Fox Zone
Drill Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Zone |
PB-22-339 | 340.0 | 354.0 | 14.0 | 2.94 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 341.0 | 349.9 | 8.9 | 4.01 | Arctic Fox - North |
and including | 346.0 | 348.0 | 2.0 | 9.79 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-358 | 42.7 | 55.1 | 12.4 | 1.99 | Arctic Fox - South |
including | 49.8 | 55.1 | 5.3 | 3.11 | Arctic Fox - South |
and | 69.2 | 70.1 | 0.9 | 0.97 | Arctic Fox - South |
PB-22-360 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 10.0 | 5.96 | Arctic Fox - South |
including | 181.5 | 182.0 | 0.5 | 11.20 | Arctic Fox - South |
including | 182.5 | 183.0 | 0.5 | 12.90 | Arctic Fox - South |
PB-22-363 | 108.0 | 109.0 | 1.0 | 0.80 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 125.0 | 127.0 | 2.0 | 0.51 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 208.0 | 210.2 | 2.2 | 0.97 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-369 | 13.6 | 14.8 | 1.2 | 0.40 | Arctic Fox - South |
PB-22-373 | 15.3 | 18.1 | 2.8 | 0.66 | Arctic Fox - South |
and | 62.5 | 70.5 | 8.0 | 0.54 | Arctic Fox - South |
including | 65.0 | 65.7 | 0.7 | 2.77 | Arctic Fox - South |
PB-22-390 | 101.0 | 120.0 | 19.0 | 1.18 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 104.0 | 106.0 | 2.0 | 2.63 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 111.0 | 114.0 | 3.0 | 2.41 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 119.0 | 120.0 | 1.0 | 3.26 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-398 | 53.0 | 56.0 | 3.0 | 1.64 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 87.7 | 95.0 | 7.3 | 0.63 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-400 | 86.4 | 107.0 | 20.6 | 1.63 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 86.4 | 94.0 | 7.6 | 3.61 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 116.0 | 125.5 | 9.5 | 1.26 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-404 | 96.2 | 103.6 | 7.4 | 0.70 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 97.0 | 98.8 | 1.8 | 1.81 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-406 | 89.0 | 94.0 | 5.0 | 1.05 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-407 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 0.65 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 66.0 | 86.0 | 20.0 | 1.03 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 66.0 | 67.0 | 1.0 | 2.00 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 78.0 | 80.0 | 2.0 | 3.40 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 100.0 | 101.0 | 1.0 | 0.54 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-409 | 17.0 | 35.5 | 18.5 | 0.57 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 21.5 | 22.0 | 0.5 | 2.72 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 34.4 | 35.5 | 1.1 | 4.43 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-411 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 5.0 | 1.39 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 15.5 | 16.5 | 1.0 | 4.00 | Arctic Fox - North |
and | 36.3 | 40.5 | 4.2 | 2.44 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 36.3 | 37.5 | 1.2 | 4.00 | Arctic Fox - North |
PB-22-412 | 35.0 | 57.3 | 22.3 | 0.61 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 35.0 | 36.0 | 1.0 | 2.13 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 46.0 | 47.0 | 1.0 | 3.08 | Arctic Fox - North |
including | 56.0 | 56.6 |