Noront Provides Double Eagle Update
Market Wire - December 21, 2007 8:31 AM ET
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<BODY.CONTENT>Noront Resources Ltd. ("Noront")(TSX VENTURE: NOT) is pleased to announce further progress of the diamond drilling and geophysical program, as well as recently received assay results on its 100%-owned Eagle One occurrence within Noront's Double Eagle Project in the McFauld's Lake Area of northeastern Ontario. "The Eagle One occurrence continues to display consistent high grade intersections of Nickel, Copper, Platinum and Palladium over quite impressive widths. The southerly stepout assay results in hole 19 confirms that the Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide zone continues within the southerly striking peridotite filled conduit. We will keep on tracing this to the south and to depth after the Christmas break." states Richard Nemis, President and CEO of Noront.
HIGHLIGHTS
- NOT-07-17 encountered the main mineralized zone between 96.5 meters and 177.5 meters downhole that over 81 meters averaged 0.77% Cu, 1.55% Ni, 0.91 g/t Pt, 2.97 g/t Pd, 0.13 g/t Au and 3.1 g/t Ag including a 7.5 meter wide massive sulphide intersection that averaged 1.54% Cu, 6.81% Ni, 2.17 g/t Pt, 6.62 g/t Pd, 0.15 g/t Au and 6.12 g/t Ag.
- NOT-07-18 intersected mineralization between 105.2 meters and 230 meters, however due to lab delays, the semi-massive to massive sulphide section from 215 to 230 is not yet available. A 59.2 meter zone of net textured sulphides between 132.5 meters and 191.7 meters averaged 0.93% Cu, 1.84% Ni, 1.28 g/t Pt, 3.15 g/t Pd, 0.45 g/t Au and 3.9 g/t Ag followed by a 23.3 meter wide semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralized zone that averaged 1.52% Cu, 2.7% Ni, 2.02 g/t Pt, 5.86 g/t Pd, 0.15 g/t Au and 4.97 g/t Ag.
- NOT-07-19 encountered the main mineralized zone between 104.2 meters and 110.8 meters over a drill intersection of 6.6 meters that averaged 0.63% Cu, 2.32% Ni, 1.13 g/t Pt, 3.93 g/t Pd, 0.06 g/t Au and 3.01 g/t Ag. This 37.5 meter stepout to the south is quite encouraging as the grade remains consistent.
- The on-going Aero-Tem-2 airborne geophysics is near completion. Other anomalies within 5 kilometers of Eagle One have been identified with similar geophysical expressions. These are high priority targets and will be drill tested in the New Year. Two new drills have been contracted and are scheduled to arrive in mid January 2008.