Fury Gold Mines intersects 21 metres of 7.01 g/t gold at Eau Claire Project, Quebec
Fury Gold Mines Ltd. [TSX, NYSE American: FURY] reported the second batch of assay results (eight holes, 5,064 metres) from its continuing phase 2 (15,000-to-25,000-metre) drill program at the Eau Claire gold project, and it has mobilized a third diamond drill rig to the site.
The project is located in the Eeyou Istchee territory in the James Bay region of Northern Quebec. The most significant result from this batch of drilling is conversion drill hole 26EC-115, which tested an inferred portion of the mineral resource approximately 52 metres down strike of drill hole 26EC-102 and 32 metres west of hole 23EC-110. The hole intersected 7.01 g/t gold over 21.0 metres, including 10.27 g/t gold over 11.0 metres, confirming the continuity of the high-grade shoot within the modelled zone. No other intercept of comparable true thickness has returned as high a grade at Eau Claire to date, highlighting both the scale and quality of mineralization encountered in this hole.
“We are extremely pleased to report our best-ever intercept at Eau Claire to date,” commented Tim Clark, chief executive officer of Fury. “These latest results continue to confirm the continuity and quality of mineralization as we convert inferred resources to higher-confidence categories, which warrants the addition of a third drill rig within the same sector, allowing us to follow up on these zones without slowing the pace of our phase 2 program, supporting our ongoing prefeasibility study work.”
In addition, drill hole 26EC-110, which also targeted mineralization within an inferred portion of the Eau Claire mineral resource, returned multiple intercepts along its length, including 5.68 g/t gold over 2.97 metres and 2.53 g/t gold over 4.95 metres.
Drill holes 26EC-104, 26EC-105 and 26EC-113 returned a series of lower-grade intercepts within Zone 450, including 6.81 g/t gold over 0.98 metres and 5.00 g/t gold over 1.96 metres in 26EC-104, 5.07 g/t gold over 0.98 metres in 26EC-105, and 7.31 g/t gold over 0.97 m in 26EC-113, further supporting the continuity of mineralization across the zone.
Four holes were drilled in the hinge area, with assay results currently available for three of those holes. Drill hole 26EC-111 intersected 20.60 g/t gold over 0.85 metres, with drill holes 26EC-112 and 26EC-114 also returning gold mineralization.
Phase 2 drilling is aimed at converting inferred mineral resources into higher-confidence categories and expanding the indicated mineral resource. To date, 23 drill holes totalling approximately 11,650 metres have been completed, of which three holes were abandoned. Assay results are currently available for eight holes totalling 5,064 metres, with partial assay results available for one additional hole, representing approximately 17% of that hole.
With the addition of the third rig, Fury now has three drills active at Eau Claire, all operating within the same sector being tested under the phase 2 program. The additional capacity will allow the company to return to and further test certain zones that have already yielded significant drill results while continuing to advance resource conversion and expansion drilling elsewhere within the modelled deposit. The company also plan to test for extensions of the high-grade shoot intersected in the hole 26EC-115, both up plunge and down plunge.
Fury Gold Mines is advancing the Eau Claire gold project toward development, which holds a 5.8% equity position in Contango Silver and Gold Inc.