The summer field season is getting underway in Canada, and Gunsynd (GUN ) will shortly commence exploration at the Barb project in Manitoba.
The company is planning rock chip sampling across the newly acquired Lotus 1 & 2, Denver and Brook claims, and induced polarisation geophysical surveys over the Lotus and Denver claims, together with priority targets on the existing Barb gold project, to assist with diamond drill hole targeting.
Documented historical grades at the Lotus deposit, now part of the enlarged Barb gold project, include 34.29 grams per tonne gold across 1.5 metres.
Gunsynd will continue its discussions with the local First Nations community in respect of planned exploration activities, including drilling.
Work is expected to begin within weeks, with the exact start date depending on final snow melt. Critical Discoveries Inc., which is implementing the programme on behalf of Gunsynd, has confirmed that it expects to mobilise as soon as ground conditions allow. The opening phase of work will comprise rock chip sampling at each of the newly acquired claims.
"It has been a longer-than-usual winter in that part of Manitoba, but it is pleasing to finally be in a position to start work again at Barb, following up last year's successful field campaign which returned multiple rock chip samples grading above one gram per tonne gold, including sample TB-TM-007 at 13.12 grams per tonne gold,” said Hamish Harris, executive chairman of Gunsynd.
“Set alongside historical grades at the adjoining Lotus deposit of up to 34.29 grams per tonne gold across 1.5 metres on file with the Manitoba Mines Branch, the board maintains a high level of confidence in the enlarged project."
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Gunsynd’s Barb project continues to look highly attractive, on the basis of the historic numbers and more recent sampling work. This summer’s campaign will build significantly on the knowledge already acquired, and should begin to show how prospective the project really is.