Winshear Metals Corp (WINS ) has completed the Phase 1 drill program at its Rodburn target on the Portsoy nickel–copper–cobalt project in Aberdeenshire.
The program comprised six drill holes for a total drilled length of 1,235.6 metres, with four holes drilled in the North Zone and two holes at the South Zone.
Additionally, the downhole electromagnetic survey conducted in RDB030 detected a strong off-hole conductor which will be tested in the next round of drilling.
Previous drilling at the North Zone intersected 33 metres grading 0.56% nickel equivalent, including nine metres grading 0.77% nickel equivalent, and 59 metres grading 0.45% nickel equivalent, including nine metres grading 1.65% nickel equivalent.
The four 2026 drillholes were collared north, east and west of the 2024 drillholes. Disseminated sulphides were observed over a 69.5 metre section, collared 60 metres west of the 2024 holes, between a downhole depth of 18.1 metres to 87.6 metres. This is the widest zone of sulphide mineralization encountered to date on the project.
Observations from the drilling at the North Zone show the mineralization trends and thickens westwards and is still open. Further drilling is required to determine the extent of this zone.
At the South Zone drillhole RBD029 intersected the main sulphide mineralization between 218 metres and 226 metres downhole. This is substantially deeper than previously drilled and extends the main mineralized zone at least 80 metres down dip.
Drillhole RBD030 was drilled to a final depth of 460.8m and was designed to test for mineralization at depth and for use of downhole electromagnetic surveying to help detect off-hole massive sulphides to guide future exploration.
Here, disseminated sulphide mineralization was intersected between 430 metres and 450 metres. The DHEM survey also indicates the presence of a nearby strong conductor to the east of the drill hole starting at around 300 metres downhole and extending to the end of hole depth. This represents a high-priority follow-up target and will be incorporated into the next phase of drilling.
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Good to see Winshear wrapping up the latest phase of drilling at Portsoy, and that the initial signs are so promising. The final say will be had by the assay results, of course, but given that the company is hitting sulphides both where it’s expecting to, and at deeper levels, the omens are good. A big base metals discovery in Scotland is on the cards here, and would be welcomed equally by investors and the UK government if it materialised.