Orford Mining Corp. (“Orford”) ORM-TSXV) is pleased to
announce the launch of the 2022 exploration program at its Qiqavik project in Nunavik, Quebec
including a 3,000 metre diamond drill program. Crews have been mobilized to open Camp Chukotat
and prepare for the start of the summer 2022 exploration program. The 2022 program at Qiqavik
will be focused on the following:
• 40 line-kms of IP geophysical surveying to help target the sulphide-rich silicified
mineralization seen in the Annick boulder train that reported up to 648 g/t (Figure 1).
• Re-gridding and merging of the various generations of magnetic surveys to help
understand the property and local structures.
• Interpretation of glacial till and frost boil sample results to identify areas to investigate
with IP geophysics and drilling.
• A 3,000 metre diamond drill program targeting the source of the high grade Annick glacial
boulder train with grades of up to 648.8 g/t as well as splays from major structures where
gold mineralization indicators are strong. Drilling will commence the first week of July
2022.
David Christie, President and CEO of Orford, commented, “We are very excited to get back on
the ground at Qiqavik and drill what we believe is the source to the high grade Annick trend.
After starting from scratch on this property we have built an impressive geological,
geochemical and geophysical data base which is pointing to strong targets. The 2022
program will be the most aggressive program on the Qiqavik property in its short history”.
The 2022 drill program will focus on targeting the source for the very high grade boulder trains,
Annick and Eric, as well as structural splays from the main gold bearing IP lake structural zone.
Orford will also target a likely source of gold mineralization to a high grade boulder dispersion train
north of the Interlake Structure where previous drilling intersected significant widths of high grade
mineralization such as 53m @0.51g/t Au including 2.8m@3.12g/t Au(Figure 2). If time and budget
allows we will also test the highest conductance targets along the 4.5 km long Esperance copper
gold trend drilled in 2017 with assays as high as 7m@ 2.63g/t Au and 2.19% Cu, including
1.0m@5.58g/t Au and 3.06% Cu (Figure 2).
Orford Launches Qiqavik Gold Project Diamond Drilling
