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Lalor Lake
Canada
At 800 metres deep, Lalor is the deepest target ever discovered with surface TDEM system.
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Lalor Lake is a 16 Mt zinc rich VMS deposit. It represents one of the largest base metal deposit discovered in Canada in decades. |
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In order to test whether the Chisel Mine workings at 600 meters depth can be detected by a ground survey, a 2 square kilometre transmitter loop was laid on the surface. The test successfully detected the known zones. |
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The same approach was applied on a 20 square kilometre piece of the volcanic Basin and defined two bull’s eyes targets. Models indicate a source at 800 metres depth. At 795 metres a drill hole intersected over 24 meters of high grade zinc ore(17.26% Zn over 16.45 m) |