{"id":1153874,"date":"2019-12-06T08:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1008516"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:15:26","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:15:26","slug":"canada-cobalt-works-resorts-to-high-tech-to-explore-historic-castle-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1153874","title":{"rendered":"Canada Cobalt Works resorts to high-tech to explore historic Castle mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Cobalt Works (TSXV: CCW) kicked off a diamond drilling campaign at its Castle project in Ontario following a major discovery that was initially achieved by geophysics and recently supported by a high technology camera.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a press release, the company explained that it has started using a custom-built borehole inspection camera to reach the \u201cRobinson Zone\u201d high-grade discovery, a drill hole that, in 2011, cut 1,194 oz\/ton silver over 0.45 metres within a broader core length of 3.1 metres grading 189 oz\/tonne silver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>A custom-built borehole inspection camera has let Canada Cobalt Works observe native silver at a vertical depth of approximately 420 metres<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The camera has let Canada Cobalt Works observe native silver at a vertical depth of approximately 420 metres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CCW technical team was able to view, identify and film the vein. This provided an invaluable geometric characterization of the unit, allowing for accurate plotting of a series of wedge holes designed to pierce the vein structure at four different points to immediately build out this high-grade discovery,\u201d the miner said in the media brief.<\/p>\n<p>Following the completion of the wedge holes, the company\u2019s field team plans to drill a new hole to intersect the vein structure closer to the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2,815-hectare Castle mine site is located 85 kilometres northwest of the historic Cobalt silver mining camp and occupies the terrains of a former producing mine of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>According to CCW, the historic Castle mine operated at various times between 1917 and 1989 producing a documented total of 292,686,672 grams of silver and 376,053 pounds of cobalt from the No. 3 shaft with a further unspecified production between 1951 and 1966 coming from both Castle No. 3 and Capitol 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