{"id":1165160,"date":"2020-02-12T08:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1013584"},"modified":"2020-02-12T08:15:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:15:55","slug":"falcon-expands-wabunk-bay-project-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1165160","title":{"rendered":"Falcon expands Wabunk Bay project in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Falcon Gold (TSXV: FG) announced that it has expanded the land position of its Wabunk Bay Au-PGM-Cu-Ni project, located in the Red Lake District of northwestern Ontario.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\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 Vancouver-based company said the expansion was achieved by staking an additional 25 units totalling 550 hectares of land.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The property expansion includes a large regional structure, named the Uchi Lake Deformation Zone &#8220;ULDZ,&#8221; which holds the potential for gold mineralization<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Falcon, the acquisition of the land is a strategic move to include a large mafic intrusion which boasts massive sulphide mineralization discovered by Selco Exploration in 1970 including a 45-metre interval of varying semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralization. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The company plans to explore for Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd as the mafic intrusion immediately west (optioned by Falcon) historically hosts base and precious metals,&#8221; the media brief reads. &#8220;Highlights of this include 2.66% Cu and 0.39% Ni over 6.9 m from diamond drilling by Campbell Island Mines. 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