Overview
The Atikokan project is centered on the hamlet of Sapawe, 15 kilometers east of Atkikokan and 145 kilometers west-northwest of Thunder Bay. The land position is road and boat accessible, covering ~10 kilometers of the Quetico fault.
The Quetico fault separates the granite greenstone Wabigoon Subprovince from the metasediments and metasedimentary derived intrusions of the Quetico suprovince.1 The Quetico fault is proximal to a number of mafic intrusive bodies called the Atikokan River Intrusions (ARI), which are a series of linear, east-northeast trending mafic to ultramafic intrusions prospective for Fe-Cu-Co-Ni mineralization in the Sapawe-Atikokan area.
The historical Staines ARI occurrence discovered in 1940 was explored through a five diamond-drill hole program, returning assays of up to 40% Fe and 0.8% Cu from 18.3 to 24.4 meters.* Additional drilling was conducted in 2006, with drillhole SL-06-03 reporting 1.9 meters at 1.05% Cu and 0.05% Co.2
In 2020, a heliborne magnetic and TDEM survey (140-line kilometer) identified strong linear features interpreted to be related to iron formations and weaker linear magnetic anomalies, oriented ENE-WSW, related to intermediate-mafic intrusives.3
1 http://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/afri/data/imaging/20000018200/20000018200_01.pdf
2 https://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/sites/default/files/article_files/recommendations_for_exploration_2016_2017.pdf
3 https://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/afri/data/imaging/20000019773/20000019773_01.pdf
*True thickness is unknown. Elemental has not performed sufficient work to verify the published assay data reported above, and these data cannot be verified as being compliant with NI 43-101 standards. These historically reported data should not be relied upon until they can be confirmed, but Elemental believes this information is considered reliable and relevant.
Nearby mines and deposits provide context for the project, but do not necessarily indicate similar size, styles or grade of mineralization within the project.
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