Bryce Bay – Thompson East: Ni-Cu –Co- Pge Project thompson nickel belt – manitoba
Project Areas
Boreholes drilled on the Thompson
and because outcrop is limited, and to
East Claims by Anglo American have
advance exploration, till geochemistry
The project areas are located about 30
intersected what is believed to be the Pipe
investigations have been undertaken
Formation – the host formation for most
within or directly down-ice direction on
of the nickel-rich deposits.
seven of the zones by the property owner.
Thompson-East claims which are directly
Anglo American conducted exploration
To date, over 200 boreholes have been
east of Thompson. Access to the prospect
in the early 2000s in the Grass River and
augered, samples recovered, and till
area is by four-wheel drive truck, all-terrain
Thompson –East area. This included
assay values recorded for the project
vehicle, boat and motor or snowmobile.
an airborne “spectrum” (magnetic,
area. The till assay data have been most
electromagnetic, radiometric and terrain)
useful in identifying preferred locations for
survey which delineated 27 EM conductor
additional borehole drilling.
kilometres east of Thompson and are held in two blocks referred to as Bryce Bay, located north of Bryce Bay and
Geology and Exploration Supracrustal (Proterozoic) Ospwagon Group rocks, including psammites, pelites, calcareous sediments and iron formation are intersected in the project area of the Thompson Nickel Belt (TNB). The Ospwagon rocks are intruded by
zones that warranted follow-up ground work. Follow-up exploration included ground geophysical surveys and diamond drilling boreholes within the conductor zones.
Thompson-East: High Ni values, 131.5 and 90.8 ppm have been determined by assays for till samples collected from two of the boreholes augered on claim (MB 11598) which overlies the strong EM
Till Geochemistry
anomaly of conductor zone 23. These Ni
the massive to disseminated nickel-rich
Eight of these 27 conductor zones
values from till deposits directly overlying
sulphide bodies of the Thompson mines.
lie within the Thompson-East claims
or within 750 m of Pipe Lake, Thompson
mafic and ultramafic dykes and host
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concentrations are similar to some of the
