Advancement Of Exploration With High-Resolution Airborne Geophysics
VANCOUVER - Zeb Nickel Corp. announced the completion of a high-resolution airborne geophysical survey over its project area. The survey incorporated both gravity and magnetic data, designed to enhance the company's understanding of the underlying geological structures. The airborne data has enabled the company to access a comprehensive dataset.
This newly acquired dataset has confirmed key aspects of the company's geological model - particularly the presence of a long-lived ultramafic magmatic plumbing system connecting the Uitloop I and II bodies. The survey has further highlighted several major NE-SW fault zones, interpreted to be part of a regional fault network, that likely acted as magma conduits and trap sites for sulfide mineralisation.
The airborne data strengthens Zeb Nickel's exploration thesis that multiple zones of sulfide mineralisation - disseminated, semi-massive and potentially massive - are vertically stacked and associated with a feeder system analogous.
To deepen the interpretation and support drill targeting within Zone 2 and Zone 3, Zeb Nickel will be submitting the dataset to a consulting geophysical company. The scope of the interpretation will include: 1) 3D inversion and voxel clipping to refine imaging of subsurface structures. 2) Re-processing and re-interpretation of both gravity and magnetic inversions. 3) Generation of very high-resolution voxel models over the project area. 4) Integrated modelling and reporting, with results intended to define high-priority drill targets in untested parts of the ultramafic plumbing system.
The Company believes that this work will directly support the delineation of higher-grade Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation in Zone 2, as well as the identification of potential massive sulfide zones in Zone 3.
VP Exploration, Richard Montjoie, said, "This survey has provided clear confirmation of the structural and geological controls on nickel and PGE mineralisation at Zeb Nickel. The presence of a robust feeder system between Uitloop I and II supports our model of vertically stacked mineralised zones and significantly upgrades the prospectivity of both Zone 2 and Zone 3. This new dataset, combined with our recent drill results, sets the stage for the delineation of a higher-grade nickel-PGE resource. Our upcoming drilling campaign will build directly off this work, with the goal of declaring a maiden NI 43-101 compliant resource that reflects the true value of the high-grade sulphide mineralisation we're seeing across the project."