NorthWest Copper encouraged by mineralization in samples obtained at East Niv claim
When mining companies go prospecting for precious metals it takes years of exploration to determine whether the stake they have claimed has sufficient mineralization to justify building a mine.
For several years, Vancouver-based NorthWest Copper has focused its energy and resources on its claims in three areas roughly 300 kilometres northwest of Prince George. Drilling resumed this year at the company’s Kwanika/Stardust, Lorraine and East Niv sites and geologists were also focused on what lies on the surface.
“It’s huge, we’re talking five kilometres by 10 kilometres, and that’s a lot of area to cover. What we didn’t know prior to doing this work was that we had such a big area that might have a lot of copper. The excitement for us is we’ve got a huge area with exceptionally good surfacer results we didn’t know about before and that sets us up for future targeting.”
Most of the samples were obtained along ridges in the southern half of the East Niv property, close to where eight drill holes wee completed this year. East Niv was a new copper-gold discovery in 2021 and in that year the company drilled 10 holes in the area. East Niv lies in the same corridor as the Kemess Underground Project being developed by Centerra Gold.
“There’s copper mineralization poking out of the ground, which is pretty interesting. Most deposits people find are buried. To see stuff sticking out of the ground is pretty unique.”
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