SUDBURY, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 23, 2014) - Northern Superior Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SUP) (the "Company" or "Northern Superior") announced today that the Company has initiated its planned summer exploration program on the Croteau Est gold property, west-central Québec. The program will include prospecting, mechanical trenching, channel sampling, and bedrock mapping.
First results include the discovery of fine grained visible gold ("VG") observed within sheared and silicified sulphide-rich samples collected from three different sites within a high-grade shoot exposed in Trench 5, located within the properties Croteau-Bouchard Shear Zone ("CBSZ").
Objectives of the 2014 Summer Exploration Program
Table 1: Drill-hole intervals defining the down-plunge orientation of the high-grade gold shoot exposed in Trench 5, CBSZ (see Press Releases dated March 1, 2012, September 12, 2012, November 8, 2012, and November 20, 2012).
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Grade (g/t Au)* | Core Length (m) |
CRO11-06 | 15.55 | 18.00 | 9.62 | 2.45 |
28.00 | 34.00 | 4.58 | 6.00 | |
including | 28.00 | 29.00 | 23.40 | 1.00 |
CRO11-08 | 25.00 | 35.00 | 2.11 | 10.00 |
including | 25.00 | 26.50 | 10.95 | 1.50 |
CRO12-34 | 221.70 | 233.15 | 5.76 | 11.45 |
236.00 | 250.15 | 3.29 | 14.15 | |
CRO12-38 | 206.00 | 215.40 | 2.56 | 9.40 |
including | 207.15 | 212.40 | 4.09 | 5.25 |
CRO12-46 | 241.20 | 246.00 | 75.44 | 4.80 |
*Composite weighted average, uncapped. |
The Property
Northern Superior has identified four structural and lithological models that may control the distribution of gold mineralization on its Croteau Est property:
The Company looks forward to reporting the results of its summer exploration program in the coming months.
About Northern Superior
The Croteau Est property is one of four mineral properties that Northern Superior is actively exploring. The other three properties (Lac Surprise, Grizzly and TPK) also represent regional-scale exploration programs, either 100% owned and operated by Northern Superior, or Northern Superior having the right to earn a 100% interest in the properties. Exploration to date has identified numerous drill-ready targets for gold, copper and silver mineralization on the Ti-pa-kaa-haa-ning ("TPK") property in northwestern Ontario, gold/volcanic copper-zinc-silver and magmatic nickel-copper-platinum-palladium mineralization are targeted on the Grizzly property, and shear-hosted gold on the Company's Lac Surprise property, both located in west-central Québec.
The Company's Qualified Person ("QP") for the Croteau Est property is Ron Avery (P.Geo.). As the QP, Mr. Avery has prepared or supervised the preparation of the scientific and technical information for this program and has verified the data disclosed in this press release.
Northern Superior is a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec, and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol SUP.
For Investors
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