Rackla Metals Inc. Commenced Drilling on Flagship Astro Project, Western Northwest Territories
Initial drilling will focus on the intrusive body that underlies a large 1,200m by 750m strong Gold/Bismuth/Arsenic anomaly hosted in the soils and talus fines of a broad valley. Recent mapping in the vicinity of the anomaly where there is limited outcrop, has defined numerous areas of sheeted Quartz/Arsenopyrite veining trending 30 degrees. The drilling at Radio will use this mapping to orient initial drill holes.
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Scott Casselman, VP Exploration, commented: "With drill targets delineated, construction of a series of drill pads well ahead of the drill and drilling underway, our team is focussed on discovery. Our crews are finding good exposure in the Astro intrusive body and are observing significant structural information from surface mapping. The drill will be targeting recently discovered sheeted quartz-arsenopyrite veining."
Rackla is currently the only company exploring the western portion of the Northwest Territories for this style of gold deposit and the Company is steadily increasing its footprint in the area.
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Scott Casselman, B.Sc., P.Geo., Vice-President Exploration of the Company, is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia and is the Company's Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Casselman has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this news release.
About Rackla
Rackla Metals Inc. (TSX-V: RAK) is a Vancouver, Canada based junior gold exploration company. The Company is targeting RiRGS (Reduced-intrusion Related Gold System) mineralization on the southeastern part of the Tombstone Gold Belt in eastern Yukon and western Northwest Territories. Management believes that this area, which is underexplored for RiRGS deposit types, has the potential to be the next frontier for their discovery.
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