Makenita Resources Inc. (CSE: KENY) (OTC Pink: KENYF) (WKN: A40X6P) announced that it has hired Vital Drilling Services from Sudbury, Ontario, to begin its first drilling program at the Hector Silver Project. The company is currently mobilizing equipment to the site, with drilling expected to start later this month.
The Hector Property is located in the historic Larder Lake Mining Division. It consists of 126 contiguous unpatented mineral claims, covering 2,243 hectares. The initial drilling phase will target high-priority areas identified through recent geological studies and fieldwork. Some of these areas have become accessible following wildfire-related clear-cutting.
This program aims to test new silver and cobalt targets based on an updated structural model. The model uses data from airborne magnetic and VLF-EM surveys carried out between 2017 and 2021, covering 522.9 line-kilometres. These surveys help guide where to drill.
One major focus is the Block 9 silver anomaly, which was explored by Teck in the early 1970s. Past shallow diamond drilling there showed silver grades as high as 326 grams per tonne (9.5 oz/ton), according to historical records. Another target is the South Keora shaft, a historic high-grade site with a mapped strike length of about 100 metres. Sampling from around 1913 reportedly showed cobalt levels between 12-15% and silver up to 1,000 oz/ton.
However, management warns that past results from nearby properties may not necessarily reflect mineralization on Makenita’s claims.
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