Avalon Minerals Makes Drilling Progress at Viscaria Copper Project

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Avalon Minerals (ASX: AVI) reported on progress at the company’s Viscaria copper project, located in Kiruna, northern Sweden.

Avalon Minerals said it had logistical preparation underway to advance a diamond drilling campaign at Viscaria to test ‘near mine’ targets the company reported in February 2017.

The company explained the difficulty it had encountered accessing drill rigs in Scandinavia, due to the current high level of exploration in the region, particularly in northern Finland, where copper, nickel and gold targets are being explored by junior and major mining companies.

Avalon said the drilling program will test several targets close to the Viscaria copper deposit and further follow-up drilling is expected to be planned once results are received.

“Ground magnetic surveys in the ‘near mine’ environment are in progress over areas that were not previously surveyed,” Avalon Minerals said in the company’s ASX announcement.

“Interpretation of the results to date is ongoing and once completed will enable further detailed 3-D modelling of magnetite deposits, which are commonly host to copper mineralisation.

“Detailed structural geology studies are also in progress and are aimed at delivering a 3- D structural model that will be used to target interpreted high grade copper zones.”

Avalon Minerals said the work is already providing breakthroughs in identifying thickened magnetite zones and potential higher copper grade feeder zones as well as identifying, and prioritising, new and existing targets within 2.5 kilometres of the Viscaria copper deposit.

Avalon Minerals anticipates providing updates on progress with this work and the drilling program will in early April.

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