Miniac Project
Overview
The Miniac Project is a VMS target located in the Northern Abitibi Volcanic zone, part of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, one of the largest gold endowed districts in the world.
Located between the past producing Normetal mine and the Osborne-Bell mine along the Chicobi fault system, Miniac is an exhalative polymetallic system consisting of Au, Ag, Cu and Zn massive sulphides along a felsic-mafic volcanic contact.
Location
Quebec, Canada
Stage
Early
J2 Interest
100%
Deposit types
Polymetallic Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS), Intrusion related Au
Location
The Miniac Project is located approximately 30km North of the town of Amos, Quebec. It is easily accessed by an extensive network of gravel logging roads across the entire claim package. A power line is 7 km away.
Geology & Mineralization
Miniac is located in the North Volcanic Zone of the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Geology on the property consists of a mix of mafic to intermediate volcanic and ash tuffs as well as granitic units. Outcrop exposure is poor and the property is covered in glaciolacustrine clays.
Widespread anomalous Au-Ag-Zn-Cu mineralization has been intersected across a 4km strike length at Miniac. Mineralization is interpreted as sulphide facies exhalative horizons composed of pyrrhotite-pyrite +/- chalcopyrite and sphalerite. There is possible Au enrichment from an interpreted NNW trending splay structure off the Chicobi deformation zone. The massive sulphide horizon lines up well with conductivity geophysics.
Historical Drilling
Historic drilling has targeted EM anomalies over a 2km by 4km strike length.
Highlighted historic drill intercepts include 4.80 g/t Au over 0.60 m and 4.80 g/t Au, 6.88 % Zn and 1.05% Pb over 0.30 m (DDH DV-80) and 1.37 g/t Au over 4.00 m, 2.06 g/t Au over 5.50m and 1.71 g/t Au over 2.40 m (DDH DV-119). Drilling to test VTEM anomalies in 2020 yielded 1.05g/t Au and 0.16% Zn over 4.65m in drillhole 20MDD004.
Drilling at Miniac has intersected alteration and geologic features comparable to distal features at the LaRonde Au VMS deposit. This suggests good exploration potential at depth.
Future Plans
The Miniac Project is currently optioned to Stearman Resources who completed a high resolution drone magnetic survey and inversion modelling in 2023 and 2024. The interpretation identified 19 high priority targets for follow up drilling.
