Richmond Hill Resources (RHR ) is to conduct a new field program at the Martello gold project in Canada.
The proposed program will consist of approximately five days in the field, focused on the validation and selective sampling of the New Church Lake, Sakoose, and Maw targets.
The main objective of the program is to collect the best possible samples from priority areas in order to confirm, support, or potentially improve the gold values reported in historical exploration work.
Approximately two-to-three field days are expected to be dedicated to the New Church Lake area.
Work will focus on validating known mineralized zones, reviewing the geological and structural setting, and collecting selective samples from the best available mineralized exposures.
The remaining field time will focus on the Sakoose and Maw areas. Fieldwork will aim to evaluate this possible relationship, confirm the continuity of favourable structures where exposed, and collect high-quality samples from mineralized veins, shear zones, or altered outcrops.
"Several historical geological reports have suggested that Sakoose and Maw may form part of the same mineralised system,” said Richmond Hill’s Hamish Harris.
“More recently, our independent 3D magnetic interpretation identified Sakoose as the highest-priority exploration area within the Martello project, and has provided a structural framework within which these historical interpretations can now be evaluated. This programme advances the targets that are ready for immediate fieldwork, focusing on the key Sakoose and Maw exposures to further assess their possible geological relationship, together with the New Church Lake target, where historical sampling reported high-grade gold values. The results will help refine our geological model and support planning for the next phase of exploration."
View from Vox
Richmond Hill has been working consistently on Martello this summer, and drilled the Tabor prospect in June. At that time, it also revealed its interpretation that Sakoose may contain multiple subparallel structures rather than a single mineralised vein. No doubt that Sakoose and several other areas of Martello merited further work, and this is now getting underway.