RL got its drill permits for the Blue Lake Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd property, Labrador Trough, Quebec. The Company
has mobilized fuel and supplies to its base camp in preparation for
drilling commencing in early July.
The Blue Lake sulfide deposits are nickeliferous pyrrhotite
ores, with a copper content twice that of nickel, containing significant
platinum and palladium. The historical tonnage, established in 1989,
was 4.03 Mt at 0.85% Cu, 0.52% Ni and 0.84 g/t platinum and palladium.
The Blue Lake historical deposits are located within a Québec Special
Mining lease BEP-93, one of five Special Mining leases optioned to
Rockland from La Fosse Platinum Group. In addition to the Blue Lake
property, Rockland controls, the Retty Lake, Jimmick, Chance Lake,
Glance Lake, Fredrickson and Lac Aulneau properties, all in the southern
Labrador Trough. The Blue Lake area is ideally located as a positive
mining destination, approximately 60 km from the town of Schefferville,
Quebec which has its own airport and railhead. Rockland is
systematically exploring this region and its goal is to discover
mineralization, confirm and expand tonnage on its property holdings.
Team Picture
Drilling Camp Rockland's Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGM Property, Labrador Trough, Quebec June 2011
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Brian Grant, P.Geo joins Rockland as Senior Advisor
Brian Grant, P.Geo has joined Rockland’s senior advisory team. Mr.
Grant is the former President of Goldbrook Ventures Inc., a public
company recently acquired by Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. Ltd.
Goldbrook's Cu-Ni-PGM deposits lie in the southern Raglan Belt of
Québec's Ungava region, and are geologically very similar to Rockland's
Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM deposits. Prior to this time, in the 1970's, Mr.
Grant played a significant role as a member of the Falconbridge Nickel
Mines Ltd. team which discovered and developed the Cu-Ni-PGM deposits
of the northern Raglan Belt. These are producing mines today.
This is a great addition to the Rockland team for sure!
This is a great addition to the Rockland team for sure!
Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM to be drilled in July
The Blue Lake, Cu-Ni-PGM historic resource located in the southern
Labrador Trough, Quebec will be drilled in early July. Rockland's selected
engineering firm, Caracle Creek Consulting, have been making good
progress in compiling key data from over 550 holes drilled on the
Cu-Ni-PGM showings at Blue Lake property since 1950s. The Blue Lake
sulfide deposits are nickeliferous pyrrhotite ores, with a copper
content twice that of nickel. The historical tonnage, established in
1989, was 4.03 Mt at 0.85% Cu, 0.52% Ni and 0.84 g/t platinum and
palladium. Rockland's objective is to bring this mineralization into
engineering compliance with National Instrument 43-101 in the shortest
time possible.
A little bit of History:
The Blue Lake sulfides were discovered in 1942 by Hollinger North Shore Exploration Ltd, part of Iron Ore Company of Canada, and the first holes were drilled in the 1950's. Hollinger drilled 39 holes in 1967 and 37 holes in 1968, and established the first resource for the property. La Fosse Platinum Ltd. purchased Hollinger in 1985, and drilled an additional 400 holes. This drilling nearly doubled the original Hollinger resource. The 1989 resource quoted above was based on hand generated block models completed before National Instrument 43-101. The final work completed in 1989 was a 350 meter adit into the Blue Lake #1 lens to extract a 22-ton bulk metallurgical sample. No work was done at Blue Lake since that time, until Rockland acquired an option on the project in November 2011.
The underground working at Blue Lake #1 gave new insight into the nature of the mineralization. An internal report from 1989 states: "The average grade from channel sampling in the Blue Lake decline is about 20% higher than the Cu + Ni grade calculated from drill core analysis. The decline also disclosed a layer of soft chloritic, material 2"-18" thick, at the base of the massive sulphide. This material averages 0.12 g/t Pt and 6.02 g/t Pd (compared to 0.13 g/t Pt and 1.02 g/t Pd in the massive sulfide). This layer was not suspected before the decline was driven, as it was not recovered in the core from most of the drill holes."
This report also stated: "Most of the tonnage that has been drill-indicated to date is within 500-feet of the surface. It is reasonable to suggest that the reserves of massive sulphide in the Blue Lake area above the depth of 1,000-feet could reach 10 million tons. The base metal content of the deposits discovered in the future will probably be in the grade range of the presently known deposits. ...The most effective way to explore for massive sulphide is to drill fences of holes in the area where the sulphur-rich peridotite is close to the surface and shallow dipping."
George F. Sanders, P.Geo, states: "We're reading the comments and recommendations of the La Fosse geologists from two decades ago, and we're finding the next phases of drilling, underground sampling, and metallurgical testing to be already laid out for us. The current metals cycle of high prices will support a robust development program at Blue Lake."
A little bit of History:
The Blue Lake sulfides were discovered in 1942 by Hollinger North Shore Exploration Ltd, part of Iron Ore Company of Canada, and the first holes were drilled in the 1950's. Hollinger drilled 39 holes in 1967 and 37 holes in 1968, and established the first resource for the property. La Fosse Platinum Ltd. purchased Hollinger in 1985, and drilled an additional 400 holes. This drilling nearly doubled the original Hollinger resource. The 1989 resource quoted above was based on hand generated block models completed before National Instrument 43-101. The final work completed in 1989 was a 350 meter adit into the Blue Lake #1 lens to extract a 22-ton bulk metallurgical sample. No work was done at Blue Lake since that time, until Rockland acquired an option on the project in November 2011.
The underground working at Blue Lake #1 gave new insight into the nature of the mineralization. An internal report from 1989 states: "The average grade from channel sampling in the Blue Lake decline is about 20% higher than the Cu + Ni grade calculated from drill core analysis. The decline also disclosed a layer of soft chloritic, material 2"-18" thick, at the base of the massive sulphide. This material averages 0.12 g/t Pt and 6.02 g/t Pd (compared to 0.13 g/t Pt and 1.02 g/t Pd in the massive sulfide). This layer was not suspected before the decline was driven, as it was not recovered in the core from most of the drill holes."
This report also stated: "Most of the tonnage that has been drill-indicated to date is within 500-feet of the surface. It is reasonable to suggest that the reserves of massive sulphide in the Blue Lake area above the depth of 1,000-feet could reach 10 million tons. The base metal content of the deposits discovered in the future will probably be in the grade range of the presently known deposits. ...The most effective way to explore for massive sulphide is to drill fences of holes in the area where the sulphur-rich peridotite is close to the surface and shallow dipping."
George F. Sanders, P.Geo, states: "We're reading the comments and recommendations of the La Fosse geologists from two decades ago, and we're finding the next phases of drilling, underground sampling, and metallurgical testing to be already laid out for us. The current metals cycle of high prices will support a robust development program at Blue Lake."
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Ernie Black, P.Eng, gets Ben F. Dickerson III Award from Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
February, 27, 2012 - Ernie Black, P.Eng, a senior advisor to Rockland Minerals, has been awarded the prestigious Ben F. Dickerson III Award by the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) at their Annual Meeting held recently in Seattle, WA. For many years Ben F. Dickerson III wrote the "News and Rumours from the Bush" column for Skillings Mining Review. The Award, established in 1987, recognizes professionalism and contributions to the mining industry. Mr. Black was particularly recognized for his consistent adherence to the highest ethical standards in the exploration business, and his life-long focus on mineral exploration.
Over the last 55 years, Mr. Black has worked domestically and internationally in mining and oil and gas exploration. Approximately 40 years of his career has been spent in corporate management, consulting and project development. Mr. Black is the founder of MPH Consulting Ltd. in Toronto and MPH Consulting Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Over the years, Mr. Black has served as an officer, director or technical advisor of a number of Canadian and American companies, and continues to actively consult for clients in the mineral industry. His extensive mining career started as a geologist with US Steel Corp's subsidiary, Quebec Cartier Mining Company from 1956 to 1963, and as a consultant from 1964 to 1970. Between 1964 and 1967 Mr. Black consulted for WGM on the Baffinland Iron deposits and Hematite Lake deposits. In 1967, Mr. Black also consulted to Expo Iron Mines Ltd. on the Mt. Laurier iron ore mine and facilities development plan. In 2004, Mr. Black optioned his Peppler Lake and Lamalee iron ore claims to Quinto Mining Corp. which dealt them to Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines in 2008. These properties are now being developed by Cliffs Natural Resources.
The Rockland team is very proud of Ernie and he deserves this special recognition!
Over the last 55 years, Mr. Black has worked domestically and internationally in mining and oil and gas exploration. Approximately 40 years of his career has been spent in corporate management, consulting and project development. Mr. Black is the founder of MPH Consulting Ltd. in Toronto and MPH Consulting Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Over the years, Mr. Black has served as an officer, director or technical advisor of a number of Canadian and American companies, and continues to actively consult for clients in the mineral industry. His extensive mining career started as a geologist with US Steel Corp's subsidiary, Quebec Cartier Mining Company from 1956 to 1963, and as a consultant from 1964 to 1970. Between 1964 and 1967 Mr. Black consulted for WGM on the Baffinland Iron deposits and Hematite Lake deposits. In 1967, Mr. Black also consulted to Expo Iron Mines Ltd. on the Mt. Laurier iron ore mine and facilities development plan. In 2004, Mr. Black optioned his Peppler Lake and Lamalee iron ore claims to Quinto Mining Corp. which dealt them to Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines in 2008. These properties are now being developed by Cliffs Natural Resources.
The Rockland team is very proud of Ernie and he deserves this special recognition!
Rockland hires Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. (CCIC) for Blue Lake project
On February 22, 2012 Rockland hired Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. (CCIC) to help create a 3-D exploration model on the Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM historic resource located in the southern Labrador Trough, Quebec. The Blue Lake deposits have a total historical tonnage of 4.03 Mt at 0.85% Cu, 0.52% Ni and 0.84 g/t platinum and palladium. This is a non-43-101 compliant resource established by drilling in the 1960's and 1980's. Rockland is working to develop a current mineral resource at Blue Lake and develop additional tonnage through exploration in the Blue Lake camp.
The priority objective is to "see" the important sulphide lenses at Blue Lake for the first time in a modern block model. This model will begin the data verification process, and provide an exploration platform to expand the known mineralization, unlocking the potential of this historic property.
CCIC will assemble all available historical reports and produce plans and sections of the deposit which will then be used to outline future exploration, including outlining a drill program to verify and expand on the historical resources reported to exist on the property.
George F. Sanders: "The Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM historic resource has close to 500 drill holes which Rockland is now compiling. Soon we will begin to visualize the Blue Lake massive sulfides in a modern context, along with the other Cu-Ni-PGM properties elsewhere in the Labrador Trough that came with the Blue Lake agreement. The historical data is looking good, and this new work will guide our drilling this coming summer."
The priority objective is to "see" the important sulphide lenses at Blue Lake for the first time in a modern block model. This model will begin the data verification process, and provide an exploration platform to expand the known mineralization, unlocking the potential of this historic property.
CCIC will assemble all available historical reports and produce plans and sections of the deposit which will then be used to outline future exploration, including outlining a drill program to verify and expand on the historical resources reported to exist on the property.
George F. Sanders: "The Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM historic resource has close to 500 drill holes which Rockland is now compiling. Soon we will begin to visualize the Blue Lake massive sulfides in a modern context, along with the other Cu-Ni-PGM properties elsewhere in the Labrador Trough that came with the Blue Lake agreement. The historical data is looking good, and this new work will guide our drilling this coming summer."
Rockland adds Dr. James Mungall to team
On Feb 1, 2012 Rockland announced that Dr. James Mungall, P.Geo has been added a senior consultant. Dr. Mungall occupies the Norman Keevil Chair of Ore Genesis at the University of Toronto and has published extensively on the magmatic sulfide deposits of the Sudbury and Raglan camps. Jim is a practical field geologist who spends extensive time in the field with active junior mining exploration companies such as Rockland, and his experience in Québec's southern Raglan belt is directly applicable to promoting and expanding the known Cu-Ni-PGM historic resource base at Blue Lake. Jim's widely sought-after expertise, and his broad experience, will guide the exploration for additional Cu-Ni-PGM resource discoveries in the camp. Rockland controls many of the historic Hollinger North Shore Ltd. discoveries, including the: Glance, Chance, Alneau, Frederickson and Jimmick, all among the best mineral showings in the Labrador Trough.
Dr. Mungall was named Norman Keevil Chair of Ore Genesis at the University of Toronto in 2007. He conducts research and offers consulting services in the field of magmatic ore deposits with an emphasis on Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits and chromitite. He has published extensively on the magmatic sulfide deposits of the Sudbury and Raglan camps and has edited four books or special journal issues on Ni-Cu-Co-PGE deposits. Dr. Mungall served for a year as Chief Geologist of Noront Resources Ltd during the early stages of discovery and resource definition at their Eagle's Nest Ni-Cu-PGE, Thunderbird V-Ti-Fe, and Blackbird chromitite deposits.
Dr. Mungall was named Norman Keevil Chair of Ore Genesis at the University of Toronto in 2007. He conducts research and offers consulting services in the field of magmatic ore deposits with an emphasis on Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits and chromitite. He has published extensively on the magmatic sulfide deposits of the Sudbury and Raglan camps and has edited four books or special journal issues on Ni-Cu-Co-PGE deposits. Dr. Mungall served for a year as Chief Geologist of Noront Resources Ltd during the early stages of discovery and resource definition at their Eagle's Nest Ni-Cu-PGE, Thunderbird V-Ti-Fe, and Blackbird chromitite deposits.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Rockland (RL-TSXV) Increases Participating Interest on Schefferville Gold Property, Quebec
Jan 19, 2012, Rockland announces that it has increased its participating interest from 55% to 64% in the Schefferville Gold Property through its exploration activities on the property since completing earn-in on June 12, 2011. Rockland and Western Troy Capital Resources Inc., formed a joint venture on the property in June 2011 and Rockland subsequently carried out two field exploration programs on the Rusty Acres zone in July and September 2011.
To check out the Schefferville gold property please click here.
The joint venture agreement covers 199 claims staked over known gold showings originally discovered in the mid-1980's by Québec government geologists. They cover the highly prospective Arséne-Baleine Rouge and Rusty Acres areas. Rockland now holds a 64% interest and Western Troy holds a 36% interest in the property.
The Schefferville Gold property mineralization is believed to be hosted within and adjacent to thin, Algoma-type banded iron formations lying in a metasedimentary graywacke sequence which is now complexly folded and metamorphosed to the upper amphibolite to granulite facies. Rockland believes that these Archean-age iron-rich units trapped gold mineralization mobilized during devolitalization of sedimentary rocks, deep within the roots of an orogenic zone, and that the Ashuanipi arsenic-gold occurrences were formed near the brittle-ductile crustal transition, in the root zones of an Abitibi-type system as postulated by E.M. Cameron of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1989.
Gold mineralization was discovered relatively recently, in the mid-1980's, during Québec government regional lake-bottom geochemical surveys, and the area has only seen one cycle of exploration drilling. Based on Rockland drilling and field work to date, the company believes that the potential for several shallow open pit disseminated gold deposits exist.
Exploration highlights
During fall 2010, Rockland completed a 1,525 meter diamond drilling program on the Schefferville Gold Property. Highlights from the drill program included 8.25 metres of 1.24 grams-per-tonne gold (including 1.20 m of 6.63 g/t Au) and 12.55 metres of 1.04 grams-per-tonne gold (including 1.10 m of 9.02 g/t au). These results, along with Western Troy's 2009 drilling, (in particular, hole WT09-04, which encountered 5.56 grams-per-tonne gold over a core length of 7.11 metres in the Baleine Rouge Central zone), confirm the presence of broad zones of near-surface disseminated gold mineralization.
During fall 2011, two sampling programs discovered widespread gold values, in the 4-12 grams-per-tonne gold range, in surface grab samples from iron-stained outcrops at the Rusty Acres zone. A lone grab sample from one of the mineralized areas at Rusty Acres returned a gold assay of 171 g/t Au, a value higher than anything previously reported in the literature and confirms the attractiveness of this target area. Pathfinder multi-element geochemical data from this high-grade sample shows iron, sulfur and arsenic contents typical of the gold-bearing Precambrian iron formations sampled so far in the district, plus highly anomalous pathfinders antimony and bismuth.
To check out the Schefferville gold property please click here.
The joint venture agreement covers 199 claims staked over known gold showings originally discovered in the mid-1980's by Québec government geologists. They cover the highly prospective Arséne-Baleine Rouge and Rusty Acres areas. Rockland now holds a 64% interest and Western Troy holds a 36% interest in the property.
The Schefferville Gold property mineralization is believed to be hosted within and adjacent to thin, Algoma-type banded iron formations lying in a metasedimentary graywacke sequence which is now complexly folded and metamorphosed to the upper amphibolite to granulite facies. Rockland believes that these Archean-age iron-rich units trapped gold mineralization mobilized during devolitalization of sedimentary rocks, deep within the roots of an orogenic zone, and that the Ashuanipi arsenic-gold occurrences were formed near the brittle-ductile crustal transition, in the root zones of an Abitibi-type system as postulated by E.M. Cameron of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1989.
Gold mineralization was discovered relatively recently, in the mid-1980's, during Québec government regional lake-bottom geochemical surveys, and the area has only seen one cycle of exploration drilling. Based on Rockland drilling and field work to date, the company believes that the potential for several shallow open pit disseminated gold deposits exist.
Exploration highlights
During fall 2010, Rockland completed a 1,525 meter diamond drilling program on the Schefferville Gold Property. Highlights from the drill program included 8.25 metres of 1.24 grams-per-tonne gold (including 1.20 m of 6.63 g/t Au) and 12.55 metres of 1.04 grams-per-tonne gold (including 1.10 m of 9.02 g/t au). These results, along with Western Troy's 2009 drilling, (in particular, hole WT09-04, which encountered 5.56 grams-per-tonne gold over a core length of 7.11 metres in the Baleine Rouge Central zone), confirm the presence of broad zones of near-surface disseminated gold mineralization.
During fall 2011, two sampling programs discovered widespread gold values, in the 4-12 grams-per-tonne gold range, in surface grab samples from iron-stained outcrops at the Rusty Acres zone. A lone grab sample from one of the mineralized areas at Rusty Acres returned a gold assay of 171 g/t Au, a value higher than anything previously reported in the literature and confirms the attractiveness of this target area. Pathfinder multi-element geochemical data from this high-grade sample shows iron, sulfur and arsenic contents typical of the gold-bearing Precambrian iron formations sampled so far in the district, plus highly anomalous pathfinders antimony and bismuth.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Rockland (RL-TSXV) Enters Agreement for Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM Mining Lease, Labrador Trough, Quebec
On October 13, Rockland entered into a game changing deal for the Company and its shareholders. It entered into a deal with La Fosse Platinum Group Inc. ("La Fosse”) to option five separate mining leases including the Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGM “deposits” located in the heart of the Labrador Trough, Quebec.
The agreement covers special mining leases, originally granted to Hollinger North Shore Exploration Ltd. (“Hollinger”) within the province of Quebec. They include the Blue Lake, Jimmick, Chance Lake, Glance Lake, Fredrickson properties and the Lac Aulneau claim group in the Marymac area of the Labrador Trough. Historical information is being compiled on the various mining leases and claims and will be provided in a future announcement.
The Blue Lake “deposits” or “cluster” of disseminated Cu-Ni-PGE bearing sulphide lenses are well documented in various reports by government and independent geologists and have historical estimates as follows:
(*All grades and tonnages presented in this press release are historical and are not NI 43-101 compliant)
The total historical tonnage and weighted average of these 4 main deposits, plus smaller lenses at Blue Lake is 4.03 Mt at 0.85% Cu, 0.52% Ni and 0.84 g/t Pt+Pd.
Key Benefits from Rockland – La Fosse Agreement
Tags: Wellgreen PGM, Wellgreen Yukon, Prophecy Platinum Wellgreen, Wellgreen Ni-Cu-PGM, Blue Lake, Labrador Trough, Rockland Minerals, Yukon.
The agreement covers special mining leases, originally granted to Hollinger North Shore Exploration Ltd. (“Hollinger”) within the province of Quebec. They include the Blue Lake, Jimmick, Chance Lake, Glance Lake, Fredrickson properties and the Lac Aulneau claim group in the Marymac area of the Labrador Trough. Historical information is being compiled on the various mining leases and claims and will be provided in a future announcement.
The Blue Lake “deposits” or “cluster” of disseminated Cu-Ni-PGE bearing sulphide lenses are well documented in various reports by government and independent geologists and have historical estimates as follows:
Zone | Reference | Tonnes | Copper % | Nickel % | Pt+Pd (g/t) |
Blue Lake #1 | (Clark 1994) | 400,000 | 0.99 | 0.66 | 1.13 |
Blue Lake #2 | (Clark 1994) | 1,000,000 | 0.88 | 0.41 | 0.80 |
Centre | (Clark and Wares 2005) | 1,390,000 | 0.77 | 0.59 | 0.90 |
Pogo | (Clark and Wares 2005) | 1,240,000 | 0.96 | 0.49 | 0.71 |
Total | Weighted Average | 4,030,000 | 0.85 | 0.52 | 0.84 |
The total historical tonnage and weighted average of these 4 main deposits, plus smaller lenses at Blue Lake is 4.03 Mt at 0.85% Cu, 0.52% Ni and 0.84 g/t Pt+Pd.
Key Benefits from Rockland – La Fosse Agreement
- Allows Rockland to begin work towards a potential 43-101 compliant resource at Blue Lake.
- Creates the opportunity to increase tonnage through down dip and step-out drilling at Blue Lake and make new discoveries along fertile horizon at neighboring Retty Lake property.
- Rockland can begin analyzing important data generated from the Blue Lake #1 adit developed in 1985.
- The five special mining leases present significant advantages in rapidly developing potential mineral resources.
- Rockland will have access to Hollinger North Shore Exploration’s world-class exploration database.
- The Blue Lake lenses are well located, approximately 60 km from Schefferville, where rail and airport exist.
- Rockland will control key mining leases in several areas throughout the Labrador Trough, making it one of the top regional players in this world-class area.
Tags: Wellgreen PGM, Wellgreen Yukon, Prophecy Platinum Wellgreen, Wellgreen Ni-Cu-PGM, Blue Lake, Labrador Trough, Rockland Minerals, Yukon.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Rockland heads back to Schefferville Gold
In late September Rockland (RL-TSX V) started follow up field program to define drill targets and take further samples from Company’s Schefferville gold property, Quebec. Rockland recently reported widespread gold values in surface grab samples from iron-stained outcrops at the Rusty Acres zone. The results had several higher grade samples including 12.75 g/t Au, 4.94 g/t Au, 4.42 g/t Au, 3.64 g/t Au. In addition, a lone grab sample from one of the mineralized areas at Rusty Acres returned a gold assay of 171.5 g/t Au, a value higher than anything previously reported in the literature and confirms the attractiveness of this target area. An updated map from the summer sampling program can be seen here.
The program will be lead by George F. Sanders, Dr. Serge Chevé and Gennady Ivanov of IOS Services Geoscientifiques Inc. The goal of the program is to further understand the widespread gold occurrences in the Rusty Acres area. The high resolution "draped" aeromagnetic survey flown in April, and the encouraging assay results from field work in July, now give a much better understanding of potential structures and controls for the gold mineralization. Rockland geologists will mark drill targets for a planned winter drill campaign using this new information.
The program will be lead by George F. Sanders, Dr. Serge Chevé and Gennady Ivanov of IOS Services Geoscientifiques Inc. The goal of the program is to further understand the widespread gold occurrences in the Rusty Acres area. The high resolution "draped" aeromagnetic survey flown in April, and the encouraging assay results from field work in July, now give a much better understanding of potential structures and controls for the gold mineralization. Rockland geologists will mark drill targets for a planned winter drill campaign using this new information.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Rockland samples 12.75 g/t Au at Schefferville Gold Property, Quebec
Rockland (RL-TSX V) announced today some impressive, widespread gold values in surface grab samples from iron-stained outcrops at the Rusty Acres zone on the Schefferville Gold Project, Quebec. The results had several higher grade samples including 12.75 g/t Au, 4.94 g/t Au, 4.42 g/t Au, 3.64 g/t Au. A lone grab sample from one of the mineralized areas at Rusty Acres returned a gold assay value higher than anything previously reported in the literature and confirms the attractiveness of this target area.
Map link
These grab samples were taken by Rockland geologists, and represent rock chips collected over an area sufficient to provide the best "representative" gold value for the rusty rock outcroppings. Out of a total of 324 grab samples from Rusty Acres, there were fourteen samples above one gram-per-tonne gold, mostly in the 3-4 g/t Au range. A total of 30 grab samples had in excess of one-half gram, and an impressive 116 grab samples had over one-tenth gram gold, highlighting the bulk tonnage potential throughout the Schefferville Gold Project. These new assay results and map can be seen on the Company website at www.rocklandminerals.ca.
Sample number #81790376 had 171.5 g/t Au confirmed by re-assay with gravimetric finish. This is significantly higher than the historical maximum gold values in the 15-20 g/t range previously reported from this property. Pathfinder multi-element geochemical data from this high-grade sample shows iron, sulfur and arsenic contents typical of the gold-bearing Precambrian iron formations sampled so far in the district, plus highly anomalous pathfinders antimony and bismuth.
George F. Sanders, P.Geo., a director of the Company, and qualified Person under NI 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this news release states: "Receipt of such a high fire-assay gold value is very exciting, and it shows where there's geochemical "smoke" there's fire. However, it doesn't change Rockland's focus on discovering more near-surface disseminated gold on the project. Drilling results on this property have proven that we can commonly expect meter-plus widths of 1-4 g/t Au, within wide envelopes of highly anomalous gold in excess of one tenth of a gram. This single high-grade sample, with its distinctive pathfinder geochemistry and probable free gold, is a game-changer for this district, and will shed light on the origin and distribution of the gold."
Rockland geologists will visit the Schefferville Gold Project with these results in-hand before the end of September to do follow-up sampling and to define drill targets.
Map link
These grab samples were taken by Rockland geologists, and represent rock chips collected over an area sufficient to provide the best "representative" gold value for the rusty rock outcroppings. Out of a total of 324 grab samples from Rusty Acres, there were fourteen samples above one gram-per-tonne gold, mostly in the 3-4 g/t Au range. A total of 30 grab samples had in excess of one-half gram, and an impressive 116 grab samples had over one-tenth gram gold, highlighting the bulk tonnage potential throughout the Schefferville Gold Project. These new assay results and map can be seen on the Company website at www.rocklandminerals.ca.
Sample number #81790376 had 171.5 g/t Au confirmed by re-assay with gravimetric finish. This is significantly higher than the historical maximum gold values in the 15-20 g/t range previously reported from this property. Pathfinder multi-element geochemical data from this high-grade sample shows iron, sulfur and arsenic contents typical of the gold-bearing Precambrian iron formations sampled so far in the district, plus highly anomalous pathfinders antimony and bismuth.
George F. Sanders, P.Geo., a director of the Company, and qualified Person under NI 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this news release states: "Receipt of such a high fire-assay gold value is very exciting, and it shows where there's geochemical "smoke" there's fire. However, it doesn't change Rockland's focus on discovering more near-surface disseminated gold on the project. Drilling results on this property have proven that we can commonly expect meter-plus widths of 1-4 g/t Au, within wide envelopes of highly anomalous gold in excess of one tenth of a gram. This single high-grade sample, with its distinctive pathfinder geochemistry and probable free gold, is a game-changer for this district, and will shed light on the origin and distribution of the gold."
Rockland geologists will visit the Schefferville Gold Project with these results in-hand before the end of September to do follow-up sampling and to define drill targets.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
IOC : Huge Expansion in Mining Activity in the Labrador Trough Expected
Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) says that a new wave of expansion is taking shape in the Quebec-Labrador Trough iron-ore mining region based on the industry’s belief that global steelmaking demand will double within the next 15 to 20 years. IOC is a pioneer of the Quebec-Labrador iron-mining industry is the one of the original companies that worked on Rockland's Schefferville gold property in the Labrador Trough area. Read the entire Montreal Gazette story here.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Rockland News: Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGM Core Sampling Completed, Quebec
Rockland Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RL) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that core samples from the 1,500 meter Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGE drilling program have been submitted to a commercial laboratory for precious metals fire assay and multi-element geochemical analysis. The core was carefully saw-cut, and a half-split was retained at the IOS Services Géoscientifiques facility in Chicoutimi, QC for detailed logging and petrographic studies. The precious metals fire assay procedure to be used for palladium and platinum will be a more robust one assay-ton (50g charge) to insure the most reliable and repeatable results.
Gold fire assay results and multi-element geochemical results are also awaited from Rockland's Schefferville Gold Project, where 367 surface rock chip samples were collected from the new Rusty Acres area during an early summer 2011 field program guided by a detailed 50 meter-spaced heli-mag survey flown in May 2011.
George Sanders, P.Geo, a director of the Company, and qualified Person under NI 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this News Release states: "We all share the anticipation of the Retty Lake drilling results. The drill core was flown from Retty Lake to the nearby town of Schefferville when the drill was de-mobed, but remained in the queue to be transported via rail to the port of Sept-Îles for quite awhile. The intense iron ore development in the Schefferville area is exciting, and better infrastructure favours advancement of Rockland's two exploration projects located very close to Schefferville. There will be bottlenecks here and there as the service sector matures, but the first look at the rock samples from both projects is very encouraging."
Gold fire assay results and multi-element geochemical results are also awaited from Rockland's Schefferville Gold Project, where 367 surface rock chip samples were collected from the new Rusty Acres area during an early summer 2011 field program guided by a detailed 50 meter-spaced heli-mag survey flown in May 2011.
George Sanders, P.Geo, a director of the Company, and qualified Person under NI 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this News Release states: "We all share the anticipation of the Retty Lake drilling results. The drill core was flown from Retty Lake to the nearby town of Schefferville when the drill was de-mobed, but remained in the queue to be transported via rail to the port of Sept-Îles for quite awhile. The intense iron ore development in the Schefferville area is exciting, and better infrastructure favours advancement of Rockland's two exploration projects located very close to Schefferville. There will be bottlenecks here and there as the service sector matures, but the first look at the rock samples from both projects is very encouraging."
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Labrador Trough News: Globex Mining gets iron ore property
Globex Mining (GMX -TSX) announced that it has signed an Option Agreement with Titan Iron Ore Corp wherein Titan may earn 100% interest in a Globex, Labrador trough area iron exploration property in Northern Quebec. The property consists of 200 claims totaling approximately 22,635 acres and covers a 32 kilometer long magnetic anomaly which coincides with known showings of magnetite, an ore of iron. Entire press release here.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Prophecy Platinum's Wellgreen PGE-Ni-Cu property excites investors - good news for fellow explorers like Rockland
On July 14th, 2011 Prophecy Platinum (NKL-TSXV) announced their 43-101mineral resource estimate for its Wellgreen PGE-Ni-Cu property located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Wellgreen deposit now contains a total inferred resource of 289.2 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.53 g/t platinum, 0.42 g/t palladium, 0.23 g/t gold (1.18 g/t PGM+Gold), 0.38% nickel, and 0.35% copper. Prophecy Platinum's stock moved form $0.77 cents to over $3.00! Rockland's Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGM property is much earlier stage project, however holds potential for the discovery of economically important massive and disseminated Cu-Ni-PGE bearing sulphide deposits in the heart of the Labrador Trough.
Complete news release here.
Complete news release here.
Labrador Trough News: New Millennium Drills Lac Ritchie
July 20, 2011 news release - New Millennium Iron Corp. has extended the current contract with George Downing Estate Drilling Ltd. of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge to add a third drill and include drilling of the taconite exploration targets at Lac Ritchie and Perault Lake. The drill is in the process of mobilization. The collection of the KeMag Bulk sample is progressing well and the Contractor is expected to move its equipment from the KeMag deposit to Lac Ritchie before the end of July. NML estimates undertaking about 5,000 meters of drilling in those two targets....more news found here.
Rockland Gold and Cu-Ni-PGM Exploration Update Labrador Trough Area
News release, July 19, 2011, Rockland Minerals Corp. (RL-TSX Venture) has provided an update with regard to its exploration activities in Labrador Trough area of northeastern Quebec. So far during the current field season Rockland has drilled the Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGE (platinum group elements) property, and has flown a detailed heli-mag survey over the most promising portion of the Schefferville gold property to guide follow-up field mapping and sampling.
A total of 1,500 metres was drilled in the Northwest Retty Lake area with 10 holes that targeted known copper-nickel-platinum-palladium mineralization along a significant trend that is largely covered by Rockland claims. The target middle sill peridotite unit was intersected in all the holes, and significant disseminated chalcopyrite (copper mineral) was observed in broad zones of the host rock peridotite with highly favourable net texture of disseminated sulphides. The drill core was shipped via rail from Schefferville, Que., and has arrived at the core processing facility in Chicoutimi, Que. It is now being logged, saw cut and sampled, and assay results will be released as soon as possible after each batch of samples passes strict quality assurance/quality control protocols.
Follow-up fieldwork is now well under way on the northern block of Rockland Minerals Corp.'s Schefferville gold property, using recently flown data from a low-altitude draped heli-borne magnetometer survey on a 50-metre-spaced grid. The focus of Rockland's 2011 geological fieldwork is on the Rusty Acres area, which has never been drilled. Here, several clusters of plus-one-gram-per-tonne Au historic surface samples in outcropping rusty, iron-formations are seen on the compilation map. A total of 367 surface samples have been taken so far, and have been shipped for assay.
George Sanders, PGeo, a director of the company, is the qualified person under National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this news release.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Schefferville News - First iron ore train in 30 years leaves Schefferville
The following is a story from Mining.com. Labrador Iron Mines (LIM-TSX) is working near Rockland Minerals (RL-V) in the Labrador Trough. This story exemplifies the tremendous mining infrastructure that has been developed and re-activated near Rockland's 2 exploration properties in NE Quebec.
Labrador Iron Mines has made significant strides towards the start-up of production at its Schefferville Area direct shipping iron ore project in western Labrador, near the town of Schefferville Quebec. On June 29, 2011 the first loaded iron ore train departed Silver Yards for the Port of Sept-Iles travelling over the TSH and QNS&L railways. This historic event is the first commercial iron ore train from the Schefferville area in almost 30 years. Production Commenced at James Mine and Silver Yards Plant...
Railroad
In February 2011, the Company signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. (“TSH”) for the transportation of iron ore over the Menihek Division with an agreed tariff rate for calendar year 2011...
Port
LIM has signed a MOU with the Sept-Iles Port Authority for the use of the Pointe aux Basques terminal for handling and ship loading of LIM’s iron ore for the 2011 season and potentially beyond. LIM has also signed an agreement with a port terminal operator for the unloading, stacking and ship loading of iron ore at Pointe aux Basques. LIM will have exclusive use of the Pointe aux Basques terminal for iron ore shipments...
For the complete story to go Mining.com.
Labrador Iron Mines has made significant strides towards the start-up of production at its Schefferville Area direct shipping iron ore project in western Labrador, near the town of Schefferville Quebec. On June 29, 2011 the first loaded iron ore train departed Silver Yards for the Port of Sept-Iles travelling over the TSH and QNS&L railways. This historic event is the first commercial iron ore train from the Schefferville area in almost 30 years. Production Commenced at James Mine and Silver Yards Plant...
Railroad
In February 2011, the Company signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. (“TSH”) for the transportation of iron ore over the Menihek Division with an agreed tariff rate for calendar year 2011...
Port
LIM has signed a MOU with the Sept-Iles Port Authority for the use of the Pointe aux Basques terminal for handling and ship loading of LIM’s iron ore for the 2011 season and potentially beyond. LIM has also signed an agreement with a port terminal operator for the unloading, stacking and ship loading of iron ore at Pointe aux Basques. LIM will have exclusive use of the Pointe aux Basques terminal for iron ore shipments...
For the complete story to go Mining.com.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Schefferville news - Anglesey Mining: First commercial iron ore train leaves Schefferville, says LIM
Anglesey Mining's 33 percent owned Labrador Iron Mines (TSE:LIM) said that the first train carrying direct shipping ore left for port yesterday (June 29).
"This train represents the first commercial iron ore train movement from the Schefferville area in almost 30 years," said LIM today as it updated on operations and revealed full year results for the year to March 31 2011.
It comes after ore mining operations began at the James Mine earlier this month, where full scale mining is now in full swing.
Around 120,000 tonnes of iron ore have been stockpiled so far and mining will continue until November at a rate of around 15,000 tonnes of ore per day, said LIM.
The Silver Yards processing plant, expected to continue to operate through to November, has a planned initial processing rate of 6,000 tonnes per day, which will be incrementally increased to 10,000 tonnes per day.
LIM's Schefferville project envisages the development of 20 direct shipping iron ore deposits in western Labrador and north-eastern Quebec near Schefferville, Quebec.
It is estimated that around 2.5 million tonnes of ore will be mined from the James Mine during the current financial year and, subject to weather, around one million tonnes of saleable product will be railed to the Port of Sept-Iles. Link to full news story here.
"This train represents the first commercial iron ore train movement from the Schefferville area in almost 30 years," said LIM today as it updated on operations and revealed full year results for the year to March 31 2011.
It comes after ore mining operations began at the James Mine earlier this month, where full scale mining is now in full swing.
Around 120,000 tonnes of iron ore have been stockpiled so far and mining will continue until November at a rate of around 15,000 tonnes of ore per day, said LIM.
The Silver Yards processing plant, expected to continue to operate through to November, has a planned initial processing rate of 6,000 tonnes per day, which will be incrementally increased to 10,000 tonnes per day.
LIM's Schefferville project envisages the development of 20 direct shipping iron ore deposits in western Labrador and north-eastern Quebec near Schefferville, Quebec.
It is estimated that around 2.5 million tonnes of ore will be mined from the James Mine during the current financial year and, subject to weather, around one million tonnes of saleable product will be railed to the Port of Sept-Iles. Link to full news story here.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Rockland (RL-TSXV) Starts Summer Exploration at Schefferville Gold Property, Quebec
For Immediate Release. Vancouver, British Columbia, June 30, 2011: Rockland Minerals Corp. (TSX Venture: RL) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that follow-up field work is underway on the northern block of the Schefferville Gold Property, using recently flown data from a low altitude (10 meter altitude, 2.5 meter sampling rate) "draped" heli-borne magnetometer survey on a 50-meter spaced grid, flown by Novatem Inc. New maps can be viewed at the Company’s website at www.rocklandminerals.ca
The Schefferville Gold Project lies within the 2.7 Ga Ashuanipi Metamorphic Province (2.7 Ga) of the Archean-age Superior Craton. In the mid-1980's Québec government regional lake-bottom geochemical surveys revealed strong arsenic-gold geochemical anomalies northwest of Schefferville. The old-timers, panning the creeks in the region, had not seen "colour" in their gold pans, due to the atomic-scale dissemination of gold within arsenopyrite. Weathering of the Ashuanipi gold mineralization simply did not create nuggets at the earth's surface, and this mineralization lay undiscovered. Only one wave of exploration followed the government discovery, in the late 1980's, and consisted of channel sampling, and a few shallow drill holes by Québec juniors VIOR-Mazarin, and by IOC. VIOR-Mazarin reported +1 g/t Au diamond drill intercepts at the Arséne in the northern block, and at Lac Lilois in the southern block. The first focus of Rockland's 2011 geological field work is on a new area, the Rusty Acres, which has never been drilled. Here, several clusters of +1 g/t Au historic surface samples in outcropping rusty, iron-formations are seen on the compilation map.
Rockland controls the best prospects in the district by first optioning 100% of E.D. Black's Ashuanipi Claims (southern block) and by earning a 55% interest in the Schefferville Gold Project claims, in both the northern and southern blocks, with Joint Venture partner Western Troy Capital Resources Inc. (45%) (TSX Venture: WRY).
Rockland drilled 1,500 meters in September 2010 based on positive drill results obtained by Western Troy in 2009. Within broad intercepts of anomalous low-grade gold mineralization with visible arsenopyrite, a significant number of "sweet spots" of multi-gram gold values were encountered over 1-2 meter core sampling intervals. These higher grade intervals can be averaged with all the rest of the anomalous gold values because there are no quartz veins, no "nuggety" free gold, and no sharp assay boundaries. This gives rise to the expectation of finding significant tonnages of near-surface, low-grade gold mineralization on the Schefferville Gold Project. The assay results, and a graphical illustration of gold assay intervals, can be seen on the Company website at www.rocklandminerals.ca.
George F. Sanders, P.Geo, a director of the Company, and the Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the technical content of this news release, states: "The strength of our mapping program this summer lies in the calibre of the geological consultants on the Rockland team -- Dr. Serge Chevé, Independent Consultant, and Réjean Girard, and Gennady Ivanov of IOS Services Geoscientifiques Inc. The first look at the raw airborne magnetic data shows just how useful it will be to the ground mapping."
An additional, more detailed write-up accompanying the first new field map of the 2011 season is posted on the Rockland website www.rocklandminerals.ca.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Pictures: Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGE Drill Core and Write up
Must see new pictures of Rockland's Retty Lake Cu-Ni-PGE drill core and a technical write-up comparing the rocks to the Ungava southern mineral belt. See pictures at http://bit.ly/mjfwQr . Assay results are in process.
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