Vancouver's Gatling Exploration has kicked off a 10,000-metre drill program at its Larder Lake gold project in northeastern Ontario.
The company will be exploring deeper at its Bear Lake deposit and to the east where previous drilling yielded a core of 22.5 grams per tonne gold over a 7.9-metre length.
They'll also be targetting gold mineralization near the surface and at depth at its Cheminis and Fernland deposits.
Gatling's property is located in the Cadillac-Larder Break, a prolific gold belt in the Kirkland Lake area that's home to several world-class gold deposits.
The property is situated two kilometres north of the town of Larder Lake and is bisected by a highway.
The 2,096-hectare Larder property hosts three high-grade gold deposits, 35 kilometres east of Kirkland Lake.
Situated in McVittie and McGarry Townships, the former Cheminis Mine is on the property and includes a vertical shaft of 1,085 feet with six levels.
In a March 1 statement, Gatling president Nav Dhaliwal said the drill program is designed to expand some known zones of mineralization and test for new, shallow-depth gold zones.
"The project contains three high-grade gold deposits that Gatling considers to be a single larger mineralized system over four-kilometre strike length. Larder lies within close proximity of past-producing mines and active projects and is close to well-established infrastructure, making it a particularly attractive property."
