I like this part! Bulbous-like protrusion. That should be easy to hit with the upcoming drill program.

Notie Girl

Geological embayment features associated with mafic-ultramafic intrusive complexes or komaiitic flow sequences be they magmatic or structural in origin, are well known trap environments for the concentration of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphides. These features are generally manifested in the form of a bulbous-like protrusion along the basal contact zone of a mafic-ultramafic body. A drilled dunitic body on Butler 5 has a strike length of at least 4.4 km and an embayment like feature. Based on magnetic interpretation the northern basal portion of this 4.4 km long body has a pronounced embayment-like feature that protrudes approximately 150-200m deeper into the underlying footwall stratigraphy than elsewhere along the base of the body and would appear to fit the criteria for an embayment.


The recent "Insight" IP geophysical survey over this "embayment feature" disclosed high chargeability associated with the core of this feature but an even higher and thicker chargeability zone associated with the outer periphery of this feature and the underlying country rock. It should be noted that the axis of this thicker outer chargeability anomaly is also coincident with a marked and rapid change in the density of the underlying rocks as detected by the 2010 OGS-GSC gravity-magnetic survey and the Company's recently completed ground gravity survey.


The same IP survey also discovered an even higher zone of chargeability approximately 700 m south of the embayment feature. This anomalous chargeability zone also was found to be underlain by anomalously dense rocks as detected by the 2010 OGS-GSC gravity-magnetic survey. An interpretation of the magnetic fabric of this area would suggest that this zone of anomalous chargeability and density would appear to flank mafic-ultramafic rocks, and are < 400 m along strike from the best Ni-Cu sulphides (MN07-039; 0.54 to 1% Ni) discovered to date on the Butler property.


Targeting of the above anomalies will be completed and they will be prioritized into the upcoming drill program. "The Insight IP survey continues to prove invaluable in identifying chargeable features beneath shallow conductive materials which resulted in numerous traditional time domain EM targets. The success of this technique in targeting Ni sulphides in the Ring of Fire has been demonstrated at Noront's Eagle's Nest and continues to add to MacDonald's exploration potential on the Butler property." - Quentin Yarie, Senior VP, Exploration.