Foran Mining Completes Summer Program at Bigstone Deposit

Foran Mining ( TSXV:FOM) reported the completion of its summer program at the Bigstone copper-zinc deposit near McIlvenna Bay in Saskatchewan. Work completed included relogging/verification of select historic drill holes, sampling of 2015 drill core for metallurgical testwork, and collection of detailed specific gravity data through the mineralized intervals. Foran also announced that the contract for metallurgical testwork has been awarded to Base Met Labs of Kamloops, BC.
As quoted in the press release:

Foran has now completed a summer program which included the relogging/verification of select historic drill holes, petrographic studies of sulphide mineralization by an independent consultant, sampling of 2015 drill core for metallurgical testwork and the collection of detailed specific gravity data through the mineralized intervals from the 2015 winter drill program, in anticipation of completing a mineral resource estimate. Further compilation and geological interpretation of historic data to identify additional targets for subsequent exploration programs throughout Foran’s 11,126 hectare Bigstone property is ongoing.
Foran has awarded the contract for metallurgical testwork to Base Met Labs of Kamloops, BC. This work is well underway and a report is expected to be received by the Company in early Q4/15.
Pending positive metallurgical results, Foran intends to proceed with a mineral resource estimate for Bigstone.
Past work by previous operators has outlined an historic copper-zinc mineral resource for Bigstone (Table 1)¹. The historic mineral resource outlines a cylindrical shaped volcanogenic massive sulphide (“VMS”) deposit, in part drill tested between 100 and 700m below surface. Foran’s 2015 winter campaign tested the central part of the deposit at vertical depths of 200 to 350m with six drill holes, all of which intersected broad intervals of copper+/- zinc mineralization (see the Foran news release dated May 20, 2015).
Highlights from the 2015 winter campaign included:

• 2.0% Cu over 105.0m, including 4.1% Cu over 20.4m in BS-15-239, and
• 18.4% Zn over 11.8m, including 27.0% Zn over 7.6m in BS-15-2402

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