Discovery of second copper system demonstrates the true strength of White Cliff’s Rae project

• Danvers 2 system found 4km from Danvers 1 with 15m at 4.8% copper from 12m depth
• Geophysics suggests Danvers 2 is significantly larger than the original Danvers deposit
• Confirms potential for multiple large-scale high-grade copper deposits at Rae

Special Report: Drilling at White Cliff Minerals’ Rae project in Nunavut has uncovered a second shallow copper system, demonstrating the project’s potential to host multiple, large-scale, high-grade deposits.

The Danvers 2 system was intersected by hole DAN25019 more than 4km along trend in the same structural corridor from the centre of Danvers 1.

It was marked by a 15m intersection grading 4.8% copper and 20g/t silver from a down-hole depth of 12m within a broader 30m zone at 2.5% copper.

DAN25019 also returned further, deeper intervals of 17m at 0.15% from 55m and 27.5m at 0.4% copper from 123.5m, including 3m at 1.7% copper from 137m.

What’s particularly noteworthy for White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) is the discovery aligns with its interpretation of aerial geophysics, which also indicates that Danvers 2 is much larger than the original Danvers deposit.

The intersected mineralised envelope is now understood to be the outer edge of the newly identified large conductor.

“This latest drill result firmly establishes the wider Danvers lease as a major growth opportunity, confirming its potential to host multiple large-scale, high-grade deposits,” WCN managing director Troy Whittaker said.

“The strong replication of chalcocite-dominant mineralisation over 4km along strike underscores the significant upside beyond what we’ve already discovered.

“Preliminary magnetic data suggests this newly identified structure (Danvers 2) is far greater than the rapidly expanding Danvers deposit to the northwest, which already hosts impressive high-grade mineralisation across more than 500m of strike. These results now confirm a much larger mineralised system than previously recognised.”

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Rae project

The Rae project is 75km from the town of Kugluktuk with the camp and project area accessed via an all-weather runway, which also places the project just 90 minutes by air from the domestic and industrial hub of Yellowknife.

Nearby mines include Agnico Eagle’s Hope Bay gold mine, B2Gold Corp’s Goose gold mine and Rio Tinto’s Diavik diamond mine.

Rae hosts numerous high-grade copper mineralisation occurrences and hosts all first-order controls for a major sediment-hosted copper deposit. It also has a historical, non-JORC resource of 4.16Mt at 2.96% copper.

WCN’s recent airborne geophysical survey over the Danvers region identified several previously unknown high-priority targets that extend along 10km of the Teshierpi Fault, within a structural setting and magnetic signature similar to known Danvers mineralisation.

The company is also awaiting results from the Stark prospect and sedimentary targets such as Hulk in the coming weeks.

This article was developed in collaboration with White Cliff Minerals, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.

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