First Cobalt extends mineralization at Iron Creek in Idaho

Northern Miner Staff | February 13, 2019 | 1:10 pm Base Metals Battery Metals Cobalt Copper 
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Iron Creek project – Image courtesy of First Cobalt

First Cobalt (TXSV: FCC; US-OTC: FTSSF) has extended copper-cobalt mineralization along strike at both its Waite zone and No Name zone, part of its Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho.

The company is reporting four holes it drilled west of the project’s current resource in 2018. The holes extend the Waite zone 120 metres west along strike and the No Name zone 60 metres west along strike. The company also traced mineralization an additional 150 metres below surface to a total depth of 300 metres. Mineralization remains open down dip and along strike to the west.

The company is reporting four holes it drilled west of the project’s current resource in 2018

The company has also identified a continuous horizon of mineralization between the two zones that extends for 800 metres along strike.

Highlights from the drill program include 13.4 metres grading 0.01% cobalt and 2.22% copper from 149 metres downhole including 3 metres at 4.01% copper in the No Name zone as well as 1.9 metres grading 0.22% cobalt and 3.9% copper from 261 metres downhole including 0.5 metres at 0.47% cobalt and 10.37% copper in the Between zone.

Based on a September 2018 maiden resource, Iron Creek contains 26.9 million inferred tonnes grading 0.08% cobalt and 0.3% copper for 46.2 million lb. cobalt and 176.2 million lb. copper.

This story first appeared in The Northern Miner.

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Comments

  • tutusaus Jean Pierre

    nice discovery
    we are happy to see that Iron creek contain so much cobalt..
    just for comparison Nyoka Project contain (in the west part) 40 millions tons @ 1.00% Cu and 30 millions tons @ 0.25% Co (inferred and indicated ressources) we continue exploration to the east part.

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