Copper: Humanity’s first and most important future metal
Millions of feet of copper wiring will be required for strengthening the world’s power grids, and hundreds of thousands of tonnes more are needed to build wind and solar farms.
Troilus Gold Corp. of Toronto reports finding a new mineralized zone in the southeast part of the J zone at the past producing Troilus gold-copper mine in the Abitibi region, 175 km from Chibougamau, Quebec. The gold-rich area is about 30 metres from surface and open at depth.
Highlights of the new zone include:
Troilus has a 40,000-metre drill program planned for 2019. Targets at the Z87 South, J, Z87 and J4 North zones will be of prime interest.
(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)