PRECIOUS GROUP ELEMENT TEST WORK
Twenty samples from holes NOT-07-01, NOT-07-02 and NOT-07-05 were selected for Precious Group
Elements (PGE’s) as part of the ongoing evaluation of Eagle One. The samples were selected on the
basis of initial platinum and palladium content, nickel and copper content as well as lithology. The
samples initially underwent analysis for rhodium at ALS Chemex laboratory in Vancouver B.C., then labsplits
of the same sample set were sent to ALS’s affiliate lab in Australia, and additional splits were sent
to Activation Laboratory in Ancaster, Ontario. The test work recently received confirms that other PGE’s
are present in Eagle One and now need to be analyzed for on a regular basis. Variance between the two
laboratories was within acceptable limits.
The test-work included three consecutive samples selected
from Hole NOT-07-05 between 111.5 meters and 115.6 meters down-hole. This 4.1 meter section
averaged 3.2% copper, 3.62% nickel, 30.2 g/t platinum, 15.95 g/t palladium, 3.3 g/t gold, 8.1 g/t
silver, 0.84 g/t rhodium, 0.15 g/t osmium, 0.21 g/t iridium and 0.42 g/t ruthenium.
Noront will now be assaying previous samples from Eagle One for rhodium and completing additional assaying for the other
PGE’s on a regular basis, to determine ratios of the other elements with respect to rhodium assays.
