MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / October 17, 2024 / VIOR INC. ("Vior" or the "Corporation") (TSXV:VIO)(OTCQB:VIORF)(FRA:VL51), is pleased to provide an update on the progress of its +60,000 metre ("m") diamond drill program at the Belleterre Gold Project ("Belleterre" or the "Project"), located in the underexplored and historic gold-producing Belleterre Greenstone Belt, in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec (Figure 1).
Vior commenced its Belleterre Drill Program on September 23, 2024, (refer to Press Release dated September 24, 2024), with two drill rigs at the Belleterre Mine Trend in one of its highest priority drill target areas (Figure 2).
"We are highly encouraged by early observations in the first three weeks of our +60,000 m drill program at the Belleterre Gold Project," stated Mark Fedosiewich, President and CEO of Vior. "To date, we have completed 19 drill holes and 4,054 m at the former Belleterre Mine area. Logging of the drill core indicates the extension of favourable Belleterre Mine style mineralization proximal to the historic production area, with up to 16.6 m core length of sulphide mineralized quartz-veining in altered mafic volcanic rocks. These observations are validating our team's geological model and suggest potential extensions beyond known mineralization. This early success will help us optimize our drill targeting as we continue the drill program through fall 2024 and into 2025."
Figure 1: Belleterre Gold Project Location
Figure 2: Belleterre Brownfield Area - Drilling starting within the Belleterre Mine Trend
Belleterre Mine Area
Since commencing with two drill rigs on September 23, 2024, Vior has completed 19 drill holes in the Belleterre Mine area, with five strategic scissor transects across the western end of the Belleterre mineralized system. These drill holes range from 80 m to 500 m in length, providing geological data down to vertical depths of between 70 m and 400 m from surface (Figure 3 and Figure 4).
Figure 3: Belleterre Mine Site - Drill Collar Locations
Vior's initial drilling has targeted near-surface zones within the western 400 m of the +800 metre-long Belleterre gold mine Vein #12 system. With 15 of the holes intersecting typical Belleterre Mine style sulphide mineralization and alteration, Vior expects to significantly enhance the understanding of the structure, geometry, and continuity of the gold system.
Early observations from the drill core align closely with the geological model and have confirmed the lateral extension of sulphide mineralization and alteration beyond the former production areas. Notably, some intersections revealed sulphide mineralized and alteration zones up to 16.6 m wide within quartz-veined, chlorite and sericite-altered mafic volcanic rocks. These observations are highly encouraging as they not only indicate mineralization enveloping the historical production areas, but they also suggest the potential for extension beyond known mineralized zones (Figure 4).
The planned drill program will advance eastward along the vein system and will step north to explore below levels of previous production and exploration at the former Belleterre Gold Mine area.
To date, more than 1,244 core samples from the drill program at the Belleterre Mine area have been sent for analysis to ALS assay laboratory in Val d'Or, Quebec. All assay results are pending.
In response to the provincial hunting season and to allow for local hunters to be unencumbered by the drilling activities at the Belleterre Mine area, Vior has relocated both drill rigs 2.5 km southwest within the Belleterre Mine Trend to the Aubelle Deposit target area. The drill program will resume at the Belleterre Mine area when the hunting season concludes.
Figure 4: Belleterre Mine - West Looking Cross-Section Along Line A-B
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About Vior Inc.
Vior is a junior mineral exploration corporation based in the province of Quebec, Canada, whose corporate strategy is to generate, explore, and develop high-quality mineral projects in the proven and favourable mining jurisdiction of Quebec. Through the years, Vior's management and technical teams have demonstrated their ability to discover several gold deposits and many high-quality mineral prospects.
Vior is rapidly advancing its flagship Belleterre Gold Project with the strategic support of Osisko Mining Inc. The Belleterre Gold Project is an exciting district-scale property that includes Quebec's past-producing high-grade Belleterre gold mine. Vior has conducted extensive surface and compilation exploration at the Belleterre property and is undertaking a +60,000 metre drill program. Vior is also actively developing its promising Skyfall Project in partnership with SOQUEM Inc., and several other properties with multi-mineral potential.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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