Radisson has announced that Balmoral Resources Ltd., its partner in the development of the "Detour East" property, has advised it that initial drill testing of gold exploration targets on the Detour East Property, located along the Detour Gold Trend in west-central Quebec, has begun.
The Detour East Property covers a 20-kilometre-long stretch of the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone, which hosts the Abitibi's largest undeveloped gold resource—the Detour Gold deposit—on an adjacent property in Ontario.
The planned 1,200- to 1,500-metre diamond drill program will target geophysical and geological targets located along the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone in settings similar to the one hosting the Detour Gold deposit, as well as additional targets sharing similarities with Balmoral's Martiniere West, Fenelon and Grasset Gold discoveries located to the east along the trend. Balmoral is in the first year of an option agreement whereby it can earn up to a 60% interest in the Detour East Property from Radisson Mining Resources Inc.
"Targeting at Detour East will be focused on areas where we consider the potential for new, large tonnage gold discoveries to be the highest, drawing on our increasing knowledge of the belt and the work done by our neighbours to the west," said Darin Wagner, President of Balmoral Resources. "The Sunday Lake Deformation Zone is sparsely tested across the Detour East property, despite the presence of the Detour Gold deposit just to the west of the property, and thus represents a prime discovery target."