Storm Copper is a strata-bound and structurally-hosted copper zone of mineralization, hosted in dolomitic sediments of the Allen Bay Formation. Hypogene copper mineralization is present at surface and identified to a depth of at least 100 metres in the form of chalcocite, bornite, covellite and chalcopyrite. Malachite and azurite are common oxide coatings. The geologic setting, mineralogy and zonation suggest affinities to sediment-hosted copper deposits.
Location:located on Somerset Island, Nunavut, approximately 20 kilometres from tidewater at Aston Bay.
High-grade copper discovery:
Multiple thick, high-grade copper zones identified across 15km2 with intersections that include:
15m @ 4.24% Cu from surface (ST97-02)
110m @ 2.45% Cu from surface (ST97-08)
56.3m @ 3.07% Cu from 12.2m (ST99-19)
11.5m @ 4.75% Cu from 75.9m (ST99-47)
Drill ready targets:
Numerous surface gossans remain untested
Clear geophysical response of mineralization in electromagnetics and gravity with numerous geophysical targets yet to be drilled
Interpreted extensions to deposit ready for drilling in 2022 season
Untested EM targets – potential for additional discovery