Phase two drilling concludes at Fathom’s Gochager Lake project
me-metals: The Gochager Lake property is situated roughly 75km north-north-east of La Ronge and 22km west-north-west of Missinipe.
According to me-metals cited by mining-technology.com, Fathom Nickel has concluded the phase-two drilling programme at its wholly owned Gochager Lake project in northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
The company drilled a total of nine holes, reaching 3,174.5m, following up on the previous phase-one programme completed in March 2026, which covered seven drill-holes and 2,144m.
The latest phase aimed to further assess the Gochager Lake deposit mineralisation along its south-western extension and at depth, as well as target areas identified during phase one.
It covered approximately 800m of strike length over the deposit’s mineralisation footprint and followed up on several off-hole geophysical anomalies.
Two new mineralised zones were intersected to the south-west and north-east of the historic Gochager Lake deposit.
Processing of the drill core has been completed and all samples were sent to the laboratory on 10 July 2026.
The Gochager Lake property, which covers 23,110 hectares, is situated roughly 75km north-north-east of La Ronge and 22km west-north-west of Missinipe.
Located within the Rottenstone and La Ronge Domain of the Proterozoic Trans-Hudson orogenic belt, it is part of a geological setting underpinned by biotite gneiss and migmatite.
Fathom Nickel’s exploration portfolio in the region also includes the Albert Lake and Friesen Lake projects.
Fathom CEO and VP exploration Ian Fraser said: “We are very pleased to announce the completion of phase two of our 2026 drill programme. The drill programme was successful in identifying new zones of nickel-copper-cobalt mineralisation across the 800m of strike length tested.
“We are also very pleased that, due to recently implemented cost saving initiatives, we were able to drill approximately 1,000 additional metres as compared to the initial budget. We look forward to reporting assays results once received and interpreted – expected by mid-August.”
source: mining-technology.com
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