A.I.S. Resources secured drilling permits for its Saint John IOCG project in New Brunswick and mobilized a contractor for a 2,000-metre Phase 1 program targeting magnetic anomalies.
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A.I.S. Resources has secured its first batch of drilling permits for the Saint John iron oxide-copper-gold project in southern New Brunswick. The approval from the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development allows the company to start a Phase 1 drill program targeting magnetic and structural anomalies identified through recent geophysical interpretation.
The Lepreau district, where the project sits, shows strong magnetic signatures, widespread alteration zones, and structural corridors that fit IOCG exploration models. The company plans roughly 2,000 metres of diamond drilling, with site preparation and contractor mobilization starting July 28.
“We’re very pleased to have received the drilling permits for our Lepreau district projects,” CEO Marc Enright-Morin said in a statement. He called the permit clearance an important milestone and said the company looks forward to testing the targets.
Southern New Brunswick has a long history of mineral occurrences linked to Appalachian volcanic, sedimentary, and intrusive settings. The region hosts geological environments considered favourable for copper, gold, silver, zinc, antimony, cobalt, and nickel. A.I.S. has expanded its land package from 9,555 hectares to 26,952 hectares across southwestern New Brunswick.
Phase 1 drilling is designed to validate the company’s IOCG model and generate geological information to guide future exploration. The company holds three main project areas in the region.
The Pocologan Project covers about 21.5 square kilometres and benefits from proximity to highways, rail, power, and deep-water port facilities at Saint John. Historical surface work there outlined copper, gold, and silver mineralization associated with gabbroic, granodioritic, and altered host rocks. A.I.S. has not yet verified continuity, scale, or economic significance of those historical showings.
The Frenchmans Creek Project is an early-stage district-scale copper-gold-silver target focused on IOCG-style and structurally controlled mineralization. Like Pocologan, it requires systematic verification through mapping, sampling, geophysics, and drilling before any conclusions on grade or economic potential can be drawn.
The Grand Bay area is prospective for volcanic-hosted base-metal mineralization and structurally controlled copper-silver-gold veins. Those exploration concepts need confirmation through systematic mapping, geochemical sampling, and geophysical surveys.
A.I.S. holds a substantial land position across major terrane boundaries and crustal-scale structures in southwestern New Brunswick. Emerging geophysical, geological, and geochemical data indicate potential for a district-scale IOCG-porphyry mineral system.
Afzaal Pirzada, P.Geo., V.P. of Exploration for A.I.S. Resources, reviewed and approved the technical information in the release. He is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
The company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under ticker AIS and on the OTC Pink market under AISSF.
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