Rio Tinto Exploration Canada (RTEC) started mobilizing two drills, fuel, and other supplies to the Janice Lake copper-silver project in Saskatchewan, project owner Forum Energy Metals (TSXV: FMC) announced this week.
According to the miner, RTEC has engaged Team Drilling, a partnership with Aboriginal-owned Athabasca Basin Development to commence drilling in mid-February.
The plan is for both drills to initially focus on the Rafuse target, a 2.8-kilometre-long priority target of copper mineralization at surface that was developed during the mapping, prospecting and geophysical program this past summer.
RTEC has engaged Team Drilling, a partnership with Aboriginal-owned Athabasca Basin Development to commence drilling in mid-February
Forum said that further drilling is also planned on the Jansem prospect to follow up on thick intervals of surface copper mineralization up to 51.8 meters grading 0.57% copper, outlined in 2019.
The company also reported that the 80-person Burbidge Lake Camp that was set up at the centre of the property last September is now fully accessible through a 110-kilometre haul road that was built last winter.
Located in north-central Saskatchewan within the Wollaston Domain, the Janice Lake project extends for 38,250 hectares.
Rio Tinto optioned the project in May 2019 and can earn an 80% interest by spending C$30 million in addition to making separate option payments to Forum Energy Metals and Transition Metals Corp.
