Abcourt Mines has commenced a 20,000m drilling programme at its wholly owned Flordin Property, located approximately 25km north of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Quebec, Canada.
The drilling campaign, described as the second phase, will focus on both the Cartwright and South Zone sectors, following an initial phase last year that involved around 4,000m of drilling.
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The main goal is to deepen and broaden the gold-bearing zones to potentially link all mineralised areas over a span exceeding 2km.
The drilling strategy includes approximately 10,000m in the Cartwright area and another 10,000m in the South Zone sector.
At Cartwright, work will focus on areas cleared by stripping operations in 2024 and 2025, particularly along the eastern extension towards Agnico Eagle Mines’ Kinebic property.
The new drill-holes aim to verify the continuity of gold mineralisation to the east and west.
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By GlobalDataNotably, historic zones such as Adam-Horse and Little Joe are linked within a basalt-andesitic host that exhibits gold grades from 100 parts per billion up to more than three grams per tonne (g/t).
In the South Zone sector, drilling will explore both deeper sections and eastern extensions of the zone, originally discovered by Cambior in 1988.
In March 2025, Abcourt reported that the area had previously produced findings of up to 1.1g/t gold across 47.2m.
Further shorter drills will target the vicinity of the Altered Zone, where hole FL-25-283 from last year recorded 0.9g/t gold over 19m, with a segment showing 3.1g/t gold over 3.1m.
Gold mineralisation in the Cartwright and South Zone sectors is linked to pyrite bands in areas rich in altered hematite-silica-carbonate within the Cameron Deformation Zone.
Abcourt Mines president and CEO Pascal Hamelin said: “This second phase of drilling of a minimum of 20,000m is only the beginning of our ambitious development plan for our Flordin project.
“By confirming the connection of the mineralisation observed in the Cartwright and Flordin areas, we will have a high-grade gold corridor of more than 2km in length and less than 30km from the town of Lebel-Sur-Quévillon.”
In July 2025, Abcourt finalised a $8m (C$10.92M) secured financing facility with Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II in a critical step towards reopening the Sleeping Giant mine in Quebec.
