Ontario Mineral Inventory

Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000003167

Record: MDI000000003167

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Niobium

Secondary Commodities: Lithium, Copper, Gold

Location

Township or Area: Hecla, Kilmer

Latitude: 50° 19' 57"    Longitude: -81° 52' 34.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 437627   Northing: 5575968    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42I05SW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole HK20-002 (20000019943)

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The H-K property is located south of the Mattagami river. The nearest town is Smooth Rock Falls located on the Trans-Canada Highway (Provincial HWY 11) some 110 kilometers to the southwest. Cochrane is the regional services hub and is located 150 kilometers to the southeast. The property is accessed by helicopter.

Exploration History

1969: Ashland oil and Elgin Petroleum completed 6 diamond drill holes. 1981: Selco Exploration Company completed two drill holes as part of a regional diamond exploration program. 1988: Ron Sage of the OGS re-sampled old core from the site and wrote up a report. 2012: G. Peacock staked the property and re-sampled old core from the site. 2020: VR Resources completed an airborne geophysical survey (VTEM). 2020-2021: VR Resources completed 9 diamond drill holes totaling 9,575m, and assaying and analyses. 2022: VR Resources completed a further 5 diamond drill holes totaling 1,437m. 2023: VR Resources completed 3 diamond drill holes and bulk sampling of the mineralized intersection in hole 013. The bulk sample was sent for mineralogical, beneficiation and metallurgical study.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Moose River Basin

Geology Comments

Sep 08, 2022 (Sheree Hinz) - The complex was emplaced along the regional-scale tectonic suture between two sub-provinces of the Archean Superior Craton; the volcanic-dominated Wabigoon province to the north, and the sediment-dominated Quetico province to the south. The H-K property covers a well defined, high intensity magnetic complex approximately 5x5 kilometers in size and evident on regional-scale Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) aeromagnetic maps.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Sep 08, 2022 (Sheree Hinz) - Hecla-Kilmer is a large, polyphase Proterozoic alkaline intrusive complex with carbonatite approximately 4 – 6 km’s across. The core of the complex is mostly nepheline syenite and phonolite, surrounded by a myriad of ultra-basic, alkaline and carbonatite intrusive phases including several porphyritic phases, phoscorite, sovite, ijolite, syenite and olivine gabbro.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Sep 08, 2022 (Sheree Hinz) - Drilling done by VR Resources in 2020 (20000019943) identified four different mineralization styles present: 1. REE + Nb in veined and brecciated carbonatite dykes (DDH HK21-005 gave values of 3m at 1.70% TREO, 4m at 0.42% Nb205); 2. lithium mineralization in hydrothermal breccia (DDH HK20-002 gave values of 23.4m at 427ppm Li2O); 3. copper sulfide in veinlets with iron and silica; 4. elevated hydrothermal gold related to porphyry dykes. More drilling intersections include 243 m at 1.01 % TREO within 290 m @ 0.91 % TREO, starting at bedrock surface, and including 39 m at 2.01 % TREO (VR Resources Press Release, July 21, 2022). Five diamond drill holes totaling 1,437m was completed by VR Resources in Fall 2022. Drill Hole HK22-020 gave returns of 212 m of continuous mineralization at 0.7% total rare earth oxide (TREO) with 17% permanent magnet rare earth oxides (PMREO). One meter of which sampled up to 2.7% TREO with 28.5% PMREO, and including 48 m at 1.0 % TREO with 19% PMREO at the end of the hole, and open to depth. The 212 meter intersection in Hole HK22-020 is on structure, along-strike to the southeast of the 25.5 m at 1.131% TREO with 18% PMREO intersected in Hole HK22-015. PMREO is the sum of high value rare earth oxides used in permanent magnet motors and turbines used in electric vehicles and wind turbines (Pr2O3 + Nd203 + Tb2O3 + Dy2O3). Bulk sampling of an intersection in Hole 013 in 2023 was sent for mineralogical, beneficiation and metallurgical study. Initial results indicate that 80% of REEs are contained within the phosphate mineral apatite, with the remainder hosted in monazite, a phosphate, and parisite-synchysite, fluorocarbonates, which themselves occur most commonly as fine grained inclusions in apatite.

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Geology of carbonatite-alkalic rock complexes in Ontario: Hecla-Kilmer alkalic rock complex, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: S038 Date: 1988

Author: Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Press Release - Hecla-Kilmer News Release NR-22-08, July 21, 2022

Publication Number: Press Release Date: 2022

Author: VR Resources Ltd

Publisher Name: VR Resources Ltd

Location: https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/2107-tsx-venture/vrr/125208-vr-intersects-243-m-1-treo-including-15-m-2-14-to-discover-the-broadest-and-highest-grade-critical-metal-mineralization-to-date-at-hecla-kilmer.html

Press Release - Hecla-Kilmer News Release NR-23-02, January 23, 2023

Publication Number: Press Release Date: 2023

Author: VR Resources Ltd

Publisher Name: VR Resources Ltd

Location: https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/2107-tsx-venture/vrr/134839-vr-intersects-2-7-treo-with-28-5-pmreo-at-south-rim-the-second-area-of-high-grade-ree-critical-metals-discovered-at-hecla-kilmer-to-date.html

Press Release - Hecla-Kilmer News Release NR-23-20, October 17, 2023

Publication Number: Press Release Date: 2023

Author: VR Resources Ltd

Publisher Name: VR Resources Ltd

Location: https://vrr.s3.amazonaws.com/news/October2023/DkfmshgAFAATttjKKlzP.pdf

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