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Going regional with Auteco

Pickle Crow’s regional space in ontario
o amass 1 moz @ 11.3 g/t gold for any “We’re going back to basics, rebuilding has the Auteco team eager to explore and
Tcompany would feel like an achieve- the data set through mapping, and even upgrade its resources
ment. For Auteco Minerals Ltd, it is only collecting ground magnetics that are al-
the beginning. ready yielding results. We had some rock
With 500sq km of tenement pack- chips from some veins that were outcrop-
ages in Ontario, Canada, the company ping 2km away from our resource that grad- Both of the senior Auteco members,
is vigorously expanding the resource it ed 145.7 g/t. as with many other Australians explor-
announced last September with a third “That really does demonstrate the poten- ing abroad, shared their experiences of
drilling campaign for 50,000m. tial.” doing business over Zoom during the
Call it a pursuit of excellence, like when A big proponent for Auteco’s pining of COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking of how
Kobe Bryant said the “job’s not finished” the tenement’s regional areas came from desperately they wished to be walking
after the Los Angeles Lakers rose to a a shallow discovery at Carey in mid-June the snowy trails of Pickle Crow, the wan-
2-0 finals lead over the Orlando Magic in which returned an intersection of 20.4m @ derlust was evident.
2009 – or anything else that may fit the 5.3 g/t. “If they open the borders, I’m telling
bill – the company is fixated on that re- “If we were to make more of these sorts you, it would be a rush between Darren
source increase at Pickle Crow. of discoveries and intersections like that, it and myself to go and get tickets to get
“We continue to drill; we’ve got four really does open the potential for more bulk over there,” Shorrocks mused.
rigs turning and we’re searching for a mining methods – be it larger stopes under- “We just want to get over and see our
fifth and a sixth as we speak,” Auteco ground or open pit potential,” Cooke said. staff, walk the ground. It’s what we do
executive chairman Ray Shorrocks told These encouraging results and a busy best.”
Paydirt. “We’re spoilt for choice and very pipeline of drilling work has Shorrocks con- Cooke was on chorus with his col-
confident that we’ll get a substantial in- fident Pickle Crow’s Tier 1 label is warrant- league, especially given the likeness On-
crease.” ed amidst an industry where that certifica- tario shares with WA for its support of the
Where that increase will come from is tion has perhaps been saturated. mining and exploration industry.
in the regional areas, according to chief “From a firsthand experience, the gov- “We’re really lucky that we’re in the
operating officer, and passionate explor- ernment has been really supportive of us,” Western Australia of Canada in terms
er, Darren Cooke. he said. of approvals, processes and mining cul-
“There are some absolutely standout “We’re in our deep negotiations with the ture,” he said.
targets with, in my view, multimillion- First Nations people. Crews are really easy “You will see from us in the next 6-12
ounce potential on our regional ground,” to get, and they work very hard. Rigs are months a focus on that regional explora-
Cooke said. there for us. If you’re in Western Australia tion package.
“There’s historic drill holes in the da- right now, it’s pretty hard to get rigs, to be “It’s going to be a very busy period for us.”
tabase that grade 1.8m @ 66.7 g/t gold perfectly frank. – Fraser Palamara
that haven’t been followed up particularly “These show you what a Tier 1 location
well. really is.”

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