Kenorland Initiates Winter Drill Program for 2025 at Frotet Project in Quebec

Kenorland Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: KLD, OTCQX: KLDCF, FSE: 3WQ0) has officially launched its winter exploration program for 2025 at the Frotet Project, located in northern Quebec. This project is fully owned by Sumitomo Metal Mining Canada Ltd., while Kenorland serves as the operator and retains a 4% net smelter return (NSR) royalty.

The ambitious winter program aims to conduct up to 23,000 meters of diamond drilling, focusing on the Regnault gold system. This initiative follows a successful summer exploration program in 2024, which involved six drill holes totaling 3,266 meters and yielded impressive results, including a notable intersection of 3.30 meters grading 26.67 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, with a peak of 0.60 meters at an astonishing 137.30 g/t gold at the R6 site.

The upcoming drilling strategy will include infill targets to reduce drill hole spacing to a maximum of 100 meters and step-out targets along established mineralized structures.

The primary objective of the winter drill program is to enhance understanding of the vein system’s geometry and grade continuity within the central area of the Regnault gold system. Approximately 80% of the planned drilling will focus on infill and step-out targets along key mineralized structures R1, R5, R6, and R7. The drilling strategy is designed to optimize exploration efforts by stepping out along known mineralization at depth, particularly targeting R2, R8, and R9 vein sets.

In addition, two deep drill holes will be executed in the southern portion of the system, representing around 10% of the total drilling effort. These holes will explore depths down to 1,000 meters below surface along mineralized structures R2, R9, R10, and R11. This follows significant findings from drill hole 23RDD172, which returned an impressive 41.85 meters at 2.56 g/t gold, including a high-grade interval of 4.45 meters at 11.96 g/t gold along the R11 structure.

The Frotet Project spans approximately 39,365 hectares within the Frotet-Evans greenstone belt in Quebec’s Opatica geological sub-province. Its strategic location adjacent to the past-producing Troilus Gold Corporation mine enhances its potential for resource development. The project encompasses several major deformation zones linked to known orogenic gold prospects and stratigraphy that hosts Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposits.

Kenorland originally staked this project in 2017 after conducting a regional prospectivity study and entered into a joint venture with Sumitomo Metal Mining in 2018. The Regnault gold system was discovered through extensive exploration efforts that have totaled over 103,987 meters of drilling since its inception.

As Kenorland embarks on this winter drilling program at the Frotet Project, it aims to solidify its understanding of the Regnault gold system’s potential while advancing towards future resource estimates.

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