Projects
The discovery
The discovery was made and staked by Fred Vacheresse of Sault Ste. Marie in the spring of 1926.
The deposit showed a basic dyke of diabasic composition and textured granite cuts of probable pre‐Huronian age. The dyke is approximately two hundred meters wide and extends north. Considerable shearing within the dyke has resulted in extensive chloritization.
The deposit is a vein that lies within the dyke along the zone of shearing. The width of the vein is about two meters. The vein was stripped for forty meters and is said to be traced by pits and trenches for over five hundered meters. The ore minerals consist of dark sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and pyrite in a gangue of quartz, siderite, and chlorite. Sphalerite is the most abundant ore mineral.
A sample taken across two meters at the place of discovery assayed twelve percent Zinc. Another sample taken across a rich streak just under one meter wide showed: Zinc – twenty per cent; Lead – four percent; and Silver – forty ounces. Four channel samples at what appeared to be average points in the vein, across two meters, from two to four per cent zinc, together with smaller amounts of lead, and from one to three ounces of silver.
Exploration will include project de‐risking, with geometallurgy, extractive metallurgy, water, permitting,engineering when dimensional attributes are known and environmental protection.
*The claims that Vacheresse Silver Corp has acquired all lie in the traditional lands of the Batchewana Ojibway First Nation.
An initial meeting has been held with the First Nation and we will be respectfully seeking the Batchewana First Nation’s assistance on the structuring and the filing of exploration plans required for project development, as our CEO is registered as First Nations.
