$NLPXF Toronto, Ontario /TheNewswire /May 8, 2017
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Project "81" lies immediately north of this world class VMS Deposit - The Kidd Creek Mine, which is currently celebrating its 50thcontinuous year of production.
The completion of this survey on these 2 southern townships, will provide Noble with a comprehensive and complete Modern Airborne Geophysical data coverage of the entire Project 81 Property in order to properly evaluate this very large, contiguous land package immediately north of the Kidd Creek VMS deposit.
Noble completed an EM and MAG Airborne Geophysical Survey over the northern 8 townships in 2012.
BECI's HTEM (Time Domain) EM Systemis a modular and rigid helicopter time domain electromagnetic system (HTEM) designed for mineral exploration, geologic and groundwater mapping and geotechnical applications HTEM features a scalable and powerful transmitter with a maximum 450 A current pulse that produces effective dipole moments ranging from 100,000 (6 m diameter) to 410,000 Am2(15 m diameter) and exploration depths to 500 m and more. Each system is light and portable relative to its size.
HTEM is controlled by an electronics module known as the TDS-2400 (Time Domain System) that is designed to draw power from the helicopter generator (to a maximum of 85 A @ 28 VDC or 2.4 kW). The TDS-2400 features an efficient power booster circuit that continuously charges the transmitter driver located on the airframe through a series of voltage settings to a maximum 448 V. Maximum transmitter current is 450 A.
HTEM features a fully programmable base frequency and duty cycle, both which can be changed during the survey. In a typical application where the ground conductance is unknown the operator can fly specified test lines at different base frequencies to optimize the signal to noise ratio of the|\ system based on the actual measured Earth response within the survey area.
HTEM is manufactured from high-strength structural fiberglass components. These components are non-magnetic, non-conductive, water resistant and ultraviolet light (UV) protected. The modular nature of the airframe makes assembly, disassembly and field repairs quick and simple.
Vance White, Noble's President and CEO commented:"We're pleased toget this survey underway as this survey together with a proposed Airborne Gravity Gradiometer Survey over the entire ~70,000 Hectare Project 81 Area will provide us with multiple target in addition tothose drill ready targets already identified in the northern 8 townships. Noble believes that VMS deposits of the Kidd Creek Type occur in clusters."
Randy Singh P.Geo(ON), P.Eng (ON), VP Exploration & Project Development of Noble and a "qualified person" as such term is defined by National Instrument 43-101, has verified the data disclosed in this news release, and has otherwise reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release on behalf of the Company.