b'FEATUREkm. The site also contains a number ofEXPLORATION HISTORYNoranda Mines, Getty Mines, Corporate forestry and hauling roads. Delta ownsEarly exploration of the Delta 1 parcelOil & Gas and Lynx CanadaExploration. a 100-per-cent interest in the property,of land began in the 19th century. which is subject to a 1.75-per-centDividing the property into east andDespite all this activity between the 19th smelter return royalty that can be boughtwest parts, gold exploration began inand 21st centuries, only 42 drill holes back entirely byDelta.the early 1930s in the eastern portion,were actually made for testing purposes, and in the 1940s in the western portion.with the majority being for copper and The Shebandowan Greenstone Belt is aExploration continued into the 21stnickel. The last drilling operations were part of the Wawa Abitbi sub-province,century, with both sectors having a which contains the second-largest gold- long list of companies and individualsdone in 2003 and the property has been producing terrane (a fragment of thesurveying and drilling, includingdormant since then.earths crust formed on a tectonic plate) on earth. Mining in the belt dates back to the 1870s, and the area has yielded large volumes of gold, silver, copper and iron ore. Well-known companies with holdings in the belt are Goldshore Resources and Thunder Gold Corporation. According to Inside Exploration, In excess of five million ounces of gold deposits are hosted along a 100-km strike length of the Shebandowan Structural Zone. The Delta 1 property contains two distinct areas within the belt. The first being noted as the contactMORE THAN JUST RIGGING AND WIRE ROPEbetween the Greenwater assemblage and the Quetico sub-province and the807-344-9159 SLINGCHOKER.COMsecond being the Saganaga structural zone which is a continental-scale shear zone, that strikes as far south as Minnesota. Both property areas have a history of gold deposits.ONTARIO PROSPECTOR SUMMER 2023 15'