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An advanced exploration and development stage company focused on its 100%-owned Ferguson Lake property, the largest base metal (nickel-copper-cobalt) and PGE (platinum-palladium-rhodium) project in Nunavut.
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Starfield Resources Inc. is an advanced exploration and development stage company focused on its 100%-owned Ferguson Lake property in Nunavut, Canada. With claim blocks spanning over 625,000 acres, and resources containing over 44 million tonnes, the Ferguson Lake project is the largest base metal (nickel-copper-cobalt) and PGE (platinum-palladium-rhodium) project in Nunavut.
Starfield has funded the development of a novel, environmentally friendly and highly energy-efficient hydrometallurgical flow sheet to recover metals from its Ferguson Lake massive sulphides. This innovative process will enable the Company to produce high purity metal, key industry reagents and its own electrical power, and to recycle key reagents, all in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner.
In addition, the Company has commenced an exploration program for diamonds and other minerals on the remainder of its property. In December 2008, the Company announced the discovery of a diamond in a till sample, as well as another nearby sample containing diamond-indicator garnet grains. Previous geophysics identified this and several other areas of the property as highly prospective for diamonds. This significant discovery will be further explored during 2009.
By moving the Ferguson Lake massive nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum-palladium discovery towards development, and uncovering value in additional areas of its large land holding through continued exploration, Starfield is well positioned to take advantage of future metal markets.
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Starfield Resources Inc. is an advanced exploration and development stage company focused on its 100%-owned Ferguson Lake property in Nunavut, Canada. With claim blocks spanning over 625,000 acres, and resources containing over 44 million tonnes, the Ferguson Lake project is the largest base metal (nickel-copper-cobalt) and PGE (platinum-palladium-rhodium) project in Nunavut.
Starfield has funded the development of a novel, environmentally friendly and highly energy-efficient hydrometallurgical flow sheet to recover metals from its Ferguson Lake massive sulphides. This innovative process will enable the Company to produce high purity metal, key industry reagents and its own electrical power, and to recycle key reagents, all in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner.
In addition, the Company has commenced an exploration program for diamonds and other minerals on the remainder of its property. In December 2008, the Company announced the discovery of a diamond in a till sample, as well as another nearby sample containing diamond-indicator garnet grains. Previous geophysics identified this and several other areas of the property as highly prospective for diamonds. This significant discovery will be further explored during 2009.
By moving the Ferguson Lake massive nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum-palladium discovery towards development, and uncovering value in additional areas of its large land holding through continued exploration, Starfield is well positioned to take advantage of future metal markets.
Project Highlights - 100%-owned project property spanning over 625,000 acres in Nunavut, Canada
- Largest base metal and PGE project in Nunavut
- NI-43-101 qualified 44.2 million Copper-Nickel-Cobalt resource in Ferguson Lake Project, with potential to dramatically increase in size
- Complete scoping study report filed to SEDAR on May 1, 2008
- Diamond discovered in till sample in December 2008
Property Description Starfield Resources holds 263 claims totaling 625,754 acres (253,233 hectares), located 246 km west-southwest of Rankin Inlet in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut Territory.
The property lies within the Hearne Domain in the northwestern part of the Churchill Province. It is situated between the regional scale Snowbird Tectonic Zone and the Tyrell Shear Zone, and is underlain by the northern most extension of the Yathkyed greenstone belt, which consists of strongly foliated and lineated to locally gneissic Archean supracrustal and intrusive rocks that have undergone upper amphibolite grade metamorphism.
Although these supracrustal rocks consist of mafic bedded tuffs, mafic flows, minor felsic and sedimentary horizons are present. Additionally, finely bedded magnetite-bearing siliceous units are locally present and associated with the intermediate to felsic volcanic and interbedded sedimentary rocks. These siliceous horizons are believed to represent iron formations. All of the Archean rocks have been intruded by variably deformed Proterozoic (1.6-1.8 Ga.) plutons and dykes.
In addition to the massive sulphide Cu-Ni-Co-PGE mineralization of the Ferguson Lake resource, the complex geology present throughout the property is thought to be permissive for other styles of mineralization, including gold and diamonds. Starfield Resources is in the process of assessing the potential of these other commodities.
VTEM Targets
Hydrometallurgical Process Starfield Resources has funded the development of an innovative hydrometallurgical process to recover metals from its Ferguson Lake massive sulphide ore.
The hydrometallurgical process is unique in that it recovers most of the metals (nickel, copper and cobalt) and turns typical problem elements (sulphur and iron) into marketable byproducts. The process also has another unique byproduct - energy. In fact, sufficient energy is produced to power the production plant and the mine, with some excess power remaining for potential sale to local communities.
By capturing the sulphur and iron in an environmentally acceptable form, and transforming it into byproducts instead of pollutants, Starfield and its consultants have developed a very revolutionary process.
Good for Starfield Resources; Great for the Environment
Conventional milling and flotation processes generate toxic and acid-producing tailings which need a dedicated disposal area with perpetual monitoring. Starfield's hydrometallurgical process turns the typical problem elements of sulphur and iron into saleable byproducts. Iron is converted into hematite, which is non-toxic and potentially marketable. Sulphur is converted into sulphuric acid, which is a necessary reagent in the recovery of uranium metal, and is also used in the manufacture of many commercial chemicals and fertilizers.
Detailed information about all Starfield Resources projects and more information on the Hydrometallurgical Process can be found on the Starfield Resources website at www.starfieldres.com.
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