TUKTU PROJECT

In September 2009, as part of Advanced Explorations' summer mapping and prospecting program, the company discovered a massive banded iron formation (BIF) within 60 kilometres of the Roche Bay Project and within 45 kilometres of the ocean.

You can view a video of the new discovery here:

 

Narrator: Steve Roebuck, Advanced Explorations VP Explorations

TUKTU UPDATE

On Monday, November 16th, steel industry portal 'Steel Guru' reports on Advanced Explorations recent banded iron formation discovery, Tuktu. Read the full story here.

Global Mining Newspaper 'The Northern Miner' informed its readers about Advanced Explorations' Tuktu Project in an online story on November 12th. Read the full coverage here.

Massive BIF outcrop on Tuktu project area

The new iron ore discovery has been named 'Tuktu' , the inuit word for 'caribou', and 11 claims have been staked covering approximately 22,000 hectares of previously unexplored land on the Melville Peninsula.

For more information and assay results, please read the press releases on the Tuktu Project.

Geologic Map and Sample Locations.

 

 
Geomapping BIF outcrop on Tuktu claim.

 

Tuktu claim Banded Iron Formation outcrop.