 – Visionary Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM™) survey at its Tin Cup, Diamond Springs and King Solomon nickel and copper sulfide properties in central Wyoming as part of a strategic exploration alliance with Teck American Incorporated, a subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited.){kind=link}
(Vancouver, BC) – Visionary Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM™) survey at its Tin Cup, Diamond Springs and King Solomon nickel and copper sulfide properties in central Wyoming as part of a strategic exploration alliance with Teck American Incorporated, a subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited.
Based on positive preliminary results, Visionary Metals has staked an additional 92 mining claims at Tin Cup and Diamond Springs.
Highlights of the survey include:
- Multiple high-amplitude electromagnetic (EM) anomalies ranging from 100 meters up to 1,000 meters strike length identified at Tin Cup, coincident with magnetic anomalies and surface nickel, chromium and copper geochemical anomalies and underlying mafic and ultra-mafic rocks and their metamorphic equivalents
- A high-amplitude 600-meter strike length EM anomaly at King Solomon
- Small, isolated electromagnetic anomalies, along mapped ultramafic and metamorphic rock units at Diamond Springs
“Preliminary results from the VTEM survey have identified several compelling nickel and copper sulfide targets at our properties in Wyoming,” Visionary Metals CEO Wes Adams said. “Based on these results, we are accelerating exploration activities at Tin Cup and King Solomon by conducting ground based electromagnetic surveys, funded by Teck under our exploration alliance. These ground-based surveys are effective to greater depths than airborne surveys and will allow for three-dimensional modeling of conductive bodies with high nickel and copper massive sulfide potential ahead of 2026 drill programs.”
Ground-based EM surveys at Tin Cup and King Solomon are expected to commence shortly.
To conduct these surveys, Visionary has contracted Dias Geophysical, a world leader in innovative geophysical technologies for the mineral exploration sector.
VTEM survey
The VTEM survey was conducted by Geotech Ltd., and initial interpretation of results was completed by geophysicists from Visionary and Teck.
VTEM data was collected from Visionary’s entire 40 km² land package in Fremont County, and focused on Visionary’s Tin Cup Property where ultramafic intrusions occur in contact with sulfidic iron formation indicating strong nickel sulfide potential, and the King Solomon project, where Visionary made Wyoming’s first nickel sulfide discovery in 2022, as well as at Diamond Springs, where a multi-kilometer long nickel bearing ultramafic rock body lies adjacent to sulfidic metamorphic rocks.
Flight lines were flown at 100-meter line spacing over Tin Cup and King Solomon to generate high resolution data.
Additionally, 200-meter spaced lines were used to test sulfide potential at earlier stage targets within Visionary’s 40 km² land package, including at Diamond Springs.
Visionary has existing drill notifications in place at King Solomon and plans to apply for new drill notifications at Tin Cup following final interpretation of VTEM and ground-based EM survey results.
Visionary’s properties are located within Wyoming’s Archean greenstone belt, which shares several geological characteristics with other renowned nickel provinces like the Yilgarn Craton, in Australia.
The VTEM survey was designed to detect conductive anomalies indicative of massive nickel and copper sulfide deposits.
Teck continues to assist with VTEM data interpretation and will assist in designing upcoming ground-based electromagnetic surveys.
Geotech’s VTEM system is a leading airborne electromagnetic tool, renowned for detecting conductive mineral deposits, such as nickel sulfides, at depths of up to 400 meters.
This technology is particularly effective for identifying nickel sulfide systems in ultramafic rocks, like peridotites, which are prevalent in Visionary’s land package and thought to be analogous to other nickel districts of Archean age.
For upcoming ground-based EM Surveys, Dias will use a Fluxgate System with an EMIT SMART Fluxgate sensor and a 5-30Hz typical base frequency range, capable of detecting conductive massive sulfides up to 800 meters below surface.
For more information, visit the Visionary Metals website.