NovaRed Secures Permits for Four 80 km Geophysical Surveys to 1,500m
NovaRed secured permits for four IP/AMT surveys totaling 80 line-km at its 11,504-hectare Wilmac project, imaging resistivity to depths over 1,500 metres. A 9.95 line-km partial 2025 survey revealed high-chargeability anomalies linked to surface samples averaging 0.639% copper (max 1.67% Cu), making remaining lines a high priority.
1. Survey Authorization Details
NovaRed received No Permit Required authorizations for four combined Induced Polarization/Audio-Magnetotelluric surveys across its Wilmac copper-gold project. The program will deploy multi-line acquisition sets with high-sensitivity induction magnetometers to collect IP and AMT data simultaneously, yielding complementary chargeability and resistivity models without additional mobilization.
2. Partial Survey Findings
In November 2025 a 9.95 line-km partial survey on the Wilmac grid documented a high-chargeability anomaly spatially associated with exposed trenches. Surface sampling across nine sites averaged 0.639% copper, with two values reaching 1.235% and 1.670% Cu, confirming porphyry-style alteration and mineralization.
3. 2026 Program Grids
The 2026 program comprises four east-west survey grids: Wilmac (21.5 line-km, 371 hectares), North Lamont (14 line-km, 179 hectares), West Lamont (14.94 line-km, 222 hectares) and Plume (29.53 line-km, 539 hectares). North and West Lamont grids will merge with the existing Lamont dataset to create an integrated geophysical coverage along Lamont Ridge.
4. Wilmac Project Overview
The Wilmac project covers 11,504 hectares within the Quesnel porphyry belt, located 10 km west of the Copper Mountain Mine. The combined IP/AMT approach will image resistivity to depths exceeding 1,500 metres, enabling systematic evaluation of porphyry copper-gold potential from surface to significant depth.