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Rupert set to add third drill rig

North Finland gold explorer Rupert Resources will soon activate a third drill rig at its big Pahtavaara property as it seeks to demonstrate the potential of the area near Agnico Eagle’s producing Kittila mine to host large-scale gold-copper deposits, and build on new results pointing to an expansive, possibly well mineralised, sulphide breccia zone at the promising Heina target, over the next nine months.

Pahtavaara in Finland's north

Pahtavaara in Finland's north

The TSX-listed junior, which has seen its market value pushed back over C$100 million by recent share buying, plans to drill at Hirvi, one of the other interesting targets near its mothballed Pahtavaara...

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