Our first update takes a quick look at one of Canada’s most promising new copper frontiers. Located in Central Labrador, the Sedna Project spans the underexplored Seal Basin. Our team is now on site, and while it’s early days, early geology is encouraging. We’re excited to share what we’re seeing and why this basin matters.

First Looks At Early Drill Progress and Terrain

While it’s still early, we have seen lots of interesting outcrops with redox changes, depositional environment changes, faulting, folding, shear zones and paleocurrent indicators. All good things when you’re searching for copper in a sedimentary basin. 

Why Sedna Matters 

The Sedna Project encompasses the entirety of the Seal Basin in Central Labrador. We are at the frontier of copper exploration. The area has been explored in the past, but not to this regional scale or with a mineral systems approach. This basin is so exciting because there hasn’t been much academic research in the area; we know there’s lots of copper here, but we don’t understand why. 

Team Mindset Entering the Program

The team has been waiting all winter for this moment! We’ve spent so many hours on the computer and we’re extremely excited to finally break out the hiking boots. We have a few new members this year including our technical advisor Simon joining us from iCRAG; Gregory is a third year Geology student at Queen’s University; and Lauren is a fourth year Earth Sciences student from Dalhousie University. Charlene and Alex are three year veterans with Viridian Metals.

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Note: Answers were compiled by Charlene Duffett, Exploration Manager, Viridian Metals who is currently on site at Sedna in Labrador.