On June 2nd the Viridian Metals team will touch down in Labrador to kick off a three-week field program at our Sedna project in the Seal Lake Basin.
After months of preparation, modeling, and planning, Viridian Metals is excited to get boots on the ground and take the next big step toward unlocking the region’s copper potential.
“This first program will lay the foundation for our understanding of the mineral systems at play in the Seal Lake Basin. We will continue to build on that in July with our second planned field program,” said Charlene Duffett, Viridian Metals exploration manager. “I can’t wait to get outside. It’s been a long winter of planning and I am excited to go home and get to work. Jacques Cartier described Labrador as “the land God gave to Cain” for being so harsh and unforgiving. You have to be brave and adventurous to appreciate it.”
Viridian’s team will consist of Simon Jones, a Geologist from ICRAG who specializes in basin-hosted mineral systems, Alex Ovas (Geologist), Gregory Langille (Queen’s University, Geologist student), Lauren DiPietro(Dalhousie University Earth Sciences student), and Billy Duffett (Camp Manager).
This fieldwork marks the beginning of a regional sampling campaign focused on understanding the complex geology, structural features, and mineral processes that define the Seal Lake Basin.
While the area has seen exploration activity in the past, much of it was limited to more accessible zones and conducted decades ago. Viridian is bringing a new lens to the region—one that considers mineral systems on a broader scale. It’s a fresh approach in an area with known copper occurrences but untapped geological insight.
“For the past six months, our team has been building a detailed 3D geological model of the basin,” said Simon Jones, Geologist at ICRAG. “This field program is our chance to test those ideas on the ground and refine our understanding in real time gives Viridian an opportunity to ground-truth the model and explore areas we believe hold high potential.”
What makes this program special is the scope. Viridian will be walking a North to South transect across the entire basin—something no team has attempted before. This ambitious route will allow us to develop a new stratigraphic type-section that reveals how the sedimentary environment evolved over time. In doing so, Viridian aims to better understand the hydrothermal fluids that once flowed through the basin and where they might have deposited copper minerals.
Viridian’s second major goal is to construct a structural cross-section that highlights the key geological structures that could have focused mineralization. These insights will directly inform where and how we target future exploration.
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The Viridian team will arrive in Labrador on May 30 to conduct prep for a few days before landing on site by June 2nd and will spend three weeks at the Sedna site.
