Sand Lake brings copper-rich target, logistical advantages to Roma.
Blue Star Gold Corp. Nov. 20 announced an expansion of its Roma project to incorporate the Sand Lake prospect, adding a block in the northern part of the project that includes a 400-meter sand airstrip and flat ground suited for future infrastructure that is in direct alignment with the proposed Grays Bay Road, establishing a practical base for advancing work on the copper-rich target in the coming season.
Situated roughly 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the proposed Grays Bay deepwater port in western Nunavut and aligned with the corridor of the all-weather Grays Bay Road, the Roma project sits within the northern portion of Blue Star’s 27,000-hectare (66,718 acres) land package.
Positioned along the northern stretch of the High Lake Greenstone Belt, Roma has become a high-priority target following the 2024 discovery of a volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) zone at the Ataani prospect, a find that marked the first VMS intercept in the belt in more than two decades and revealed a mineralized trend extending at least 1,500 meters that remains mostly untested.
Located only five kilometers (three miles) east of Ataani and roughly 15 kilometers (nine miles) north of MMG’s High Lake VMS deposit, Sand Lake adds a second prospective center along the same geological trend, bringing a copper-rich zone into the area now being revisited through Blue Star’s renewed VMS work.
Complementing its position along the trend, the expanded Sand Lake block includes a 400-meter sand airstrip set on flat ground suitable for future staging and support, adding a northern counterpart to Blue Star’s existing 40-person Ulu camp and 1,350-meter gravel airstrip roughly 75 kilometers (47 miles) to the south.
Both airstrips lie within two kilometers (1.2 miles) of the proposed Grays Bay Road, creating an aligned infrastructure corridor that strengthens the operational framework for continued exploration and longer-term development planning across the area.
“Adding the Sand Lake prospect is a strategic step that strengthens both our critical mineral portfolio and our logistical footprint in the region,” said Blue Star Gold CEO Grant Ewing. “The combination of high-grade copper results, excellent geological potential, and existing infrastructure gives us a strong foundation to advance exploration and evaluate the broader mineral potential of the area.”
As part of that broader positioning, the addition of Sand Lake extends Blue Star’s exposure to copper- and zinc-bearing systems across the High Lake Belt and reinforces a district presence that already includes gold, base-metal, and VMS-style targets within its consolidated land package.
Drilling carried out at Sand Lake in the early 2000s returned two notable copper intercepts – 21 meters averaging 2.71% copper and 15 meters averaging 3.29% copper – together with a zinc-rich interval more than 10 meters wide on the northern drill line, which established the prospect as a credible early-stage target long before its addition to the Roma project.
Looking ahead, Blue Star plans to fold Sand Lake into its 2026 exploration program, with geological mapping, prospecting, and ground geophysics slated to tighten target definition ahead of any potential follow-up drilling.
Work is also underway to recover and compile the historical information for the area, as the previously reported intervals and associated quality control data have not yet been reviewed by the company’s qualified person.