08:21 AM EST, 02/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- First Nordic Metals ( FNMCF ) earlier Monday said it has begun a base-of-till (BoT) drilling program on the Harpsund and Brokojan targets located in its Paubacken project in northern Sweden.

The multi-kilometric Brokojan target was identified last year from the Paubacken project gold pathfinder till sampling program. The program this year will include up to 180 BoT drill holes and is designed to test the bedrock along the 5 km zone interpreted to be the most probable source of the till anomaly. Analysis of historic airborne magnetic geophysical data identified a second order structural corridor that is coincident to the gold and pathfinder anomaly that will be targeted in the drilling campaign, the company said.

"Our top-of-bedrock drilling at Harpsund and Brokojan will provide us key geochemical information for these targets, setting them up for diamond drilling later this year. BoT drilling has been a critical step for mineral deposit discovery and delineation in the Nordics and has a strong correlation with diamond drilling results," said Chief Executive Taj Singh.

The Paubacken project consists of three licenses totalling 17,097 ha that cover the central part of an emerging district in north central Sweden known as the Gold Line belt.