Eclipse Metals Limited present results from recently completed satellite imagery analysis over its SW Greenland multi-commodity Ivittuut Project. The Company contracted leading image processing expert Dr. Daniel Core of Ohio-based Fathom Geophysics LLC (Fathom Geophysics) to process and analyse European Space Agency Sentinel-2 data over its SW Greenland multi-commodity Ivittuut Project (MEL2007/45). The main objective of the satellite imagery analysis was to remotely identify surface features relating to geology and mineralisation.

Sentinel-2 is a European multi-spectral imaging mission, comprised of two identical satellites (Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B) in the same orbit. The Sentinel-2 mission collects visible bands with 10m resolution and visible to near-infrared (VNIR) and shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands at 20/60m resolution. Where geology is reasonably exposed, spectrally enhanced Sentinel imagery can be a valuable complementary tool for geological mapping and interpretation.

Sentinel-2 data over Ivittuut were sourced from the Copernicus Open Access Hub and stitched together to create a complete dataset covering the entire Ivittuut project. Specialised algorithms were utilised to mask water bodies and eliminate or reduce vegetation signals. Following pre-processing, mineral indexes, spectral correlation and ternary maps were generated to highlight possible geological and hydrothermal mineralisation/alteration features.