Highlights of the exploration include high-grade copper and gold in rock from both grab and channel samples from the northernmost (Thurber Dog) license. Previous work by LabGold and others in this area has outlined significant gold in rock and soil over a 3km strike length, including four discrete mineralized occurrences: Thurber North up to 3.8 g/t Au; TD500 up to 21.59 g/t Au; Thurber Dog up to 11.4 g/t Au; Thurber South up to 4.1 g/t Au (Figure 1).
Follow up sampling at the TD500 gold occurrence returned gold values from grab samples ranging from 0.46 g/t to 21.59 g/t Au. The showing was channel sampled along eight channels over a strike length of approximately 60 metres. Gold varies from below detection limit (<5ppb) to 14.02 g/t with 48 samples assaying greater than 100ppb (0.1g/t) Au that includes 19 samples greater than 1 g/t Au. Highlights of the channel samples include 2.91 g/t Au over 5.17m including 14.02 g/t over 0.61m, 2.35 g/t Au over 6.88m and 4.23 g/t over 5.04m.
Shear hosted gold mineralization at TD500 has now been uncovered over a 35m strike length and occurs in quartz veins and disseminated in the host rocks close to the contact between mafic volcanic and metasedimentary rocks. Pyrite and arsenopyrite are commonly associated with the gold mineralization.
Grab samples from the copper occurrence (Kaapak) ranged from 131 ppm to 10.2% Cu, with seven of the nine samples assaying over 1% Cu. Elevated silver in these samples ranged from 0.2 to 9.8 g/t Ag. The showing was channel sampled along eight channels over a strike length of approximately 50 metres. Results showed copper values ranging from 18ppm to 3.31% and silver values from 0.1 to 2 g/t. Highlights include 3.31% Cu over 0.76m, 2.4% Cu over 0.6m and 1.55% Cu over 1m. Summaries of assay highlights are given in Tables 1 and 2.
Copper is present as disseminated to locally semi-massive chalcopyrite and lesser malachite associated with quartz veins close to the contact with mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks.
Sample ID | Area/Occurrence | Au ppb | Ag ppm | Cu ppm | Cu % |
751071 | Kaapak | 13 | 0.2 | 228 | - |
751072 | Kaapak | 47 | 2 | 10,000 | 7 |
751073 | Kaapak | 27 | 1.5 | 10,000 | 4.91 |
751074 | Kaapak | 121 | 9.8 | 10,000 | 4.15 |
751075 | Kaapak | 19 | 2.4 | 10,000 | 2.01 |
751107 | Kaapak | 30 | 0.7 | 10,000 | 1.17 |
751108 | Kaapak | 81 | 2.3 | 10,000 | 10.2 |
751111 | Kaapak | 2.5 | 0.3 | 131 | - |
751112 | Kaapak | 21 | 3.7 | 10,000 | 2 |
751084 | TD500 | 3,192 | 0.1 | 16 | - |
751086 | TD500 | 5,696 | 0.7 | 238 | - |
709102 | TD500 | 12,568 | 0.7 | 93 | - |
709103 | TD500 | 3,056 | 0.3 | 51 | - |
709104 | TD500 | 1,341 | 0.1 | 30 | - |
833017 | TD500 | 1,548 | 1.6 | 367 | - |
833016 | TD500 | 21,587 | 1.2 | 126 | - |
833013 | TD500 | 1,258 | 0.7 | 305 | - |
833011 | TD500 | 8,049 | 0.7 | 117 | - |
833010 | TD500 | 14,291 | 0.8 | 145 | - |
833009 | TD500 | 6,269 | 0.5 | 113 | - |
833008 | TD500 | 4,615 | 0.7 | 103 | - |
833007 | TD500 | 3,987 | 0.9 | 67 | - |
833006 | TD500 | 2,890 | 0.9 | 30 | - |
833003 | TD500 | 1,349 | 0.8 | 112 | - |
751084 | TD500 | 3,034 | 0.1 | 16 | - |
751086 | TD500 | 6,699 | 0.7 | 238 | - |
709102 | TD500 | 11,484 | 0.7 | 93 | - |
709103 | TD500 | 4,706 | 0.3 | 51 | - |
709104 | TD500 | 1,352 | 0.1 | 30 | - |
Table 1. Highlights of rock (grab) sampling from Kaapak and TD500.
Channel ID | Occurrence | from (m) | to (m) | width (m) | Cu (%) |
HPD-22-20 | Kaapak | 0.94 | 1.70 | 0.76 | 3.31 |
HPD-22-21 | Kaapak | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 2.40 |
HPD-22-23 | Kaapak | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 1.08 |
HPD-22-24 | Kaapak | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.09 |
including | 0.50 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.55 | |
HPD-22-25 | Kaapak | 0.00 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.14 |
including | 0.00 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 1.48 | |
and | 0.48 | 0.81 | 0.33 | 1.59 | |
Channel ID | Occurrence | from (m) | to (m) | width (m) | Au (g/t) |
HPD-22-10 | TD500 | 3.03 | 8.2 | 5.17 | 2.91 |
including | 6.37 | 8.2 | 1.83 | 7.21 | |
including | 6.37 | 6.98 | 0.61 | 14.02 | |
HPD-22-11 | TD500 | 7.92 | 14.8 | 6.88 | 2.35 |
including | 8.96 | 10.08 | 1.12 | 3.42 | |
and | 11.73 | 12.65 | 0.92 | 4.1 | |
and | 13.87 | 14.8 | 0.93 | 7.56 | |
HPD-22-12 | TD500 | 6.5 | 11.54 | 5.04 | 4.23 |
including | 6.6 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 6.08 | |
including | 7.87 | 8.95 | 1.08 | 7.74 | |
HPD-22-13 | TD500 | 2.86 | 3.94 | 1.08 | 1.49 |
HPD-22-14 | TD500 | 1.05 | 3.12 | 2.07 | 2.93 |
HPD-22-15 | TD500 | 1.02 | 5.72 | 4.7 | 1.59 |
including | 1.02 | 3.25 | 2.23 | 3.05 | |
including | 2.01 | 3.25 | 1.24 | 4.21 | |
HPD-22-17 | TD500 | 0 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 8.14 |
Table 2. Highlights of channel sample results from Kaapak and TD500.
While true widths have not been calculated, channels were cut as close to
perpendicular to strike as possible so the reported widths are expected to be close to true widths.
“While our focus continues to be our ongoing drilling at Kingsway, our exploration programs at Hopedale continue to turn up excellent results. The three kilometre “Thurber Dog trend” of significant gold mineralization that includes the four discrete gold occurrences is a compelling target for future work with the potential for further discovery,” said
Figure 1. Gold in rock samples defining an anomalous trend over three kilometres in the Thurber Dog area.
Figure 2. Gold in channel samples at the TD500 showing.
Figure 3. Copper in channel samples at the Kaapak showing.
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Figure 1.
Gold in rock samples defining an anomalous trend over three kilometres in the Thurber Dog area.
Figure 2.
Gold in channel samples at the TD500 showing.
Figure 3.
Copper in channel samples at the Kaapak showing.
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