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Highlights:
- 28.5 g/t gold and 1,200 g/t silver in separate rock grab samples from the newly discovered
Wolfmoon Zone . - 17.2% zinc and 33.6 g/t silver (previously reported and updated for over-limit re-assays) from the newly discovered
Crown Ridge Zone . - Samples from the historic Chris adit and surrounding area produced copper values to 4%, defining yet another style of mineralization on the American Creek West Property.
- Early Jurassic age (185 million years) determined for the recently mapped
American Creek intrusion – a similar age as several large gold deposits in the region.
Receding glaciers and detailed geological mapping of the newly consolidated American Creek West ground in 2019 led to the discovery of the Wolfmoon and Crown Ridge Zones.
Mineralization at Wolfmoon occurs within a north-northwesterly striking structural corridor which has so far been traced for 450 metres. Wolfmoon is a very significant discovery, as it contains both high-grade gold and silver in the same zone.
The Wolfmoon and
High grade gold, silver and base metal values in veins and structures have been identified throughout the property, which spans 8 kilometres north-south along the
An age measurement on an intrusive unit located just west of
The current working deposit model consists of multi-pulsed epithermal mineralization telescoping off a porphyry hydrothermal system, with the Early Jurassic intrusion identified on the property providing the magmatic heat source for circulating metal bearing fluids. The large vertical (>1.3 kilometres) and areal extent of mineralization in the area suggests the possibility of a large mineralizing system. Previous exploration examined the various mineral occurrences in isolation. This revised geological model will be useful in future exploration as it will tie the various mineral occurrences together and identify potential large-scale targets moving forward.
Work is presently underway re-examining earlier results in the context of the revised geological model. The objective is to identify drill targets which will be tested in the coming field season.
Select sample results from the latest batch of assays are presented in Table 1 and previously reported results with updated over limit values are presented in Table 2.
Table 1 – Select Sample Results
Sample Number | Zone | Type | Width (m) | Ag (g/t) | Au (ppb) | Cu (ppm) | Pb (ppm) | Zn (ppm) |
MW19-003 | Wolfmoon | grab | 1200.0 | 3,450 | 743 | 17,000 | 7,980 | |
AW19-108 | Wolfmoon | comp | 2.0 | 258.0 | 1,860 | 246 | 28,400 | 5,370 |
WK19-61 | Wolfmoon | grab | 239.0 | 249 | 1,000 | 13,200 | 10,300 | |
AW19-110 | Wolfmoon | grab | 197.0 | 1,150 | 1,530 | 132,000 | 30,600 | |
AW19-111 | Wolfmoon | grab | 133.0 | 28,500 | 1,460 | 29,200 | 42,800 | |
LT19-312R | Wolfmoon | grab | 64.4 | 28 | 98 | 532 | 1,180 | |
LT19-314R | Wolfmoon | grab | 52.8 | 454 | 198 | 2,130 | 21,000 | |
WK19-62 | Wolfmoon | grab | 34.1 | 106 | 73 | 12,900 | 26,200 | |
LT19-313R | Wolfmoon | grab | 17.3 | 1,000 | 71 | 6,000 | 2,460 | |
AW19-109 | Wolfmoon | comp | 5.9 | 38 | 18 | 1,440 | 982 | |
KD19-148R | grab | 13.7 | 4 | 17 | 2,790 | 613 | ||
LT19-155BR | grab | 2.8 | -2 | 23 | 2,070 | 182 | ||
LT19-156R | grab | 0.6 | -2 | 6 | 151 | 4,300 | ||
AW19-047 | Chris | chip | 0.4 | 32.6 | 37 | 25,500 | 852 | 4,010 |
DG19-032R | Chris | grab | 32.1 | 49 | 40,400 | 3,910 | 40,900 | |
AW19-049 | Chris | chip | 0.5 | 23.3 | 26 | 29,000 | 298 | 1,570 |
AW19-051 | Chris | chip | 0.1 | 11.8 | 52 | 21,500 | 361 | 11,200 |
DG19-030R | Chris | grab | 8.2 | 538 | 8,420 | 507 | 66,900 | |
LT19-185R | Chris | grab | 6.4 | 64 | 1,330 | 3,320 | 10,500 | |
DG19-027R | Chris | grab | 4.1 | 13 | 5,470 | 597 | 649 | |
DG19-029R | Chris | grab | 4.0 | 310 | 4,980 | 869 | 46,900 |
Figure 1: A) Sample MW19-003. B) Sample LT19-313R. C) Chris Adit, with abundant copper staining is available at: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e8d1f0de-48f7-4e2c-963b-311becf3cf90
Table 2 - Previously reported samples with updated over limit results
Sample Number | Zone or Claim | Type | Width (m) | Ag (g/t) | Au (ppb) | Cu (ppm) | Pb (ppm) | Zn (ppm) |
KD19-155R | Wolfmoon | grab | 903.0 | 8,440 | 214 | 8,800 | 7,470 | |
KD19-158AR | Wolfmoon | grab | 14.3 | 15 | 6 | 8,700 | 11,700 | |
LT19-165R | Wolfmoon | grab | 72.8 | 50 | 1880 | 30,400 | 30,900 | |
LT19-170R | Wolfmoon | grab | 46.1 | 362 | 544 | 13,200 | 274 | |
KD19-146R | grab | 35.0 | 3 | 28 | 14,800 | 83,100 | ||
LT19-155AR | grab | 33.6 | -2 | 44 | 16,000 | 172,000 | ||
KD19-097R | Akash | grab | 18.3 | 184 | 212 | 64,400 | 32,300 | |
KD19-097BR | Akash | grab | 23.3 | 190 | 471 | 65,700 | 72,200 | |
LT19-139R | float | 724.0 | 16 | 687 | 7,100 | 2,670 | ||
AW19-025 | Dorothy 3 | float | 14.6 | 3,490 | 40,300 | 41 | 255 | |
LT19-101R | Dorothy 3 | float | 0.9 | -2 | 30 | 399 | 11,600 |
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