NORTHERN LIGHTS RESOURCES CORP. Northern Lights Resources Corp. announced an update to the exploration plan for the Tin Cup prospect at the Company's 100% owned Secret Pass Gold Project in Mohave County, Arizona. Following on from the success of the initial four holes completed, Northern Lights is planning to expand the exploration program at Secret Pass to include the drilling of 3 additional holes at Tin Cup and 2 drill holes at the FM Zone, which is located approximately 500 metres east of Tin Cup.
All 5 proposed drill holes are fully permitted. Prior to initiating the second phase of drilling, Northern Lights is planning to complete a deep penetrating Induced Polarization survey over the claim area covering the Tin Cup and FM zones. This survey will explore to depths of 400 metres and will assist in refining existing targets and identifying new drill targets associated with zones of high chargeability located along strike and to depth.
With reference to Figure 1, the IP survey area will cover the gold anomay generated from the soil sampling program completed in 2021. The first four drill holes completed at Tin Cup showed confirmation of gold mineralization from surface to a maximum depth of approximately 90 metres. The three additional holes planned have been fully permitted and will test the down plunge extension of the gold mineralization.
With reference to Figure 2, drill hole TC21-06 is planned for 400 metres at a 55 degree dip to test the mineralizaton at depth. The other two drill holes TC22-07 and TC22-08 will test the mineralization along strike. At the Tin Cup zone, drilling at depth will test the potential for an epithermal quartz vein system similar to the Oatman District.
The geology of the Tin Cup zone shares similarities of the upper parts of the Oatman gold system. The Secret Pass drilling will target both the upper broad zone of stockwork veining and the deeper, more discreet `bonanza' veining. The drilling at the FM zone will target near-vertical mineralized structures related to the FM fault zone similar to the Tin Cup zone.
