Figure 1: Location of the Inaugural Drilling Program at the Williams Brook Gold Property
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Inaugural Drilling Program at Williams Brook Gold Property
As planned, a total of 18 holes were completed for 2,360 meters. These holes were drilled to intersect the down-dip projection of significant high-grade gold vein networks exposed at surface in trenches and in stripped areas at the
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Figure 3: Geological Mapping of the O’Neil Gold Trend (OGT)
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Core Observations
Every hole shows consistent mineralization and pervasive alteration over core length varying between 10 m to 75 m in each hole starting at surface. The main features observed included: abundant quartz veins and large network of quartz veinlets showing pervasive sericite and iron alteration. Disseminated sulphides and oxides (galena, chalocopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, stibinite, bornite, covellite, tetrahedrite, and malachite) are also present within the strong alterated intervals and within quartz veins. Visible Gold (VG) was observed in several holes (see Figure 4a and 4b). The veins are granulars, drusics and sometimes massive within the altered porphyric rhyolite in contact with the sediments. The sediments are composed of altered siltstone interbed with mudstone. All these elements are very representative of a significant low sulphidation epithermal model.
Figure 4a: Typical Alteration and Mineralization Observed in the Core
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Figure 4b: Typical Alteration and Mineralization Observed in the Core
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Drilling ended
Current work
The technical team is on site to proceed with trenching and stripping operations to locate the favorable contact between the altered rhyolite and the sediments along the entire O’Neil Gold trend. A large grab sampling program with detailled mapping of the favourable contact is in progress. Moreover, a permanent crew with one excavator moves forward with exploration trenches in the entire area.
O’NEIL GOLD TREND (OGT)
The O’Neil Gold Trend (OGT) is a pervasive altered and brecciated rhyolite unit hosting significant gold showings and occurences followed by trenching over a strike length of 700 meters. The geophysical signature of the OGT is expressed over 7km. The favourable unit (rhyolite) is similar and parallel to the structures hosting the “Williams 1” and “Williams 2” Gold Zones with selected drill results of 11.2 g/t over 2.8m, 2.1 g/t Au over 9.0m, and 1.0 g/t over 23m.
These trends are interpreted to be related to a major rifting in the New Brunswick Geological events and could represent a low sulphidation epithermal gold system. Along the OGT, the width of the altered horizon varies from 5 to 250 meters with an average apparent thickness of 150 meters.
Numerous quartz veins, quartz veinlets, stockworks and breccias were observed mostly perpendicular to the major trend and contain the gold mineralization. The OGT has never been drilled and many gold zones were discovered during the summer 2020 exploration campaign.
High-Grade Selected Grab Samples Assays on the Prolific O’Neil Gold Trend (OGT)*:
O’Neil Gold Zone (VG**): | 128.5 g/t Au, 44.4 g/t Au, 38.8 g/t Au, 32.8 g/t Au, 23.1 g/t Au |
52.1 g/t Au, 16.1 g/t Au, 15.0 g/t Au, 13.1 g/t Au, 4.87 g/t Au | |
241.0 g/t Au, 79.8 g/t Au, 74.2 g/t Au, 63.5 g/t Au, 58.4 g/t Au | |
3.5 g/t Au, 1.2 g/t Au, 1.2 g/t Au, 0.45 g/t Au | |
2.4 g/t Au, 2.1 g/t Au, 1.3 g/t Au, 1.1 g/t Au |
* Selected rock grab samples are selective by nature and may not represent the true grade or style
** VG: Visible Gold
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Figure 1: Location of the Inaugural Drilling Program at the Williams Brook Gold Property
Location of the Inaugural Drilling Program at the Williams Brook Gold Property
Figure 2: Arial Drone View of the Stripped Area from Chubby (left) to Lynx (right) Gold Zones
Arial Drone View of the Stripped Area from Chubby (left) to Lynx (right) Gold Zones
Figure 3: Geological Mapping of the O’Neil Gold Trend (OGT)
Geological Mapping of the O’Neil Gold Trend (OGT)
Figure 4a: Typical Alteration and Mineralization Observed in the Core
Typical Alteration and Mineralization Observed in the Core
Figure 4b: Typical Alteration and Mineralization Observed in the Core
Typical Alteration and Mineralization Observed in the Core
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