SURGE COPPER CORP. Surge Copper Corp. announced exploration results from 2023 surface work on the Berg Property in west-central British Columbia. The NE Sibola Target has been expanded and contains a copper in soil anomaly 1200 by 800 metres within a flat till-covered valley, and the anomaly remains open to the north.
This target is a strong candidate for ground geophysics and if warranted drill testing. During 2023 Surge Copper collected 3149 soil samples, 87 rock samples, and drilled 3 core holes into the Berg deposit for 2077 metres of drilling. As a result of surface sampling and prospecting, 2 new large undrilled porphyry targets have been identified, and several new areas containing geochemical anomalies that warrant further exploration work have been discovered.
A large exploration target immediately adjacent to the Berg deposit has been identified and is termed the SW Berg Target. This target is described below and due to its immediate proximity to the advanced Berg Cu-Mo-Ag-Au resource has become the highest priority new exploration target on the Berg Property. The East Sibola copper in soil target has been significantly expanded during 2023 work and is a second high priority untested exploration target.
New early stage targets have also been identified at NE Fire and an area immediately north of the N. Whiting Creek Target. Soil sampling in 2023 has identified a 600 by 300 metre and open copper in soil anomaly located immediately southwest of the Berg deposit at the SW Berg target. This target area has geophysical and surface geochemical similarities to Berg and has never been drill tested.
The results show a prominent resistive feature at the SW Berg Target that remains open to the west and has a similar expression and dimensions as a resistive feature that corresponds to the Berg Stock. This resistive feature could represent a second mineralizing intrusion, similar to the Berg Stock, and is a compelling exploration target. The SW Berg Target area correlates with a zone of strong chargeability that also remains open to the west.
The SW Berg Target shows similar ZTEM resistivity and magnetic expressions as the mineralized Berg deposit, where mineralization is associated with relatively conductive rocks with low magnetic values. Limited available geologic data combined with geophysical data indicate the new copper in soil anomaly at the SW Berg Target could potentially occur near the contact between an intrusive stock and andesite volcanic wall rock. This geologic setting is significant as the best hypogene mineralization at Berg is located within wall rocks proximal to the Berg Stock.
