The winter drill program was designed to infill significant gaps within historical drilling of the Tommy and Ted-Mint vein systems, but also test new targets identified during the 2021 exploration and geophysical programs. Core samples were also collected over a broader range of host rocks to test for the potential of lower grade mineralization occurring around the veins.
A National Instrument 43-101 compliant inferred resource estimate has been calculated for the Tommy and Ted-Mint vein systems, using a 1 gram per tonne ('g/t') gold ('Au') cut-off grade, with the total inferred resource for these vein systems of 5,452,000 tonnes grading 2.52 g/t Au and 71.5 g/t silver ('Ag') for 441,000 contained ounces of Au and 12,540,000 contained ounces of Ag. All data from this drill program and those since 2014 (10,997 m) will be included in this update expected during the summer of 2022.
Drill holes 3TS-22-01, 3TS-22-02, 3TS-22-03, 3TS-22-04, and 3TS-22-05 all targeted the Ted-Mint vein system, an area with several large north striking epithermal quartz veins that have been identified on surface over a 900 m strike length by 175 m width and that remains open in all directions and at depth. These holes were also designed to test potential geochemical zonation of the epithermal deposit as per standardized models, as it is hypothesized that the Ted-Mint vein system is hosted in an upthrown block of country rock in relation to the Tommy vein system to the west. This brings the base metal horizon consisting of elevated copper ('Cu'), lead ('Pb') and zinc ('Zn') closer to the surface and therefore within the drill hole intercepts.
Drill holes 3TS-22-01, 3TS-22-02, 3TS-22-03 and 3TS-22-05 all returned precious metal values as well as some anomalous base metal values. Drill hole 3TS-22-04 returned no significant assays as the predicted vein intercept was replaced by a series of later non-mineralized dykes which have been observed before, but their distribution has not been modelled.
The remaining seven drill holes are currently being analyzed and results are pending. These include five further holes testing the Ted-Mint vein system, and two drill holes into the 'Balrog' geophysical anomaly identified in 2021. All core samples have been sent to SGS lab in
The 3Ts Project is comprised of fifteen mineral claims covering approximately 5,200 hectares in the Nechako Plateau region of central
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