Metals Creek Resources announced that the Company is currently in the planning stages for the upcoming field season on its recently acquired Shabaqua Gold Project. The property is located within the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt, approximately 54 km west of Thunder Bay, Ontario near Shabaqua Corners and on trend to Delta Resources Delta 1 project. The property has seen very little exploration work. Field activities will commence once snow conditions permit. Initial field work will include first pass prospecting and soil sampling. This will be followed-up by detailed geological mapping with special emphasis on defining the mineralization and orientation of the main mineralized trend. With very little exploration work conducted on the project area, additional prospecting will be needed to target prospective secondary structures for potential quartz-carbonate veining, silicification and Fe-carbonate alteration commonly associated with gold mineralization within the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt. Historic surface grab samples within the project area range from nil to 54.51 grammes per tonne (g/t) Gold (Au) with Visible Gold (VG) present. The project is underlain by mafic volcanics with interbedded sediments. Gold mineralization is hosted within an east-west trending zone of pervasive carbonate alteration with associated quartz carbonate veins and pyrite.
The eastern boundary of the Shabaqua Gold Property is located 1.57 kilometers(km) west of Delta Resources (DLTA) drill hole DL-22-18 which returned an intercept of 5.92 g/t Au over 31m. Trenching conducted on Delta's ground 390m east of the property boundary, returned an interval of 2.22 g/t Au over 8m.