VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brixton Metals Corporation (TSX-V: BBB, OTCQB: BBBXF) (the “Company” or “Brixton”) is pleased to announce the final batch of 2024 drill results from the Trapper Gold Target at its wholly owned Thorn Project. The project is located in Northwest British Columbia, 90km east of Juneau, Alaska.
Highlights
Hole THN24-311 yielded 48.50m of 1.16 g/t Gold from 73.00m depth
Including 20.00m of 2.34 g/t Gold
Including 3.00m of 5.67 g/t Gold
Hole THN24-310 yielded 42.00m of 0.61 g/t Au Including 9.00m of 1.16 g/t Gold
Gold occurs as native gold and is associated with base metal veins as galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, quartz-carbonate and pyrite
“The 2024 Trapper Gold drill program continued to demonstrate the strong mineralization potential of the target. The Trapper Target remains open in multiple directions and with supporting geochemical, geophysical and structural data, several promising areas for potential expansion have been identified. We look forward to drilling at the Trapper Target in 2025,” stated Vice President of Exploration, Christina Anstey.
Figure 1. Gold Geochemistry and Trapper Target Location Map.
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Table 1. Select Mineralized Intervals for the Trapper Target Drilling.
Hole ID
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)
Au (g/t)
Ag (g/t)
THN24-310
16.00
158.00
142.00
0.49
2.05
Including
34.00
76.00
42.00
0.61
1.78
Including
53.00
62.00
9.00
1.16
3.02
And Including
123.00
158.00
35.00
0.67
2.07
Including
125.00
132.00
7.00
1.10
3.19
THN24-311
6.00
132.00
126.00
0.58
2.61
Including
73.00
121.50
48.50
1.16
3.92
Including
73.00
93.00
20.00
2.34
7.21
Including
80.00
93.00
13.00
2.94
9.19
Including
80.00
83.00
3.00
5.67
7.04
All assay values are uncut weighted averages and intervals reflect drilled lengths as further drilling is required to determine the true widths of the mineralization.
Discussion
The 2024 drill campaign at the Trapper Gold Target totaled 2,745.60m of drilling across 11 HQ-sized diamond drill holes, of which 685.00m are covered in this release. The program was designed to test the extents and continuity of the main mineralized corridor along the Lawless Fault zone through a combination of infill and step-out drilling. Additional step-out drilling was completed north of the main zone, following-up on undercover mineralized zones that were identified during the 2023 drill program. Drilling was planned through a combination of mapping, oriented core data analysis, geophysics, and soil geochemistry. This release covers all remaining drill hole results from the 2024 Trapper Gold Target drill campaign.
Figure 2. Planview Map with Collar Locations and Gold Drill Traces at the Trapper Target.
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THN24-310 and THN24-311 were drilled from the same pad location and planned as infill to assess grade continuity between previously released hole THN22-237 from the 2022 drill campaign. Hole 310 was drilled at an azimuth of 010 degrees and dip of -50 degrees to a final depth of 266.00m returning 42.00m of 0.61 g/t Au, including 9.00m of 1.16 g/t Au. Hole 311 was drilled at a steepened angle below hole 310 at an azimuth of 010 degrees and a dip of -65 degrees to a final depth of 170.00m. Hole 311 returned 48.50m of 1.16 g/t Au from 73.00m depth, including 20.00m of 2.34 g/t Au, including 3.00m of 5.67 g/t Au.
THN24-301 was drilled at an azimuth of 060 degrees and dip of -55 degrees to a final depth of 249.00m and was drilled from the same pad location as previously released holes THN23-275, THN23-278 and THN23-279 testing a north-northwest trending structure highlighted by the Calculated Vertical Gradient geophysical survey. THN24-301 returned no significant assays; however, narrow intervals of elevated gold were encountered repeatedly down hole.
Gold mineralization at Trapper is structurally controlled along the Lawless Fault, trending northwest-southeast and dipping moderately to the north in the main drilling area. There are multiple magnetic CVG features (Calculated Vertical Gradient; see news release dated October 10th, 2024) that could reflect similar parallel structures to the Lawless Fault which remain open to test for new gold potential. Mineralization appears to favour the contact between the Cretaceous (85.2 +/- 1.2Ma) quartz diorite and the Triassic lapilli tuffs with broad gold intervals largely hosted along the faulted contact. The gold is associated with silver and base metal veins containing pyrite-galena-sphalerite +/- chalcopyrite +/- bornite, which occur conjugate to the Lawless Fault. Through a combination of oriented core drilling, surface mapping, geochemistry and geophysics, the aim is to achieve predictability of the gold-bearing zones. The current drilling at the Trapper Target is located 7km southeast from the Camp Creek Copper Porphyry Target. At surface, the Trapper Target is expressed as a 4km northwest trending gold and zinc soil geochemical anomaly which is part of the larger 11km gold geochemical anomaly trending from Camp Creek to the Trapper Target. Future drilling at the Trapper Target will focus on identifying new zones of gold-bearing mineralization undercover within the footprint of this larger gold geochemical anomaly.
Figure 3. Visible Gold Photographs of THN24-310 and THN24-311.
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Drilling Information
Table 2. Drill Collar and Hole Information of Current News Release.
Hole ID
Easting
Northing
Elevation (m)
Azimuth
Dip
Depth (m)
THN24-301
630159
6485687
1292
060
-55
249.00
THN24-310
630378
6485425
1288
010
-50
266.00
THN24-311
630378
6485425
1288
010
-65
170.00
About the Trapper Gold Target
The geochemical footprint for the Trapper Gold Target was expanded in 2021 to 4km by 1.5km with a gold-in-soil geochemical signature that has a strong positive correlation to zinc and lead. The Trapper Target represents an intermediate-sulphidation epithermal system hosted in volcanic and intrusive rocks. The volcanics are Triassic Stuhini lapilli tuff, while the intrusive phase is a Cretaceous quartz diorite dated at 85.2Ma +- 1.2Ma. Visible gold has been identified in both drill core and surface outcrops across the Trapper Target area and rock grab samples have returned up to 152 g/t Au. Visible gold is recognized in several environments: within base metal veins (sphalerite-galena-pyrite-chalcopyrite), quartz-stockwork, sulphosalt-pyrite veinlets, and rarely disseminated gold in the diorite. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, Brixton drilled 3,107m, 9,119m and 6,625m, respectively. In 2011, forty-two drill holes were completed by a previous operator. The Trapper Target is royalty free.
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Quality assurance and quality control protocols for drill core sampling were developed by Brixton. Core samples were mostly taken at 1.0m intervals. Blank, duplicate (lab pulp) and certified reference materials were inserted into the sample stream for at least every 20 drill core samples. Core samples were cut in half, bagged, zip-tied and sent directly to ALS Minerals preparation facility in Langley, British Columbia. ALS Minerals Laboratories is registered to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 17025 accreditations for laboratory procedures. Samples were analyzed at ALS Laboratory Facilities in North Vancouver, British Columbia for gold by fire assay with an atomic absorption finish, whereas Ag, Pb, Cu and Zn and 48 additional elements were analyzed using four acid digestion with an ICP-MS finish. Over limits for gold were analyzed using fire assay and gravimetric finish. The standards, certified reference materials, were acquired from CDN Resource Laboratories Ltd., of Langley, British Columbia and the standards inserted varied depending on the type and abundance of mineralization visually observed in the primary sample. Blank material used consisted of non-mineralized siliceous landscaping rock. A copy of the QAQC protocols can be viewed at the Company’s website.
About the Thorn Project
The wholly-owned 2,945 square kilometer Thorn Project is located in British Columbia, Canada, approximately 90 km east of Juneau, AK. The southern limit of the Thorn claim boundary is roughly 50 km from tide water. The Thorn Project hosts a district-scale 80km megatrend of Triassic to Eocene, volcano-plutonic complex with several styles of mineralization related to porphyry and epithermal environments. Many large-scale copper-gold targets have been identified for further exploration work. Information on each of the targets may be found at the following link: https://brixtonmetals.com/thorn-gold-copper-silver-project/
Qualified Person
Mr. Corey A. James, P.Geo., is a Senior Project Geologist for the company and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. James has verified the data disclosed in this press release, including the sampling, analytical and test data underlying the technical information and has approved this press release.
About Brixton Metals Corporation
Brixton Metals is a Canadian exploration company focused on the advancement of its mining projects. Brixton wholly owns four exploration projects: Brixton’s flagship Thorn copper-gold-silver-molybdenum Project, the Hog Heaven copper-silver-gold Project in NW Montana, USA, which is optioned to Ivanhoe Electric Inc., the Langis-HudBay silver-cobalt-nickel Project in Ontario and the Atlin Goldfields Project located in northwest BC which is optioned to Eldorado Gold Corporation. Brixton Metals Corporation shares trade on the TSX-V under the ticker symbol BBB, and on the OTCQB under the ticker symbol BBBXF. For more information about Brixton, please visit our website at www.brixtonmetals.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Mr. Gary R. Thompson, Chairman and CEO
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