Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 24, 2021) - CopAur Minerals Inc. (TSXV: CPAU) ("CopAur" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from the 2021 diamond drill program at the T-Bill target that included bulk-tonnage and high-grade mineralization including 41.57 metres (m) of 1.38 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) with 0.70 m of 22.00 g/t Au in drill hole WM21-07 (Figure 1, Table 1).
The program consisted of 7 oriented drill holes totaling 3,150 m that were designed to test historic intervals and orientations of gold mineralization along-strike and at-depth. These results have confirmed the Company's model of mineralized vein orientations having a dominant northwest-trending structural control that was previously poorly defined as historic drilling targeted multiple orientations to mineralized trends. Due to targeting the optimal orientation the Company has successfully defined a series of six northwest-trending veins over a ~150 m strike-length that presents significant opportunities to expand to the northwest and southeast, as the overlapping >100 ppb gold-in-soil anomaly footprint extends for a total ~2.4 kilometres (km) strike-length (see news release November 11th, 2021) (Figure 2). As such only 0.3 km strike-length of the northwest-trending gold-in-soil anomaly footprint has been adequately tested by 2021 confirmation drilling which leaves a large portion of the northwest-trending anomaly untested, in addition to a ~1.8 km >100 ppb gold-in-soil anomaly that trends to the north-northeast (Figure 2). The T-Bill target is located on the Company's 100% owned Williams Copper-Gold Project situated within the Golden Horseshoe of north-central British Columbia.
Highlights from the 2021 T-Bill drill program include:
1.23 g/t Au over 15.70 m from 22.10 m in hole WM21-02
1.38 g/t Au over 41.57 m from 149.00 m in hole WM21-07
31.30 g/t Au over 1.00 m from 149.00 m in hole WM21-01
7.27 g/t Au over 4.75 m from 213.85 m in hole WM21-04
9.79 g/t Au over 1.75 m from 217.25 m in hole WM21-06
22.00 g/t Au over 0.70 m from 152.50 m in hole WM21-07
Jeremy Yasenuik, CEO commented, "These assay results from our maiden 2021 drill program at the T-Bill target are significant in that they confirm the orientation of the historic high-grade as well as bulk-tonnage material in addition to extending mineralization along-strike and to-depth. We are now well situated to expand on the success of our methodology, allowing for future systematic testing of the mineralized extent of this largely untested system."
Figure 1: Plan view and cross-section of 2021 drilling at the T-Bill target.
Table 1: Drill results summary from the T-Bill target.
Drillhole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval
Au g/t
WM21-01
27.50
28.50
1.00
2.02
and
65.50
66.50
1.00
2.19
and
72.00
76.50
4.50
1.48
and
149.00
150.00
1.00
31.30
and
201.50
202.00
0.50
7.18
and
210.50
212.00
1.50
2.54
and
221.10
221.40
0.30
20.20
and
248.80
250.00
1.20
1.10
WM21-02
15.70
16.50
0.80
2.19
and
17.90
18.25
0.35
1.50
and
22.10
37.80
15.70
1.23
and
25.00
26.00
1.00
2.44
and
26.95
33.75
6.80
1.62
and
36.00
37.80
1.80
4.06
and
49.00
50.00
1.00
9.85
and
57.00
58.50
1.50
2.95
and
60.00
61.00
1.00
2.48
and
67.50
68.50
1.00
7.55
and
72.50
74.25
1.75
1.58
and
100.00
101.10
1.10
4.68
and
104.60
106.00
1.40
2.89
and
108.90
110.00
1.10
1.22
and
111.00
113.00
2.00
1.63
and
126.00
127.50
1.50
2.81
and
217.10
218.10
1.00
1.41
and
219.50
221.00
1.50
1.10
and
287.10
288.00
0.90
1.57
and
294.00
297.00
3.00
3.34
WM21-03
61.00
62.00
1.00
1.23
and
64.40
65.40
1.00
1.43
and
81.80
83.77
1.97
3.41
and
93.20
95.10
1.90
1.72
and
107.93
109.34
1.41
2.70
and
122.60
124.10
1.50
1.65
and
145.80
147.30
1.50
1.09
and
148.80
150.54
1.74
3.33
and
194.20
195.73
1.53
2.23
and
394.80
395.10
0.30
1.27
Drillhole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval
Au g/t
WM21-04
45.68
47.20
1.52
1.05
and
71.50
73.00
1.50
3.10
and
92.60
93.10
0.50
1.18
and
145.85
146.50
0.65
1.03
and
166.50
167.20
0.70
14.20
and
213.85
218.60
4.75
7.27
and
237.30
238.10
0.80
5.69
and
314.30
314.60
0.30
1.13
and
431.60
432.00
0.40
2.75
WM21-05
53.00
54.17
1.17
2.65
and
102.00
104.00
2.00
6.58
and
108.65
109.00
0.35
1.25
and
137.60
142.90
5.30
1.88
and
311.50
313.90
2.40
1.86
and
360.50
361.00
0.50
3.08
and
364.00
366.00
2.00
2.00
and
372.50
373.00
0.50
1.24
and
381.00
382.00
1.00
1.16
and
384.50
386.00
1.50
1.77
and
408.00
408.50
0.50
1.79
and
413.50
415.00
1.50
1.88
and
499.70
500.30
0.60
2.18
WM21-06
96.00
97.00
1.00
1.25
and
99.00
101.25
2.25
1.13
and
157.10
158.00
0.90
13.85
and
185.00
188.00
3.00
1.09
and
205.10
230.50
25.40
1.28
including
212.00
213.00
1.00
4.05
including
217.25
219.00
1.75
9.79
including
224.10
225.20
1.10
3.39
and
370.50
372.00
1.50
1.32
WM21-07
83.50
94.00
10.50
1.58
including
83.95
84.60
0.65
6.35
including
87.50
88.00
0.50
19.25
and
103.10
104.50
1.40
1.18
and
124.70
125.20
0.50
1.60
and
149.00
190.57
41.57
1.38
including
152.50
153.20
0.70
22.00
including
155.00
156.00
1.00
8.22
including
161.00
162.25
1.25
2.50
including
170.00
171.00
1.00
2.81
including
185.40
190.57
5.17
2.45
Drillhole
From (m)
To (m)
Interval
Au g/t
WM21-07
and
202.30
203.19
0.89
4.67
and
211.70
213.00
1.30
1.71
and
220.50
221.00
0.50
17.80
and
230.00
231.00
1.00
1.18
and
244.00
260.45
16.45
2.63
including
249.00
249.95
0.95
14.10
including
259.40
260.45
1.05
20.40
*True widths are unknown at this time.
Quality Assurance and Control
Results from samples were analyzed at ALS Global Laboratories (Geochemistry Division) in North Vancouver, BC, Canada (an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited facility). The sampling program was undertaken by Company personnel under the direction of Wade Barnes, P.Geol. A secure chain of custody is maintained in transporting and storing of all samples. Gold was assayed using a fire assay with atomic emission spectrometry and gravimetric finish when required (+10 g/t Au). Analysis by four acid digestion with 48 element ICP-MS analysis was conducted on all samples with silver and base metal over- limits being re-analyzed by atomic absorption or emission spectrometry.
All drill core sample assay results have been monitored through a quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) program.
The drill core was sawn in half at CopAur's core logging and processing facility. Half the core was sampled and shipped in sealed and secure bags to the ALS Global laboratory in North Vancouver, BC. Drill core samples were crushed to 70% less than 2mm, rotary split off 250g, pulverised split to better than 85% passing 75 microns. Drill core samples were analyzed for 33 elements by HF-HNO3-HClO4 acid digestion, HCl leach and ICP-AES on a 0.25 gram sample (method ME-ICP61). Gold was analyzed by fire assay on a 30 gram sample with an AAS finish (method Au-AA23). Over limit gold assays > 10 ppm were re-analyzed by fire assay using a gravimetric finish on a 30 gram sample.
In addition to the ALS Global laboratory QA/QC protocols, CopAur Minerals implements an internal QA/QC program that includes the insertion of duplicates, standards and blanks into the drill core sample stream at a total of 10% of the total samples.
About CopAur Minerals Inc.
CPAU is an exploration company focused on advancing orogenic gold and copper porphyry targets on the Williams Gold-Copper Project, located within the prolific Golden Horseshoe of northern British Columbia, Canada. CopAur Minerals is ideally situated within the emerging Toodoggone District along the eastern Cordilleran gold belt, composed of the Sheep Creek, Cariboo, and Cassiar orogenic gold districts. The Company is backed by a dynamic team of experienced resource sector professionals, including Benchmark Metals Inc. members on its Advisory Board. The Williams Project represents exceptional shareholder value with significant gold and copper potential.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Wade Barnes, P.Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Jeremy Yaseniuk"
Jeremy Yaseniuk, Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact: Jeremy Yaseniuk Telephone: +1 (604) 773-1467 Email: jeremyy@copaur.com
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