The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
Millrock Resources Inc. March 23 said it has acquired additional exploration information for Willoughby, a high-grade gold-silver project in the Golden Triangle District of British Columbia that Millrock acquired in 2016.
This data, which was never submitted to the British Columbia Department of Energy and Mines for assessment purposes, was documented in a 1996 internal report for Camnor Resources Ltd. Titled "Report on the 1996 program and recommendations for further work, Willoughby property, Stewart area, British Columbia, Skeena Mining Division," this exploration report for Willoughby was authored by Camnor senior geologist David Visagie and was subject to quality control protocols.
Exploration by Camnor in 1996 consisted of 31 surface holes, 40 meters of underground drifting and 30 underground drill holes. This work included the delineation of a high-grade core at Willoughby's North zone which is roughly 30 meters long and has an average thickness of about three meters.
The best intercept of the 1996 program was an underground hole targeting the North zone that averaged 3.85 ounces per ton gold, 77.91 oz/t silver and 4.83 percent zinc over 3.5 meters. Another underground hole at North cut five meters of 0.64 oz/t gold and 1.96 oz/t silver.
Surface drilling in 1996 also cut 7.9 meters of 0.2 oz/t gold and 2.19 oz/t silver at the Lower Ice Fall zone; and 11.7 meters of 0.25 oz/t gold and 0.05 oz/t silver at the Wilby zone.
"The Willoughby tenures are host to numerous zones of mineralization, and while the grade is high, each appears to have limited extent. Nevertheless, we view these numerous zones as possible indicators of a more significant deposit at depth - hopefully with similar grade. Alpine glaciers that characterize the upper reaches of the mountains have receded rapidly since the last serious exploration effort in 1996. We look forward to prospecting the rocks that have been uncovered over the past two decades,"said Millrock President and CEO Greg Beischer.
-SHANE LASLEY
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