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Reports assays from first half of 2023 drilling at gold target North of 60 Mining News – October 20, 2023
Brixton Metals Corp. Oct. 18 announced the first assays from Trapper gold target on the company's Thorn copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia.
Situated about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east of Juneau, Alaska, the 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) Thorn project hosts both porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and high-grade epithermal gold targets.
Late last year, BHP Group Ltd. invested C$13.6 million (US$9.9 million) to acquire a 19.9% interest in Brixton, with the funds designated primarily for further exploration at Thorn.
Developed by a technical committee between Brixton and BHP, the 2023 drill program at Thorn is primarily focused on the copper-dominant Camp Creek porphyry and the gold-dominant Trapper target.
The latest batch of assays is from the first 12 of 23 holes drilled this year at Thorn.
Prior to the 2023 season, the gold zone at Trapper had been traced for more than 400 meters along strike. Highlights from 2021 and 2022 drilling at Trapper include:
• 139 meters averaging 2.14 grams per metric ton in hole THN21-186.
• 304.5 meters averaging 1.19 g/t gold in hole THN22-237.
• 398.3 meters averaging 0.95 g/t gold in hole THN22-243.
• 253 meters averaging 1.4 g/t gold in hole THN22-244.
The 2023 drill campaign at Trapper was designed to test the extent of the main mineralized corridor along the Lawless fault zone, as well as testing step-out targets where similar structural and geophysical features were interpreted using the high-resolution aeromagnetic survey completed in 2022.
Highlights from the first 12 holes drilled this year at Trapper include:
• 55.7 meters averaging 0.82 g/t gold from a depth of 152.3 meters in hole THN23-268, including seven meters averaging 2.67 g/t gold.
• 98 meters averaging 0.62 g/t gold from a depth of 98 meters in hole THN23-270, including six meters averaging 5.07 g/t gold.
"We are highly encouraged by the gold intercepts we've observed in the broad step out holes drilled at the Trapper Gold Target to date," said Brixton Metals Vice President of Exploration Christina Anstey. "We look forward to reporting on the additional results from the Trapper Target from the 2023 season."
The largest target of the 2023 Trapper drill program is the Camp Creek porphyry copper-gold target, about five miles (eight kilometers) northwest of Trapper.
Highlights from drilling at Camp Creek over the past two years include:
• 976.5 meters averaging 0.22% copper, 0.07 g/t gold, 2.06 g/t silver, and 154.4 parts per million molybdenum in hole THN21-183.
• 821.3 meters averaging 0.24% copper, 0.1 g/t gold, 2.44 g/t silver, and 174.3 ppm molybdenum in hole THN21-184.
• 967.7 meters averaging 0.25% copper, 0.09 g/t gold, 2.39 g/t silver, and 186 ppm molybdenum in hole THN22-201.
• 709 meters averaging 0.24% copper, 0.06 g/t gold, 2.42 g/t silver, and 140.5 ppm molybdenum in hole THN22-213.
• 779.7 meters averaging 0.23% copper, 0.05 g/t gold, 2.46 g/t silver, and 234.7 ppm molybdenum in hole THN22-213.
Brixton says this thick porphyry body at Camp Creek is at least 1,000 meters squared and could extend up to 2,000 meters along strike.
In September, Brixton reported the longest copper intercept ever at Camp Creek. This hole, THN23-261, cut 1,562.4 meters averaging 0.19% copper, 0.05 g/t gold, 2.81 g/t silver, and 189 ppm molybdenum. This intercept included an 855-meter subsection averaging 0.29% copper, 0.06 g/t gold, 2.44 g/t silver, and 314 ppm molybdenum.
"We are excited by the extent of the porphyry copper mineralization at the Camp Creek Target and that this hole encountered 580 meters of the main mineralized porphyry," said Anstey. "The copper mineralization remains open in several directions."
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