Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V)
(“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the
definition of three gold zones (‘Highlands’, ‘Willie Jack’, and
‘Swan’) at their 100%-owned Atsutla Gold Project, and confirmation
of the discovery of widespread visible gold in quartz float. Phase
1 grab sample assay results returned grades as high as 630.04 g/t
(18.38 oz/ton) gold (Au) from an area 550 meters away from a newly
discovered zone comprising samples with visible gold (Highlands
zone). Assays from the Phase 2 program remain pending.
Soil sampling and prospecting have also defined
two other gold zones at Atsutla: a 1.25-kilometer-long gold
(Au)-arsenic (As)-silver (Ag)-molybdenum (Mo)-tellurium (Te)
geochemical anomaly, with soil sample values up to 3,767 ppb Au
(‘Willie Jack trend’); and a 900m x 700m Au-As-Ag-antimony
(Sb)-copper (Cu)- Mo-lead (Pb) geochemical anomaly, with soil
sample values up to 406 ppb Au (‘Swan zone’). The Swan zone anomaly
is directly adjacent to a historic molybdenum-copper (Mo-Cu)
porphyry prospect that was not previously explored or analyzed for
gold.
Daithi Mac Gearailt, CEO of Trailbreaker,
commented: “The newly released Phase 1 assay results, coupled with
the visible gold discovered during Phase 2, confirm that this is a
high-grade gold-bearing system. Considering the size of the current
geochemical soil anomalies, along with widespread visible gold
found to date, I am very confident that more high-grade results
will follow.”
With the addition of recent staking, the Atsutla
Gold Project now covers 37,727 hectares and spans 36 kilometers.
The project area is located 70 km south of the Yukon-British
Columbia border and 130 km northwest of the community of Dease
Lake, BC.
The Phase 1 and 2 exploration programs involved
the collection of 2,100 soil samples and 532 prospecting rock grab
samples, as well as geological mapping.
Efforts were focused on follow-up of the
high-grade gold, silver, and copper discoveries made at the Willie
Jack zone in 2020, as well as first-pass reconnaissance of
newly-staked, unexplored ground southeast of the initial
discoveries. The exploration team also completed a first-pass
exploration program at the Swan zone, which hosts a historic Mo-Cu
porphyry prospect.
See linked maps for zone and sample locations
(Map 1 - Overview, Map 2 - Highlights).
Highlands Zone – Location of high-grade
gold results and newly discovered visible gold
The Highlands zone is located in the northern
area of the Atsutla Gold Project. In 2020, a grab sample of quartz
float from this zone assayed 164 g/t (4.78 oz/ton) Au and 257 g/t
Ag. Follow-up work in the vicinity of this sample revealed an
abundance of similar quartz float 40 meters uphill. Multiple grab
samples were taken, six of which assayed over 190 g/t Au (see
linked Map 3 - Highlands). The gravimetric gold analytical results
for two of these samples yielded values exceeding 1000 g/t
Au. Both samples underwent four various
forms of re-assaying, including one utilizing a separate laboratory
(ALS Canada) for a total of five assay values per sample. The
averages of these values for the samples are: 630.04 g/t
(18.38 oz/ton) Au with 531.75 g/t (15.51 oz/ton) Ag; and 493.90 g/t
(14.41 oz/ton) Au with 472 g/t (13.77 oz/ton) Ag,
respectively. While the bedrock source was not directly
identified, it is likely the quartz float is sourced from a
gossanous, semi-competent granite unit present at the uphill limit
of the float samples.
During Phase 2 of exploration at the Highlands
zone, a zone of visible gold was newly discovered 550m west
of the aforementioned high-grade float. This zone consists
of a 20m trend of quartz boulders up to 1m in size with abundant
visible gold, pyrite, galena, and arsenopyrite mineralization
(assays pending). Additional exploration in this area revealed a
trend of visible gold in talus 240m southeast of the boulders. In
this area, visible gold and pyrite were observed on the margins of
~10cm wide quartz vein fragments. The vein fragments are proximal
float, sourced from a gossanous, semi-competent granite unit. Other
similar quartz vein samples with pyrite, galena, and arsenopyrite
mineralization were taken from this same unit, but from in-situ
bedrock. Assays for all of these Phase 2 samples remain
pending.
Willie Jack Trend – 1.25-kilometer-long
Au-As-Ag-Mo-Te soil anomaly
The Phase 1 program also involved a significant
soil survey along the southwestern margin of the early Jurassic
Christmas Creek Batholith, where it lies in contact with older,
Permian Kedahda Formation metasediments. This survey was intended
to follow-up on a series of soil samples taken in 2020 which
returned assays up to 801 ppb (0.8 g/t) Au. The 2021 survey
revealed a significant trend of anomalous Au- As-Ag-Mo-Te values,
assaying up to 3,767 ppb (3.77 g/t) Au. The trend is at
least 1.25 kilometers long, and falls within a broader anomalous
gold trend of 6.5 kilometers (see linked Map 4 – Willie
Jack). Initial rock sampling along this trend returned values up to
2.06 g/t Au (float); however, assays remain pending for follow-up
rock samples of float and bedrock.
Sampling of quartz float and quartz in bedrock
indicate that the anomalous gold-in-soil trend is caused by a
series of metasediment-hosted, northwest-trending auriferous quartz
veins.
Swan Zone – 900m x 700m
Au-As-Ag-Sb-Cu-Mo-Pb soil anomaly
History of the Swan Zone
Due to the success of the first pass results at
the Willie Jack property (now Atsutla Gold Project), Trailbreaker
staked the Swan claims (see Swan news release dated March 22nd,
2021). The Swan claims cover a historical molybdenum-copper
porphyry prospect discovered in the late 1960s and explored
periodically since then. Despite more than 500 soil and surface
rock samples and almost 1,000 meters of shallow diamond drilling,
no geochemical analysis for gold was ever
completed. Historical geological mapping and drill hole
logging indicate a complex intrusive system, comprising widespread
quartz- feldspar porphyritic monzonite cut by a variety of felsic
and mafic dikes. Molybdenite-pyrite mineralization is closely
associated with sheeted quartz veins, quartz stockwork and breccia
zones. The historical drilling at Swan intersected broad, low to
mid-grade molybdenite mineralization, returning up to 0.06% Mo over
73 meters, as well as several significant silver intercepts
including >26 g/t Ag over 3 meters.
Phase 1, first-pass results at
Swan
The Phase 1 program at Swan involved the
collection of 284 soil samples and 70 prospecting rock grab
samples. The bulk of these soil samples were taken on a large,
gossanous mountain immediately east of the historical drill
holes.
Assay results from the soil sampling have
revealed a ~900m x 700m Au-As-Ag-Sb-Cu-Mo-Pb soil
anomaly, with soil samples assaying up to 406 ppb Au (see
linked Map 5 - Swan). The anomaly occurs within a
leucogranite-porphyry unit of the Upper Cretaceous Glundebery
Batholith. Limited rock sampling from Phase 1 yielded assays up to
3.17 g/t Au. Gold typically occurs with arsenopyrite mineralization
and epithermal quartz veining. Phase 2 involved one day of
follow-up work in this area and uncovered significant arsenopyrite
mineralization in talus float (assays pending).
Additional staking
Due to the favourable assay results of the Phase
1 program, and the highly encouraging visual results of the Phase 2
program, Trailbreaker Resources has staked an additional nine
claims (14,350 ha) at the Atsutla Gold Project. The project area
now consists of 28 mineral claims covering 37,727 hectares.
Phase 3 – Airborne survey
A third phase of exploration will be conducted
at the Atsutla Gold Project during September, 2021. This phase will
involve an airborne magnetic, radiometric, and VLF-EM survey
covering the Highlands and Christmas Creek zones, and the Willie
Jack trend. It is anticipated the survey will highlight structural
features controlling gold mineralization, as well as geological
contacts.
Message from the President
“I am incredibly pleased with the recent results
at the Atsutla Gold Project. The high-grade nature of the Highlands
zone, extent of the Willie Jack trend, and mineral potential of the
Swan area provide exciting possibilities. By the end of 2021 we
will have a geochemical database of almost 2,700 surface samples as
well as a high-definition airborne geophysical survey. Not only
that but we have an additional 14,000 hectares of nearly untouched
ground to explore. Atsutla is shaping up to be a major gold
project!”
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Daithi Mac Gearailt President and Chief
Executive Officer
OTHER
Sample analysis and assaying for all of
Trailbreaker’s projects have been conducted by Bureau Veritas
Mineral Laboratories Canada in Vancouver, BC, which is an ISO-9001
accredited laboratory. Rock samples were crushed, split and
pulverized to a 250 g pulp passing through a 200 mesh screen (prep
code PRP70- 250). For gold analysis, a 50 g split underwent fire
assay with an ICP-ES finish (FA350-Au). Samples assaying >10 ppm
Au were re-analyzed with a gravimetric finish (FA550-Au). Samples
also underwent 37-element analysis involving aqua regia digestion
and ICP-ES/MS analysis (AQ200). Soil samples were sieved to 80 mesh
(prep code SS80) and underwent a 37-element analysis involving aqua
regia digestion and ICP- ES/MS analysis (AQ201).
Rigorous quality assurance procedures are in
place regarding sample collection, chain of custody and data entry.
Certified QA/QC standard and blank reference samples are routinely
inserted into the sample stream to ensure integrity of the assay
process. The reader is cautioned that grab samples are single rock
samples typically, but not exclusively, constrained to
mineralization. Grab samples are selective in nature and collected
to determine the presence or absence of metal values. These do not
necessarily provide an accurate representation of the tenor of the
targeted zone sampled.
Carl Schulze, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist with
Aurora Geosciences Ltd, is a qualified person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 for Trailbreaker's BC and Yukon
exploration projects, and has reviewed and approved the technical
information in this release.
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