Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V)
(“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the
acquisition of the Eakin Creek property in south-central British
Columbia (BC), and to provide a corporate update on the upcoming
exploration plans for their Atsutla Gold project in northwestern
BC.
Highlights of the new Eakin Creek
property
- Located 100 km
north of Kamloops, and road accessible via Highway
24 and well-maintained forestry roads
- Acquired by staking
and the amalgamation of historical claims and showings
- 100%-owned
by Trailbreaker Resources with no underlying payments or
royalties
- Covers
1,610 hectares of prospective ground that drains
into placer gold-bearing Eakin Creek
- Lies within an
underexplored portion of the Quesnel tectonic terrane that hosts
many of BC’s producing copper and gold mines
- Property covers
some of BC’s highest gold grain-count values from
government-collected till samples, and includes indicators for
copper-gold (Cu-Au) porphyry deposit potential
- Has a history of
placer gold production
- Hosts a robust
gold-in-soil anomaly with 58 samples containing greater than 100
ppb Au, up to a maximum of 2,600 ppb (2.6 g/t) Au
- Historic high-grade
grab samples assay up to 2.60 oz/ton (89 g/t)
Au
- Limited outcrop
sampling to date has returned a 3.0-metre chip sample interval
grading 3.15 g/t Au, within a 14.0-metre interval grading 0.9 g/t
Au
- No drilling
has ever been conducted on the property
See below for an expanded summary and maps of
the Eakin Creek property.
Update on the Atsutla Gold project and
planned 2022 exploration program
Trailbreaker’s Atsutla Gold project is located
70 km south of the Yukon-British Columbia border and 130 km
northwest of the community of Dease Lake, BC. Exploration in 2021
included the discovery of widespread high-grade gold at the
Highlands zone, with grab sample assays up to 630 g/t
(18.38 oz/ton) gold and 1,894 g/t (55.25 oz/ton) silver
(see September 13th, 2021 news release). The program also included
the identification of four gold zones: the Highlands, Christmas
Creek, Willie Jack, and Swan zones (see November 1st, 2021 news
release).
The current claim package was recently expanded
from 37,727 hectares to 40,057 hectares.
Exploration in 2022 will include planning and
determination of drill hole locations for a highly anticipated
diamond drilling program. Drilling permits for the Atsutla Gold
project remain outstanding (specifically at the Swan zone), as such
drilling in 2022 is subject to their approval. In the meantime, the
Company is working with all stakeholders, First Nations, and other
interested parties in the area, to ensure exploration programs
continue to be conducted in a safe, environmentally responsible and
sustainable manner.
An airborne LiDAR (‘light
detection and ranging’) survey is currently being planned for the
Atsutla Gold project in the early summer of 2022. LiDAR surveys use
laser scanning to produce high-resolution, 3-D representations of
the earth’s surface. These can detect subtle topographic changes
which can represent geological features such as lithological
contacts, faults, and quartz veins, which are all important
controls on gold mineralization at the Atsutla Gold project.
Work in 2022 will also include following up on
targets identified from the airborne magnetic survey completed in
the fall of 2021. Structural investigation and detailed mapping
will be conducted on all gold-bearing zones, as well as first-pass
reconnaissance prospecting and soil sampling on newly staked
ground.
Trailbreaker will combine existing information
on last year’s high-grade gold discoveries and existing geophysical
survey results with upcoming geophysical surveys and structural
investigations, to enhance its potential for new discoveries in
2022.
More on Eakin Creek:
The Eakin Creek property is located 100
kilometres north of Kamloops, BC and can be accessed via Highway 24
and by well-maintained forest service roads (see Map 1 – Location).
The property covers 1,610 ha of prospective ground that drains into
placer gold-bearing Eakin Creek. Eakin Creek lies in an
underexplored portion of the Quesnel tectonic terrane that hosts
many of BC’s producing copper and gold mines, such as New Afton,
Ajax, Mt Polley, Highland Valley, and Copper Mountain. The claim
package is 100%-owned by Trailbreaker Resources with no underlying
royalties or payments.
A regional-scale till sampling survey conducted
by the Geological Survey of Canada has shown that this
underexplored portion of the Quesnel terrane has an anomalous
Cu-Au-As-Mo geochemical signature that is indicative of copper
porphyry environments elsewhere in BC. Furthermore, some of BC’s
highest gold grain-count values are recorded from till samples from
the Eakin Creek property (see Map 2 – Regional Till Survey).
Placer gold was first discovered in Eakin Creek
in the late 1800s with small scale placer mining occurring through
to the 1940s. The hard rock source of the placer gold was never
found and remained a mystery for over 100 years. Gold in bedrock
was first discovered on the property in 1983 during the
construction of Highway 24, with subsequent hard rock discoveries
continuing through to the early 1990s.
The property hosts a strong, widespread
gold-in-soil anomaly with 58 samples containing greater than 100
ppb Au, to a maximum of 2,600 ppb (2.6 g/t) Au (see Map 3 – Soil
Geochemistry). Prospecting and trenching have proved difficult in
the area due to widespread glacial till cover, however the limited
prospecting and trenching completed to date have been successful in
determining the causes of gold-in-soil anomalies. Numerous
high-grade float rock grab samples have been obtained from
surficial pits, assaying up to 2.60 oz/ton (89.13 g/t) Au and
locally containing visible gold. Limited outcrop sampling to date
has returned a 3.0 m chip sample interval grading 3.15 g/t Au,
within a 14.0 m interval grading 0.9 g/t Au (see Map 4 – Rock
Geochemistry). Gold is associated with fracture-controlled
quartz-calcite veins and breccias, hosted by a Jurassic altered
diorite. The property has not been drilled to date, nor have any
deep-penetrating geophysical programs been completed.
Trailbreaker’s team believes there is strong
potential for a bulk-tonnage intrusive-related gold deposit
underlying the glacial till, and that an induced polarization (IP)
survey will be able to delineate the potential buried auriferous
diorite. The team anticipates that the IP results will contribute
to identification of high-quality drill targets.
Bernie Kreft purchase
agreement:
Although the majority of the 1,610 ha Eakin
Creek property was acquired by Trailbreaker’s staking, 2 claims in
the core of the property are owned by Mr. Bernie Kreft.
Trailbreaker has entered into a property purchase agreement to
acquire a 100% interest in the Bernie Kreft claims. This agreement
is subject to the approval of the TSX-Venture Exchange and other
customary conditions. The terms consist of:
- A cash payment of
CAD$13,475 upon signing of the agreement
- A transfer of
60,000 Trailbreaker common shares within 30 days of approval by the
TSX.V
For more details and maps on Eakin Creek see the
dedicated section on Trailbreaker’s website.
Message from the President
“True to our model as project generators, the
Trailbreaker team has been busy throughout the winter putting
together high-caliber projects and planning for the 2022
exploration season. Our flagship Atsutla project, with its
high-grade gold discoveries and copper porphyry potential, will
receive an aggressive exploration program designed to de-risk
future drilling once permits are in place.
We are all excited with the addition of the
Eakin Creek property. The project has high potential for further
mineral discoveries, enhanced by its geological and geochemical
settings, and by existing roads and other infrastructure.
Stay tuned for further updates as we have more
exciting announcements to make in the coming weeks.”
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Daithi Mac GearailtPresident and Chief Executive Officer
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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