Trailbreaker Resources Acquires the Connector Gold Property, Adjacent to the Past-Producing Brenda Mine
04 Mayo 2022 - 6:45AM
Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V)
(“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the
acquisition of the Connector Gold property in the Merritt area of
British Columbia (BC). The newly-staked claims are located just 500
metres north of the past-producing Brenda Cu-Mo (copper-molybdenum)
mine.
Highlights of the new Connector Gold
property
- Located 40 km north
of Kelowna and 55 km southeast of Merritt, BC, and straddles
Highway 97C (the Okanagan Connector)
- Excellent
road accessibility via numerous well maintained forest
service roads that extend from the highway
- 100%-owned
by Trailbreaker Resources with no underlying payments or
royalties
- Covers
1,894 hectares of ground just 500 m north of the
past-producing Brenda Cu-Mo mine
- 15 km northeast of
the producing Elk Gold mine, held by Gold Mountain Mining, which
has a Measured and Indicated (M+I) resource of 806,000 oz AuEq
(gold equivalent), at a grade of 5.8 g/t Au (gold)
- Historic
exploration shows a similar style of gold mineralization and
geologic setting as the Elk deposit, with grab samples at the
Connector Gold property grading up to 187.5 g/t Au and 71.8
g/t Ag (silver)
- Very limited
gold-targeted historic drilling has been conducted on the
property
About the Connector Gold
property
The 1,894 ha, 100%-owned Connector Gold property
straddles Highway 97C and is located 40 km west of Kelowna and 55
km southeast of Merritt in south-central BC. The property is
contiguous with Glencore Corp’s Brenda property which hosts the
past-producing Cu-Mo porphyry Brenda Mine. The mine is located just
500 meters to the south of Trailbreaker’s claims (see Map 1 –
Location).
The Connector Gold property was aggressively
explored for Cu-Mo deposits in the early 1960s through to the
1990s, when the Brenda deposit was discovered and developed into a
producing mine. At the Connector, many Cu-Mo soil geochemical
anomalies were identified, and several drill holes intersected
significant Cu-Mo porphyry mineralization. Exploration for precious
metals, however, was largely ignored until 2008 with the rise in
precious metal prices.
In 2009, Bitterroot Resources discovered a
high-grade gold-bearing vein system located only 300 metres from
the highway, during a trenching program targeting gold-in-soil
anomalies. Numerous narrow gold-bearing shear zones and quartz
veins were intersected over a 900-metre span with bedrock grab
samples assaying up 187.5 g/t Au and 71.8 g/t Ag (see Map 2 –
Geology and Highlights). Several significant channel sample
intercepts were encountered, including 39 g/t Au and 6.3 g/t Ag
over 0.25 meters. In 2018, an inaugural 6-hole drill campaign
tested a portion of the gold-bearing quartz vein system exposed by
trenching. While no significant high-grade gold intercepts were
encountered, anomalous gold values were detected in all holes. No
exploration has been conducted on the property since 2018,
rendering several other gold-in-soil anomalies un-tested by
drilling.
The geological setting and style of gold
mineralization are very similar to the currently producing Elk Gold
mine located 15 km to the southwest (806,000 oz AuEq, M+I
resource). As with the Connector Gold property, high-grade gold and
silver within the Elk deposit is hosted in narrow quartz veins
cutting Jurassic intrusive rocks adjacent to Triassic Nicola
volcanic rocks. Trailbreaker’s team believes this recent,
high-grade gold discovery at the Connector Gold property has been
overlooked and has strong potential to host high-grade gold
mineralization similar to the nearby Elk Gold deposit. At the Elk
Gold mine, Gold Mountain Mining continues to grow their resource,
with a 32% increase in its total resource base reported in late
2021.
For more details on Connector Gold, see the
dedicated section on Trailbreaker’s website. Additional
property-scale maps will be added in the coming weeks.
Message from the President
“I am pleased to add another exciting asset to
our portfolio. As with our recent Eakin Creek acquisition, the
Trailbreaker team has generated a target in a highly prospective
geological setting with excellent access and infrastructure.
The Connector Gold and Eakin Creek projects’
locations also allow for an expanded exploration season. I
anticipate a steady news flow as the Trailbreaker team investigates
the historic showings and intensively explores the property.
As always, stay tuned for further updates!”
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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