Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) has received high-grade assay results for one hole from the first phase of the Company’s 2022 regional exploration programme which was focused on target drilling within the 100% owned Ootsa Property in central British Columbia.
Highlights
- Hole BJ22-01 at the Blackjack Target tested a large ZTEM geophysical anomaly and has discovered a wide zone of silver-gold-zinc-lead mineralization in addition to three individual high-grade silver veins
- Results include 66 metres grading 71.3 g/t silver including 46 metres grading 99.4 g/t silver with higher grade intercepts returning: 1430 g/t silver over two metres; 346 g/t silver over two metres; and 180 g/t silver over two metres
- The Blackjack Target represents a very large and highly altered intrusive centre that is highly prospective for precious metal mineralization and wide open for further expansion and discovery
- Results for 30 additional drill holes from the Ootsa and Berg 2022 regional exploration programme are pending
Assay results have been received for BJ22-01 at the Blackjack Target located approximately four kilometres east of the Seel porphyry deposit on the Ootsa Property.
Blackjack
Hole BJ22-01 was drilled into the Blackjack Target testing a large ZTEM geophysical conductor and has confirmed the ZTEM target is related to intense hydrothermal alteration, encountering highly altered porphyritic intrusion from 62.8 to 400 metres depth, with altered volcanic and sedimentary rocks encountered to the end of the hole at 753 metres depth. This highly altered intrusive centre could conceptually sit above a porphyry system, and provides a kilometre scale exploration target prospective for near surface epithermal gold-silver, silver-gold-lead-zinc veins and breccias, and copper-gold-moly porphyry mineralization at depth.
Hole BJ22-01 intersected a wide zone of brecciation, veins, and faulting containing silver-gold-zinc-lead mineralization associated with quartz, iron carbonates, and clay, along with strong pyrite, and variable sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite from 286 to 352 metres depth.
The zone returned 66 metres grading 71.3 g/t silver, 0.11 g/t gold, 0.30% zinc, and 0.22% lead, including 46 metres grading 99.4 g/t silver, 0.14 g/t gold, 0.35% zinc, and 0.29% lead. Included in this interval are three zones of vein and fault hosted mineralization returning 1430 g/t silver over two metres, 346 g/t silver over two metres, and 180 g/t silver over two metres.
This new discovery of high-grade silver mineralization is interpreted to be a steeply dipping breccia and vein zone and remains open in all directions.
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