Scottie Resources Corp. (TSX-V:SCOT) has reported new assays on its Blueberry Contact Zone including two high-grade shallow intercepts in drill hole SR22-170 of 8.21 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 19 metres and 6.30 g/t gold over 8.15 metres.
The intercepts complement the already released results from the 2022 exploration program and support its goal of defining a road-accessible gold deposit in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, the company said.
"The majority of drill holes from our 2022 drill program were expansionary holes testing step-outs with spacings greater than 75 metres from previous drilling. These recent results exemplify the continued success we've had in hitting wide high-grade intercepts along the structure and are a testament to the scale and tenor of the deposit that we have tapped into. Our 2023 drill campaign will continue to expand and test for new high-grade zones along the Blueberry Contact,” Scottie president and CEO, Brad Rourke said in a statement.
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The Blueberry Contact Zone is 100% owned and royalty-free and is located 2 kilometres north-northeast of the past-producing high-grade Scottie Gold Mine, 35 kilometres north of the town of Stewart, British Columbia.
The drill results received in 2020 and 2021, coupled with surficial mapping and sampling suggest that this splay is in fact a major North-South (N-S) mineralized structure, of which the Blueberry Vein was only a secondary structure, the company said.
This zone is much wider than pursued in previous exploration models and drilling in 2022 has expanded its strike length to more than 1,450 metres and its depth to 390 metres. The zone is steeply dipping, and there is no current restraint on its potential depth; the mineralization at the adjacent Scottie Gold Mine has a vertical extent greater than 450 metres.
Scottie owns a 100% interest in the Scottie Gold Mine Property which includes the Blueberry Zone and the high-grade, past-producing Scottie Gold Mine. Scottie also owns 100% interest in the Georgia Project which contains the high-grade past-producing Georgia River Mine, as well as the Cambria Project properties and the Sulu property. Altogether Scottie Resources holds more than 59,000 hectares of mineral claims in the Stewart Mining Camp in the Golden Triangle.
The company's focus is on expanding the known mineralization around the past-producing mines while advancing near mine high-grade gold targets, with the purpose of delivering a potential resource. All of the company's properties are located in the area known as the Golden Triangle of British Columbia which is among the world's most prolific mineralized districts.
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