Eskay Mining Corp (TSX-V:ESK, OTCQX:ESKYF) announced the addition of Riaz Mirza to its exploration team as a geophysical advisor.
Mirza is the founder of Simcoe Geoscience Limited, a global geophysical service provider. He brings a wealth of experience in the application of geophysics for precious- and base-metal exploration in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia, where he has been actively engaged in numerous projects over the past decade, the company said.
"Riaz and his team have been reviewing our geophysical data from our 100% controlled 602.55-square-kilometer consolidated Eskay project area with the goal of drawing direct comparisons to that from the original Eskay Creek precious metal-rich VMS deposit,” CEO Mac Balkam said in a statement.
“Because VMS deposits typically occur in clusters, drawing direct comparisons of our data to that of our neighbor provides a huge step forward in our quest for discovering ‘Eskay Creek V 2.0.'"
Mirza’s experience, as well as Simcoe's reliance on "next-generation" geophysical data collection and processing, provides Eskay Mining with an entirely new set of tools with which to define new exploration targets for future drill testing.
"Using our large geophysical database, Riaz and his team immediately identified some compelling similarities between the amplitude, texture, distribution and depth of magnetic anomalies associated with the Eskay Creek deposit and multiple areas displaying such patterns across our consolidated Eskay project,” said John DeDecker, VP of exploration.
Toronto-headquartered Eskay is an exploration company focused on the exploration and development of precious and base metals along the Eskay rift in a highly prolific region of northwest British Columbia known as the "Golden Triangle," 70 km northwest of Stewart.
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