Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:HPY, OTC:HPYCF) said it has completed the first tranche of its 2025 drill program at the Fox tungsten project in British Columbia’s South Cariboo district, with all holes intersecting the host rock for tungsten mineralization.
The company drilled 18 diamond core holes totaling 2,176 metres, targeting expansion of the known tungsten resource at the Ridley Creek (RC) and BN zones and testing for new mineralized horizons.
According to Happy Creek, every drill hole intersected calc-silicate rock, the primary host for scheelite, a tungsten-bearing mineral.
“We are pleased with the drilling achieved at the Fox Tungsten Project this season,” said CEO Jason Bahnsen.
“Importantly, the deeper drilling at the BN Zone (Holes 16 to 18) intersected two thick zones of calc silicate approximately 100 metres between each other. This is significant in that it supports the concept for multiple mineralized horizons at depth that remain open.”
At the RC Zone, 14 holes covering just over 1,300 metres confirmed continuity of tungsten-bearing calc silicate and expanded the mineralized horizon 250 metres southward toward the BN Zone. Drilling also indicated the mineralization remains open to the west beneath Deception Mountain.
Four holes totaling 871 metres were completed at the BN Zone, intersecting multiple calc-silicate layers up to 225 metres deep. The results support a model of stacked mineralized horizons, extending the potential of the zone to the north and northwest beneath Deception Mountain, the company said.
Happy Creek last updated the project’s resource estimate in 2018, reporting an indicated resource of 582,400 tonnes grading 0.826% WO₃ at the RC Zone and an inferred resource of 565,400 tonnes grading 1.231% WO₃, mainly at the BN Zone.
Exploration this season also identified new prospective rocks up to four kilometers south of existing drill areas, extending the overall strike length of the tungsten system to roughly 14 kilometers.
Happy Creek said future work will include follow-up drilling between the RC and BN zones and further testing at other targets, including the BK Zone, Nightcrawler, and South Grid areas.