Scottie Resources Corp. (TSX-V:SCOT) reported new assays on its Blueberry Contact Zone, including an intercept of 20.3 grams per ton (g/t) gold over 2.1 meters (m) that extends the length of the Blueberry Contact Zone by 250m, to a total length of 1.45 kilometers (km).
The Blueberry Zone is located just 2 km northeast of the company’s wholly owned royalty-free past-producing Scottie Gold Mine located in Canada's Golden Triangle region in British Columbia. Despite high-grade surficial samples and easy road access, the Blueberry Vein had only limited reported drilling prior to the company's exploration work.
Scottie also reported near surface intervals of mineralization that grade 8.9 g/t gold over 6.12m and 7.65 g/t gold over 7.53m, located just off of the Granduc Road.
In a statement, Scottie Resources CEO Brad Rourke said: "We're pleased to report that our 2022 testing of the southern extent of the Blueberry Contact zone continues to be successful. These results add on an additional 250m to the strike length of the structure, bringing us to a total of 1.45 km, more than doubling the extent tested in 2021.”
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He added: “Just as significant, the high-grade nature of the intercept at the contact confirms that the tenor of the mineralizing system is laterally extensive, which also supports a deposit model with exceptional depth potential. The consistency of results received thus far supports the tremendous upside on the resource potential of the rapidly expanding target."
The Vancouver-based company highlighted the following results:
- Southern extension hole SR22-165 returned 20.3 g/t gold over a core length of 2.10 metres;
- Extends strike length of system by 250m to a total of 1.45 km;
- Road zone hole SR22-167 returned 8.9 g/t gold over a core length of 6.12m and 7.65 g/t gold over a core length of 7.53m in near-surface intercepts;
- Drill hole SR22-184 returned 4.24 g/t gold over a core length of 16.95m in a 65m step out from the nearest reported hole;
- Results from the aggressive 2022 expansionary drilling of the Blueberry Contact Zone continue to return robust results which indicate the presence of a very large mineralizing system;
- Infill holes across the structure continue to demonstrate the continuity of the mineralizing system and help refine the modelling of the system and targeting of higher-grade zones;
Investors can find selected results from new drill assay results in a table form from the Blueberry Contact Zone here.
Significantly, the Blueberry Zone is located on Granduc Road, 20km north of Ascot Resources' Premier project, which is in the process of refurbishing its mill, and Newcrest's Brucejack Mine.
In addition to the Scottie Gold Mine property, which includes the Blueberry Zone and the Scottie Gold Mine, Scottie owns the Georgia project, which has the past-producing Georgia River Mine, as well as the Cambria project properties and the Sulu property. Altogether Scottie holds over 59,000 hectares of mineral claims in the Stewart Mining Camp in the Golden Triangle.
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