- Brixton Metals (BBB) commences drilling at its flagship Thorn Copper-Gold Porphyry Project
- The program is fully-funded and consists of around 20,000 metres of drilling
- The company it is focused on the Metla Copper-Gold Target and the Outlaw Gold-Silver Target in the near future
- In early June, a second drill is expected to start drilling on the Trapper Gold Target
- Following the 2020 acquisition of the Trapper claims and royalties, 2021 was Brixton’s first drill program which successfully highlighted the gold endowment of the target
- Brixton Metals Corporation (BBB) is down 3.12 per cent, trading at C$0.16 at 11:50 am ET
Brixton Metals Corporation (BBB) has started an exploration program at its flagship Thorn Project located in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia.
The program is fully-funded and consists of around 20,000 metres of drilling, focussing on the Camp Creek Porphyry Target and the Trapper Gold Target.
With this program, it is focused on the Metla Copper-Gold Target and the Outlaw Gold-Silver Target in the near future.
VP of Exploration Christina Anstey said, “We are excited to have begun drilling now, which is the earliest start of a season yet.”
“Two high-priority targets include the Camp Creek copper dominant porphyry target and the Trapper Gold Target. Additional exploration work is planned to drill-ready other copper-gold targets on the massive Thorn Project,” added Anstey.
Brixton’s Camp Creek target made major progress in 2021 on the blind Camp Creek Porphyry Target.
Holes 162, 181,183 and 184 show copper, gold, silver and molybdenum grades, and porphyry index values, increasing with depth. The bottom of holes 183 and 184 are approximately 286 m apart in the distance and both ended in mineralization.
Last season, THN21-184 drilled 821 m of porphyry-style copper dominant mineralization where the bottom 14 m of the hole ended in 0.68 per cent Cu, 0.14 g/t Au, 6.53 g/t Ag, and 508.57 g/t Mo.
The mineralization in the lower part of the hole was chalcopyrite–a principle ore of copper–greater than pyrite. Also, a 1.85 m interval from 1175 m depth was returned at 89.3 g/t Au.
In early June, a second drill is expected to start drilling on the Trapper Gold Target. Following the 2020 acquisition of the Trapper claims and royalties, 2021 was Brixton’s first drill program which successfully highlighted the gold endowment of the target.
Standout results from the Trapper Target in 2021 include hole THN21-186, yielding 187.50m of 1.60 g/t Au including 139.00m of 2.14 g/t Au, including 11.5m of 19.25 g/t Au.
The Trapper Target consists of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Upper Triassic Stuhini group, which are intruded by Cretaceous quartz diorite, interpreted as part of the Thorn Magmatic Suite.
The objective at Trapper is to expand the gold zone on-trend and at depth.
As for the Metla target, it is a copper-gold porphyry anomaly within the Thorn Project and is about 15 km to the southeast of the Trapper area.
The Metla claims were acquired in 2020 from Stuhini Exploration. There are several styles of mineralization occur in the Metla area, including a potassicatd diorite porphyry unit with bornite, chalcopyrite and chalcocite that returned 4.7 per cent Cu, 1.8 g/t Au, 31 g/t Ag.
The 2022 exploration program are set to include extensive geochemistry, geological mapping and may even include further geophysical surveys to define drill targets for the year to come.
The Central Outlaw Target is located more than 3 km to the southeast of the Camp Creek Target.
Gold mineralization is home to clastic sediments as Triassic Stuhini group interbedded siltstone-graywacke, where a gold-in-soil anomaly is about 5 km long in an east-west trend.
Mineralization is stratiform and within structural controlled areas and is thought to be related to Jurassic dacite dykes that intrude the sediments.
The company is gogin to focus on drilling at the Outlaw Target in 2022 where it will look for gold mineralization between the Central and East Zones and east extension through four to six widely spaced drill holes.
Brixton is a Canadian exploration and development company focused on advancing its mining projects.
Brixton Metals Corporation (BBB) is down 3.12 per cent, trading at C$0.16 at 11:50 am ET.
