- Mineral exploration company EnGold Mines (EGM) has concluded a drill program at its Lac La Hache property in British Columbia
- Assays are currently pending for 320 core samples from five separate drill holes
- Three of these holes targeted the southern extension of the G1 Copper Zone while two were completed at the new Road Gold showing
- Over the course of this year, the company has drilled a total of 3,583 metres at the Lac La Hache property
- EnGold Mines is currently down 20 per cent to C$0.04 per share
Mineral exploration company EnGold Mines (EGM) has concluded a drill program at its Lac La Hache property in British Columbia.
Assays are currently pending for 320 core samples from five drill holes, three of which targeted the southern extension of the G1 Copper Zone while the other two tested the new Road Gold showing.
The Road Gold target was identified during previous follow-up exploration work that was based on a number of promising samples. Roughly 60 metres in width, it’s characterised by mineralised quartz veins and sits along a magnetic low that extends for more than 1,600 metres between the Ann North Zone and the gold-bearing Jodie showing.
Rob Shives, Vice President of Exploration at EnGold Mines, said the similarities between the Road Gold zone and the Aurizon South gold deposit continue to develop.
“Both zones display intense, structurally controlled potassic alteration, veining, fracturing, and mineralised hydrothermal brecciation within monzonite host rock where magnetite destruction produces magnetic lows in cores and on the surface geophysics,” he added.
Separately, EnGold said it has intentionally delayed planned resource calculations at the Spout and G1 Copper zones to allow for the incorporation of the pending assay results.
“As we advance our G1 and Spout Copper deposits through resource definition at Lac La Hache, it’s exciting to be exploring a brand-new gold target there at the same time,” said David Brett, President and CEO of EnGold Mine.
“Including the Aurizon Gold deposit and the many other prospective areas on the property, Lac La Hache is a great place to be exploring,” he concluded.
EnGold Mines is currently down 20 per cent to C$0.04 per share at 12:47pm EST.
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 12, 2020) – David H. Brett, President & CEO, EnGold Mines Ltd., (TSXV: EGM) (“EnGold” or the “Company”) reports that its recent drilling campaign has wound up at its 100% owned Lac La Hache Property, located in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. Assays are pending for 320 core samples from 5 drill holes, 3 at the G1 Copper Zone southern extension and 2 holes at the new Road Gold showing. Assays are expected in early December. The Company has completed a total of 3,583 metres of drilling so far in 2020. Also, resource calculations at the Spout & G1 Copper zones have been intentionally delayed to allow time to incorporate the pending assay results from successful G1 drilling that has extended the zone significantly to the south.
As announced Oct 20, 2020, the new Road Gold Zone discovery resulted from follow-up to a cluster of strong soil Au-Cu geochem anomalies that occur within part of a 1,600 m long ground magnetic low extending from Ann North Zone to the visible-gold-bearing Jodie showing, located 300 m to the south. The magnetic low is strongest and widest (~ 60 m) at the Road Gold zone, where bedrock grab samples obtainable over 30 m assayed anomalous gold up to 2.5 gpt.
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Drilling designed to cut below the Road Gold Zone includes two shallow, 45-degree angled, NQ holes (R20-01 and R20-02, 182 m total). Both encountered intense stockwork fracturing and localized quartz veining, chalcopyrite and pyrite within highly K-altered monzonite. Although the blocky nature of the core forced abandonment of both holes at 71 m and 111 m, respectively, the recovered cores provide initial sampling (64 core samples) through the vertical projection from surface of the currently defined zone. Assay results are expected after month-end.
“Similarities between Road Gold Zone and Aurizon South Gold Deposit continue to develop,” says Rob Shives, VP Exploration. “Both zones display intense, structurally controlled potassic alteration, veining, fracturing, and mineralized hydrothermal brecciation within monzonite host rock where magnetite destruction produces magnetic lows in cores and on the surface geophysics.”
“As we advance our G1 & Spout Copper deposits through resource definition at Lac La Hache, it’s exciting to be exploring a brand-new gold target there at the same time,” said EnGold President & CEO David Brett. “Including the Aurizon Gold deposit and the many other prospective areas on the property, Lac La Hache is a great place to be exploring.”
As previously reported, G1 Copper holes G20-49 – 51 encountered a new style of carbonate replacement mineralization up to more than 100 m in true width above the targeted G1 favorable horizon outlined in previous drilling. This new style of lower grade but thicker mineralization could have a significant positive impact on the size potential of the G1 Zone.
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About EnGold
EnGold (www.engold.ca) is focused on exploring its 100% owned mineral property located near the town of Lac La Hache in BC’s prolific Cariboo mining region. EnGold’s corporate philosophy rests on three interdependent pillars: Environment, Engagement and Gold. Through sound environmental stewardship, commitment to transparent engagement with local communities, the Company is dedicated to driving shareholder and stakeholder value by discovering and developing mineral resources.
Rob Shives P.Geo., VP Exploration and a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical content of this release.
Engold Mines Ltd.
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David Brett, MBA
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Contact: David Brett, 604-682-2421 or [email protected]
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