Sun Summit Minerals Corp. - President, Sharyn Alexander
President, Sharyn Alexander
Source: Sun Summit Minerals
  • Sun Summit Minerals (SMN) completes 3,000 metres of drilling at the Buck Property in central BC
  • All holes intersected multiple zones of disseminated, breccia- and/or vein-hosted sulphide mineralization
  • Core samples from all recently completed holes have been sent to the lab for assay and geochemical analyses and will be reported once received and reviewed
  • Depending on assay results, the company may conduct follow-up drill planning and targeting
  • Sun Summit Minerals (SMN) is trading at C$0.14 at 12:40 pm EST

Sun Summit Minerals (SMN) has extended the footprint of near-surface sulphide-related mineralization at the Buck Property.

Over 3,000 metres of diamond drilling in eight holes have been completed at Buck Main.

This program followed up several successful drill campaigns totalling 75 diamond drill holes over 27,000 metres.

All holes intersected multiple zones of disseminated, breccia- and/or vein-hosted sulphide mineralization.

The system remains open with holes covering an east-west strike length of over 1,000 metres and has now intersected broad zones of sulphide mineralization.

Six new holes were drilled on the western side of Buck Main, targeting known zones of disseminated and vein-hosted mineralization.

Two new holes were drilled on the eastern side of Buck Main, targeting eastward extensions of breccia-hosted and bulk-tonnage style disseminated mineralization.

Core samples from all recently completed holes have been sent to the lab for assay and geochemical analyses and will be reported once received and reviewed.

Depending on assay results, the company may conduct follow-up drill planning and targeting. 

The results of the IP survey, as well as the results from geochemical sampling, will be used to delineate high-priority drill targets elsewhere on the property.

Sharyn Alexander, President of Sun Summit, stated, “Buck Main is a complex hydrothermal system, and the data from these systematic step-out holes will form a critical dataset required to target additional potential extensions.”

“We anticipate drilling to recommence once all drill data is received and reviewed,” added Alexander.

Six drill holes tested the western side of the Buck Main zone.

The holes targeted western strike extensions of disseminated and vein-hosted pyrite-sphalerite mineralization hosted in quartz-sericite-altered volcaniclastic breccias and stratified intermediate volcanic and sedimentary rocks. 

Core samples from the drill holes are currently being analyzed at the lab, and assay results will be released once they are received, modelled, and interpreted.

Sun Summit Minerals is an exploration company focused on expanding its gold, silver, and zinc discovery at its flagship Buck Project in north-central British Columbia.

Sun Summit Minerals (SMN) is trading at C$0.14 at 12:40 pm EST.


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