Sitka Intersects Multiple Occurrences of Visible Gold in the First Diamond Drill Hole of 2025 at Its RC Gold Project, Yukon
Sitka Gold Corp (SITKF) has completed its first diamond drill hole (DDRCCC-25-075) of a planned 30,000-metre drilling program at the RC Gold Project in Yukon. The hole, drilled to 715.97 metres, revealed over 130 instances of visible gold and confirmed strong gold mineralization extending approximately 70 metres northeast from previous drilling.
The drill hole targeted the Blackjack zone, following up on previous results that included 678.1m of 1.04 g/t gold with a high-grade section of 93.0m grading 2.57 g/t gold. The current resource estimate at Blackjack stands at 1,291,000 ounces of gold (1.01 g/t) in the indicated category and 1,044,000 ounces (0.94 g/t) in the inferred category.
A second hole, DDRCCC-25-076, is currently in progress, designed to test gold mineralization at deeper depths than any previous drilling at the project.
Sitka Gold Corp (SITKF) ha completato il suo primo foro di perforazione a diamante (DDRCCC-25-075) di un programma di perforazione pianificato di 30.000 metri presso il progetto RC Gold nello Yukon. Il foro, perforato fino a 715,97 metri, ha rivelato oltre 130 casi di oro visibile e ha confermato una forte mineralizzazione aurifera che si estende per circa 70 metri a nord-est rispetto ai precedenti lavori di perforazione.
Il foro di perforazione ha mirato alla zona Blackjack, seguendo i risultati precedenti che includevano 678,1 metri di 1,04 g/t di oro con una sezione ad alta legge di 93,0 metri che presenta un grado di 2,57 g/t di oro. L'attuale stima delle risorse nella zona Blackjack è di 1.291.000 once d'oro (1,01 g/t) nella categoria indicata e 1.044.000 once (0,94 g/t) nella categoria inferita.
Un secondo foro, DDRCCC-25-076, è attualmente in corso, progettato per testare la mineralizzazione aurifera a profondità maggiori rispetto a qualsiasi perforazione precedente nel progetto.
Sitka Gold Corp (SITKF) ha completado su primer agujero de perforación de diamante (DDRCCC-25-075) de un programa de perforación planificado de 30.000 metros en el Proyecto RC Gold en Yukon. El agujero, perforado hasta 715,97 metros, reveló más de 130 instancias de oro visible y confirmó una fuerte mineralización de oro que se extiende aproximadamente 70 metros al noreste de perforaciones previas.
El agujero de perforación tuvo como objetivo la zona Blackjack, dando seguimiento a resultados anteriores que incluían 678,1 m de 1,04 g/t de oro con una sección de alta ley de 93,0 m con un grado de 2,57 g/t de oro. La estimación actual de recursos en Blackjack es de 1.291.000 onzas de oro (1,01 g/t) en la categoría indicada y 1.044.000 onzas (0,94 g/t) en la categoría inferida.
Un segundo agujero, DDRCCC-25-076, está actualmente en progreso, diseñado para probar la mineralización de oro a profundidades mayores que cualquier perforación anterior en el proyecto.
시트카 골드 Corp (SITKF)는 유콘의 RC 골드 프로젝트에서 계획된 30,000미터 시추 프로그램의 첫 번째 다이아몬드 드릴 홀 (DDRCCC-25-075)을 완료했습니다. 이 홀은 715.97미터까지 시추되었으며, 130건 이상의 가시적인 금을 발견하였고 이전 시추로부터 약 70미터 북동쪽으로 뻗어 있는 강력한 금 광물화를 확인했습니다.
드릴 홀은 블랙잭 구역을 목표로 하였으며, 이전 결과에는 1.04 g/t 금의 678.1미터와 2.57 g/t 금의 고품질 구간 93.0미터가 포함되었습니다. 블랙잭의 현재 자원 추정치는 1,291,000 온스의 금 (1.01 g/t)으로 표시된 카테고리와 1,044,000 온스 (0.94 g/t)로 추정된 카테고리로 나뉩니다.
두 번째 홀인 DDRCCC-25-076은 현재 진행 중이며, 프로젝트의 이전 시추보다 더 깊은 깊이에서 금 광물화를 테스트하기 위해 설계되었습니다.
Sitka Gold Corp (SITKF) a complété son premier trou de forage diamant (DDRCCC-25-075) d'un programme de forage prévu de 30 000 mètres au projet RC Gold dans le Yukon. Le trou, foré jusqu'à 715,97 mètres, a révélé plus de 130 occurrences d'or visible et a confirmé une forte minéralisation aurifère s'étendant sur environ 70 mètres au nord-est des forages précédents.
Le trou de forage visait la zone Blackjack, faisant suite à des résultats précédents qui comprenaient 678,1 m de 1,04 g/t d'or avec une section de haute teneur de 93,0 m notée à 2,57 g/t d'or. L'estimation actuelle des ressources dans la zone Blackjack s'élève à 1 291 000 onces d'or (1,01 g/t) dans la catégorie indiquée et 1 044 000 onces (0,94 g/t) dans la catégorie inférée.
Un second trou, DDRCCC-25-076, est actuellement en cours, conçu pour tester la minéralisation aurifère à des profondeurs plus importantes que toutes les forages précédents du projet.
Sitka Gold Corp (SITKF) hat sein erstes Diamantbohrloch (DDRCCC-25-075) eines geplanten Bohrprogramms von 30.000 Metern im RC Gold Projekt im Yukon abgeschlossen. Das Loch, das bis zu 715,97 Meter gebohrt wurde, offenbarte über 130 sichtbare Goldvorkommen und bestätigte eine starke Goldmineralisierung, die sich etwa 70 Meter nordöstlich von früheren Bohrungen erstreckt.
Das Bohrloch zielte auf die Blackjack-Zone ab und baute auf früheren Ergebnissen auf, die 678,1 m mit 1,04 g/t Gold und einem hochgradigen Abschnitt von 93,0 m mit 2,57 g/t Gold beinhalteten. Die aktuelle Ressourcenschätzung in der Blackjack-Zone beträgt 1.291.000 Unzen Gold (1,01 g/t) in der angegebenen Kategorie und 1.044.000 Unzen (0,94 g/t) in der abgeleiteten Kategorie.
Ein zweites Loch, DDRCCC-25-076, ist derzeit im Gange und soll die Goldmineralisierung in größeren Tiefen als bei früheren Bohrungen im Projekt testen.
- Discovery of over 130 instances of visible gold in first 2025 drill hole
- Confirmation of mineralization extending 70m northeast from previous drilling
- Substantial existing resource: 1.29M oz indicated and 1.04M oz inferred gold
- Fully funded 30,000-metre drill program for 2025
- Assay results still pending for the new drill hole
- Underground mining potential still needs to be confirmed
DDRCCC-25-075 ("Hole 75") was drilled to a length of 715.97 metres to test depth continuity of Blackjack gold mineralization and encountered over 130 instances of visible gold
Hole 75 confirms strong gold mineralization extends approximately 70 metres northeast from Hole 68
Hole 75 is the first hole to be completed as part of Sitka's fully funded 30,000 metre drill program planned for 2025, the largest drill program ever conducted at RC Gold
DDRCCC-25-076, currently in progress, is designed to test gold mineralization at deeper depths than any previous drilling
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 18, 2025) - Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) ("Sitka" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the first diamond drill hole of its 30,000 metre drilling program planned for this year at its
Figure 1. Examples of instances of visible gold observed throughout hole DDRCCC-25-075. Visible gold is found in sheeted quartz veins and is often associated with bismuthinite, scheelite, and arsenopyrite. Assays for this drill hole are currently pending. Additional images of visible gold observed in Hole 75 can be viewed HERE.
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"The 2025 drilling campaign at RC Gold is off to a remarkable start with the first drill hole of the year returning a multitude of visual gold occurrences," said Cor Coe, Director and CEO of Sitka Gold Corp. "Hole 75 was located to follow-up on the strong results of Hole 68 which intersected 678.1 m of 1.04 g/t gold including 93.0 m grading 2.57 g/t gold starting at 589.5 metres, the deepest and longest intersection of gold mineralization to date at the Blackjack deposit which remains open in all directions. The increasing grades at depth in Hole 68 suggest that drilling is vectoring towards the source of this impressive gold system and initial observations of Hole 75 confirm that strong gold mineralization persists at least 70 metres northeast of the high-grade intervals returned in Hole 68. We eagerly await the results from Hole 75 which will aid in further understanding the dimensions of the Blackjack zone at depth where higher gold grades may support a potential underground mining operation below the limits of the recently announced pit constrained resource of 1,291,000 ounces of gold grading 1.01 g/t gold in an indicated category and 1,044,000 ounces of gold grading 0.94 g/t gold in an inferred category at Blackjack(1). DDRCCC-25-076, currently in progress, is now being drilled from the same pad at a steeper angle than Hole 75 and is designed to test the Blackjack zone to even deeper depths than previous drilling."
(1) Simpson R. January 21, 2025. Clear Creek Property, RC Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory
Figure 2. A plan map of the Blackjack gold deposit showing the location of diamond drill holes DDRCCC-25-075 (yellow trace), DDRCCC-25-076 (green trace - in progress) and proposed holes WBJ25-B and WBJ25-C (blue traces) which are designed to further extend gold mineralization to the northeast.
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Figure 3. A cross section showing the trace of diamond drill hole DDRCCC-25-075 and the location of over 130 occurrences of visible gold (yellow stars) down the hole. Hole 75 intersected mineralized intrusive rock approximately 70 m to the northeast of Hole 68 which crosses this section orthogonally. While the presence of visible gold is a good indicator of robust gold mineralization it is not a requirement for strong gold mineralization to be present, as was the case in DDRCCC-23-047, one of the best drill holes completed to date at Blackjack. While visible gold was only observed once in Hole 47 it returned 219.0 m of 1.34 g/t gold including 124.8 m of 2.01 g/t gold and 55.0 m of 3.11 g/t gold (see news release dated September 26, 2023). The proposed trace for DDRCCCC-25-076, currently in progress, is also shown and is designed to test gold mineralization deeper than any previous drilling.
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DDRCCC-25-075
Drill hole DDRCCC-25-075 was drilled to a length of 715.97 m at an azimuth of 037o and a dip of -65o to test the horizontal continuity of mineralization intersected in hole DDRCCC-24-068 from the 2024 drill campaign. This drill hole intersected several broad zones of feldspar megacrystic, quartz monzonite cross cutting hornfels biotite schist of the Yuzesyu Formation. These intrusions, and locally the metasediments, are cut by abundant 1-2 cm sheeted quartz veins with cm scale quartz sericite alteration halos. A significant zone of strongly altered, variable textured quartz monzonite was intersected from ~350 m to 620 m. Over 130 instances of visible gold were observed in sheeted quartz veins, often associated with bismuthinite, scheelite, and arsenopyrite throughout the interval, consistent with observations of mineral associations in all previous drilling.
Figure 4. Strongly altered and variably textured quartz monzonite from 562.7 m to 571.7 m in Hole 75. Pink flagging tape marks veins where occurrences of visible gold were noted by Sitka's sharp-eyed field crew.
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Figure 5. A plan map of the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex (CCIC) showing the updated resource areas at Blackjack and Eiger, and the six additional areas that have drill targets indicated by the mauve hatched areas. The map highlights the numerous drill targets that Sitka has outlined within the CCIC which all are connected by the road network on the project and occur in a relatively small area measuring five (5) km north-south and twelve (12) km east-west. Additional areas highlighted by strong gold in soil anomalies are being advanced to the drill ready stage with additional geological work in 2025.
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About the flagship RC Gold Project
The RC Gold Project consists of a 431 square kilometre contiguous district-scale land package located in the heart of Yukon's Tombstone Gold Belt. The project is located approximately 100 kilometres east of Dawson City, which has a 5,000 foot paved runway, and is accessed via a secondary gravel road from the Klondike Highway which is usable year-round and is an approximate 2 hour drive from Dawson City. It is the largest consolidated land package strategically positioned mid-way between the Eagle Gold Mine and the past producing Brewery Creek Gold Mine.
The RC Gold Project now has pit-constrained mineral resources that are contained in two zones: the Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits with 1,291,000 ounces of gold grading 1.01 g/t gold in an indicated category and 1,044,000 ounces of gold grading 0.94 g/t in an inferred category at Blackjack and 440,000 ounces of gold grading 0.50 g/t gold in an inferred category at Eiger. These resource estimate numbers are supported by the recently updated technical report for RC Gold, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 standards, entitled "Clear Creek Property, RC Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory", prepared by Ronald G. Simpson, P. Geo., of GeoSim Services Inc. with an effective date of January 21, 2025. This report is available on SEDAR+ (http://www.sedarplus.ca) and on the Company's website (www.sitkagoldcorp.com).
Both of these deposits begin at surface, are potentially open pit minable and amenable to heap leaching, with initial bottle roll tests indicating that the gold is not refractory and has high gold recoveries of up to
To date, 73 diamond drill holes have been drilled into this system by the Company for a total of approximately 25,851 metres. Other targets drilled to date include the Saddle, Josephine, Rhosgobel and Pukelman zones. The resource expansion drilling in 2023 at Blackjack produced results of up to 219.0 m of 1.34 g/t gold Including 124.8 m of 2.01 g/t gold and 55.0 m of 3.11 g/t gold in drill hole DDRCCC-23-047 (see news release dated September 26, 2023) and in 2024 results of up to 678.1 metres of 1.04 g/t gold starting from surface in DDRCCC-24-068, Including 409.5 metres of 1.36 g/t gold, 93.0 metres of 2.57 g/t gold and 5.5 metres of 17.59 g/t gold (see news release dated October 21, 2024).
A planned 30,000 metre diamond drilling program for 2025 is currently underway at RC Gold.
RC Gold Deposit Model
Exploration on the Property has mainly focused on identifying an intrusion-related gold system ("IRGS"). The property is within the Tombstone Gold Belt which is the prominent host to IRGS deposits within the Tintina Gold Province in Yukon and Alaska. Notable deposits from the belt include: Fort Knox Mine in Alaska with current Proven and Probable Reserves of 230 million tonnes at 0.3 g/t Au (2.471 million ounces; Sims 2018)(1); Eagle Gold Mine with current Measured and Indicated Resources of 233 million tonnes at a grade of 0.57 g/t Au at the Eagle Main Zone (4.303 million ounces; Harvey et al, 2022)(2); the Brewery Creek deposit with current Indicated Mineral Resource of 22.2 million tonnes at a gold grade of 1.11 g/t (0.789 million ounces; Hulse et al. 2020)(3); the Florin Gold deposit with a current Inferred Mineral Resource of 170.99 million tonnes grading 0.45 g/t (2.47 million ounces; Simpson 2021)(4); the AurMac Project with a in n Inferred Mineral Resource of 347.49 million tonnes grading 0.63 gram per tonne gold (7.00 million ounces)(5) and the Valley Deposit, with a current Indicated Mineral Resource of 4.05 million oz gold at 1.66 g/t and an additional Inferred Mineral Resource of 3.26 million oz at 1.25 g/t gold(6).
(1) Sims J. Fort Knox Mine Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report. June 11, 2018. https://s2.q4cdn.com/496390694/files/doc_downloads/2018/Fort-Knox-June-2018-Technical-Report.pdf
(2) Harvey N., Gray P., Winterton J., Jutras M., Levy M.,Technical Report for the Eagle Gold Mine, Yukon Territory, Canada. Victoria Gold Corp. December 31, 2022. https://vgcx.com/site/assets/files/6534/vgcx_-_2023_eagle_mine_technical_report_final.pdf
(3) Hulse D, Emanuel C, Cook C. NI 43-101 Technical Report on Mineral Resources. Gustavson Associates. May 31, 2020. https://minedocs.com/22/Brewery-Creek-PEA-01182022.pdf
(4) Simpson R. Florin Gold Project NI 43-101 Technical Report. Geosim Services Inc. April 21, 2021. https://sedar.com/GetFile.do?lang=EN&docClass=24&issuerNo=00005795&issuerType=03&projectNo=03236138&docI d=4984158
(5) Thornton T., Jutras M., Malhotra D. Technical Report Aurmac Property Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada. JDS Energy and Mining Inc. February 6, 2024. https://banyangold.com/site/assets/files/5251/banyan_gold_ni_43-101_technical_report_2024_03_18.pdf
(6) Burrell H., Redmond D.J., Haggarty P., Rogue Gold Project: NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate, Yukon Territory, Canada. Snowline Gold Corp. May 15, 2024. https://snowlinegold.com
Upcoming Events
Sitka Gold will be attending and/or presenting at the following events*:
Swiss Mining Institute - Zurich, Switzerland: March 18 - 19, 2025
121 Mining Investment - London, England: May 12 - 13, 2025
Canaccord Global Metals and Mining Conference - Henderson, NV: May 20 - 22, 2025
Yukon Mining Alliance - Dawson City, Yukon: July 9 - 14, 2025
*All events are subject to change.
About Sitka Gold Corp.
Sitka Gold Corp. is a well-funded mineral exploration company headquartered in Canada with over
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The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Gilles Dessureau, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration of the Company, and a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
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SITKA GOLD CORP.
"Donald Penner"
President and Director
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