Taranis Identifies Widescale Geochemical Zonation Characteristic of an Intrusive over the I-1 & Z-900/1300 Geophysical Targets
Taranis Resources (TNREF) has completed comprehensive geochemical studies at their Thor project, revealing significant evidence of a deep mineralized intrusive body. The company identified widespread chemical alterations extending hundreds of meters around the intrusive body through Gresens method analysis of drill core samples.
The study revealed distinct alteration patterns including sericitization, chloritization, carbonatization, and albitization, with five different alteration zones identified. Key findings include the discovery of the I-1 and I-2 intrusive features, with I-1 showing highly anomalous levels of boron, gold, zinc, arsenic, and tungsten. The presence of a circular resistive body (I-1) beneath the epithermal deposit is consistent with geochemical patterns.
The company plans to utilize this geochemical data in conjunction with upcoming geophysical survey programs planned for summer 2025, having removed land constraints around the eastern side of the Thor project area.
Taranis Resources (TNREF) ha completato studi geochimici approfonditi presso il loro progetto Thor, rivelando prove significative di un corpo intrusivo mineralizzato profondo. L'azienda ha identificato ampie alterazioni chimiche che si estendono per centinaia di metri attorno al corpo intrusivo attraverso l'analisi metodo Gresens dei campioni di carote di perforazione.
Lo studio ha rivelato schemi di alterazione distinti, tra cui sericitizzazione, cloritizzazione, carbonatizzazione e albitizzazione, con cinque diverse zone di alterazione identificate. I risultati chiave includono la scoperta delle caratteristiche intrusive I-1 e I-2, con I-1 che mostra livelli altamente anomali di boro, oro, zinco, arsenico e tungsteno. La presenza di un corpo resistivo circolare (I-1) sotto il deposito epithermale è coerente con i modelli geochimici.
L'azienda prevede di utilizzare questi dati geochimici in combinazione con i prossimi programmi di indagine geofisica pianificati per l'estate del 2025, avendo rimosso le restrizioni terriere attorno al lato orientale dell'area del progetto Thor.
Taranis Resources (TNREF) ha completado estudios geocientíficos exhaustivos en su proyecto Thor, revelando evidencia significativa de un cuerpo intrusivo mineralizado profundo. La empresa identificó amplias alteraciones químicas que se extienden por cientos de metros alrededor del cuerpo intrusivo a través del análisis método Gresens de muestras de núcleos de perforación.
El estudio reveló patrones de alteración distintos, incluyendo sericitización, cloritización, carbonatización y albitización, con cinco zonas de alteración diferentes identificadas. Los hallazgos clave incluyen el descubrimiento de las características intrusivas I-1 e I-2, siendo I-1 el que muestra niveles altamente anómalos de boro, oro, zinc, arsénico y tungsteno. La presencia de un cuerpo resistivo circular (I-1) debajo del depósito epithermal es consistente con los patrones geocientíficos.
La empresa planea utilizar estos datos geocientíficos junto con los próximos programas de levantamiento geofísico programados para el verano de 2025, habiendo eliminado las restricciones de tierras alrededor del lado oriental del área del proyecto Thor.
타라니스 리소스 (TNREF)는 그들의 토르 프로젝트에서 포괄적인 지구화학 연구를 완료하여 심부의 광물화된 침투체에 대한 중요한 증거를 밝혀냈습니다. 이 회사는 그레센스 방법 분석을 통해 침투체 주변 수백 미터에 걸쳐 광범위한 화학적 변화를 확인했습니다.
연구 결과는 세리사이트화, 클로리트화, 탄산화 및 알비타이제이션을 포함한 뚜렷한 변화 패턴을 드러냈으며, 다섯 개의 서로 다른 변화 구역이 확인되었습니다. 주요 발견 중에는 I-1 및 I-2 침투 특성의 발견이 포함되며, I-1은 붕소, 금, 아연, 비소 및 텅스텐의 매우 비정상적인 수준을 보여줍니다. 에피열적 매장지 아래에 있는 원형 저항체(I-1)의 존재는 지구화학적 패턴과 일치합니다.
회사는 2025년 여름에 계획된 지구물리학 조사 프로그램과 함께 이 지구화학 데이터를 활용할 계획이며, 토르 프로젝트 지역의 동쪽 측면에 대한 토지 제약을 제거했습니다.
Taranis Resources (TNREF) a terminé des études géochimiques complètes sur son projet Thor, révélant des preuves significatives d'un corps intrusif minéralisé en profondeur. L'entreprise a identifié des altérations chimiques étendues s'étendant sur des centaines de mètres autour du corps intrusif grâce à l'analyse méthode Gresens des échantillons de carottes de forage.
L'étude a révélé des motifs d'altération distincts, y compris la séricitisation, la chloritisation, la carbonatation et l'albitisation, avec cinq zones d'altération différentes identifiées. Les principaux résultats incluent la découverte des caractéristiques intrusives I-1 et I-2, I-1 montrant des niveaux hautement anormaux de bore, d'or, de zinc, d'arsenic et de tungstène. La présence d'un corps résistant circulaire (I-1) sous le dépôt épithermal est cohérente avec les modèles géochimiques.
L'entreprise prévoit d'utiliser ces données géochimiques en conjonction avec les prochains programmes d'enquête géophysique prévus pour l'été 2025, ayant levé les contraintes foncières autour du côté est de la zone du projet Thor.
Taranis Resources (TNREF) hat umfassende geochemische Studien an ihrem Thor-Projekt abgeschlossen, die signifikante Beweise für einen tiefen mineralisierten intrusiven Körper enthüllen. Das Unternehmen identifizierte weit verbreitete chemische Veränderungen, die sich über Hunderte von Metern um den intrusiven Körper erstrecken, durch Gresens-Methode-Analyse von Bohrkernproben.
Die Studie offenbarte unterschiedliche Veränderungsmuster, einschließlich Serizitierung, Chloritierung, Karbonatisierung und Albitisierung, wobei fünf verschiedene Veränderungszonen identifiziert wurden. Zu den wichtigsten Erkenntnissen gehört die Entdeckung der intrusiven Merkmale I-1 und I-2, wobei I-1 hoch anomale Werte von Bor, Gold, Zink, Arsen und Wolfram aufweist. Die Präsenz eines kreisförmigen widerstandsfähigen Körpers (I-1) unter dem epithermalen Lagerstätte stimmt mit den geochemischen Mustern überein.
Das Unternehmen plant, diese geochemischen Daten zusammen mit den bevorstehenden geophysikalischen Erhebungsprogrammen, die für den Sommer 2025 geplant sind, zu nutzen, nachdem die Landbeschränkungen im östlichen Bereich des Thor-Projektgebiets aufgehoben wurden.
- Discovery of highly anomalous gold, zinc, arsenic, and tungsten in I-1 intrusive body
- Removal of land constraints around eastern Thor project area enabling expanded exploration
- Clear identification of mineralization patterns supporting presence of significant intrusive body
- Intrusive mineralization has restricted spatial extent due to non-porous host rocks
- Target mineralization completely concealed with no surface exposure
Getting Ready for Drilling!
ESTES PARK, CO / ACCESS Newswire / March 11, 2025 / Taranis Resources Inc. ("Taranis" or the "Company") (TSX.V:TRO)(OTCQB:TNREF) is providing the third in a series of News Releases that detail exploration for a deep, underlying mineralized intrusive body at Thor. Taranis completed comprehensive geochemical studies of drill core using Gresens method. This method quantifies metasomatism (hydrothermal alteration) and the changes to the rock using immobile elements, typically rare earth elements. Intrusive bodies invoke widespread chemical changes in the host rocks that extend hundreds of meters around the intrusive body. As such, geochemical alteration studies are important guides to targeting a potentially mineralized intrusive body not exposed at surface. This News Release accompanies a schematic cross-section through the area that shows the alteration features in conjunction to the Z-900/1300 and I-1 geophysical targets.
Barren Host Rocks at Thor (Non-Altered)
Most of the host rocks at Thor are barren of mineralization, and consist of metagreywackes and metavolcaniclastics of regional greenschist metamorphic grade. These rocks were analyzed to establish baseline geochemistry for the rocks distal to the mineralized area at Thor. They contain on average:
Altered Host Rocks
Weak to Distal Alteration of Host Rocks (Sericitization) - Some of the effects of alteration in metasediments and metavolcaniclastics are the introduction of small amounts of cesium, tin, niobium and tantalum. P2O5 is also introduced into the rock where it is weakly altered. Na2O and CaO is depleted relative to the unaltered rocks, and this is indicative that these rocks have sericitic alteration. The weakly sericitized rocks contain small amounts of graphite (<
Intense Alteration of Host Rocks (Intense Sericitization) - Host rocks more proximal to the I-1 and Z-900/1300 Target are intensely altered and start to exhibit widespread introduction of low-levels of zinc and lead, P2O5 and niobium. Highly-altered rocks show depletion of Na2O and CaO. Many of the other trace metals such as arsenic, nickel, copper, barium and tungsten are depleted. These rocks contain <
Bomb Unit (Carbonatization, Sericitization) - This unit was evaluated with a deep drill hole (Thor-242) as it forms a major geophysical feature at Thor, and occurs at a depth of 500m below the surface. The Bomb Unit is suspected to be an alteration halo around a deep-seated intrusive (I-1). These rocks are intensely altered and contain pyritic clasts. Its most distinctive feature is the amount of graphitic carbon (average of
Intrusive and Contact-Related Rocks
I-2 "Dyke" Intrusive Rocks (Chloritization & Albitization) - These rocks included a series of units that are related to two linear magnetic highs that trend NNW across the property. The presence of magnetite makes this unit easily identifiable on magnetic surveys. This intrusive unit is zoned from intrusive breccia in the center, to albite-grossular-andradite, and finally into massive chlorite along the edges of the dyke. The core of the dyke is enriched in strontium, vanadium, chromium, niobium, zinc, nickel, cobalt and copper. I-2 is also enriched in P2O5, MgO, Na2O and Fe2O3, all diagnostic of the mafic composition of the unit. I-2does not contain any gold or arsenic (or metals contained in the Thor epithermal deposit), and it is very depleted in barium.
I-1 Intrusive Related Rocks (Carbonatization & Albitization) - The I-1 intrusive-related rocks are found below and east of the I-2 Intrusive in the bottom of drill holes Thor-246, 247 and 248. I-1 is anomalous in the same metals found in I-2, but is also enriched in carbonate (CaCO3), P2O5, CaO, MgO, Fe2O3 and Na2O. Most important, it has highly anomalous boron, gold, zinc, arsenic and tungsten.
Widescale Strontium and Barium Zonation
The alteration study of the deep drilling has shown that strontium occurs in elevated concentration around, and within the I-1 and I-2 intrusive rocks. Strontium has the most persistent and widescale alteration pattern found in the mass balance modeling. Strontium becomes more enriched with depth (getting closer to the concealed I-1 intrusive body) and an analogous situation is documented at the Lornex Copper Mine in British Columbia. Conversely, barium is very depleted within and around the I-1 and I-2 intrusive features, and this is consistent with what has been seen in other porphyry deposits in British Columbia (Valley Copper).
Comment
John Gardiner, President and CEO of Taranis comments "Thor is a different animal than other intrusive-hosted ore deposits in British Columbia because it is not hosted within volcanic rocks. The intrusive part is totally concealed, and the alteration system has restricted spatial extent due to the presence of non-porous metasedimentary/metavolcaniclastic rocks encasing the intrusive target. The rocks encountered in the 2024 drilling at Thor exposed four types of alteration including sericitization, chloritization, carbonatization and albitization. A fifth type of alteration (silicification accompanying sericitization) is widespread throughout the epithermal deposit. The presence of a circular resistive body (I-1) under the epithermal deposit that is interpreted to be an intrusive is consistent with the geochemical alteration patterns. Since I-2 has intruded and disrupted the epithermal deposit at Thor, it indicates I-1 was the important event that formed the epithermal deposit at Thor. The presence of garnet, albite, amphiboles and pyroxenes are indicative the host rocks have been exposed to contact-metamorphic alteration. Looking forward, we have some particularly good geochemical data that can be used in conjunction with the geophysical survey program plan for the summer of 2025. Most importantly, we have removed the land constraints around the eastern side of the Thor project area which will enable us to put this data to work to find the source of the Thor mineralization".
About Taranis and Thor
Taranis Resources is a Canadian mineral exploration company. The Thor Project is in southeast British Columbia. Taranis has completed upwards of 250 drill holes, linking all previously known mines into a single, near-surface epithermal deposit that has been recently updated into an NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate (see Taranis News Release dated April 11, 2024). In the summer of 2024, Taranis initiated deep drilling aimed at finding the source of the 2 km long epithermal deposit.
Quality Control and Laboratory Methods
All samples for the Thor project were securely delivered to Actlabs in Kamloops, British Columbia. Analytical work was completed both at the Kamloops and Ancaster, Ontario locations. Actlabs is ISO 17025 accredited. Taranis completed two types of geochemical analysis on the drill core.
The first of these was for major oxide geochemistry and quantitative graphite and carbonate determinations. This sampling was completed systematically on drill holes to determine alteration of rock units. Major oxides and trace elements were determined by lithium metaborate/tetraborate fusion and analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma ("ICP"), Optical Emission Spectrometry ("OES") and Mass Spectrometry ("MS"). Graphite and Carbonate determinations were made using Infrared ("IR") Spectrometry.
Secondly, visibly (or potentially mineralized sections of core) were systematically sampled after sawing the core in half onsite. Samples were analyzed for 42 elements by 4-Acid Digestion / Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry ("ICP-MS") and for gold by 30g Fire Assay / Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry ("AAS"). Where overlimit values were encountered in the analysis of these samples, ore-grade' determinations were made using subsequent ICP analysis and gravimetric methods. As a Quality Control ("QC") measure, Taranis also submitted analytical standards into the sample stream every tenth sample in addition to the laboratory's own quality control methods.
Qualified Person
Exploration activities at Thor were overseen by John Gardiner (P. Geo.), who is a Qualified Person under the meaning of Canadian National Instrument 43-101. John Gardiner is the principal of John J. Gardiner & Associates, LLC which operates in British Columbia under Firm Permit Number 1002256. Mr. Gardiner has reviewed and approved the comments contained within this News Release.
Taranis currently has 100,348,854 shares issued and outstanding (113,827,227 shares on a fully-diluted basis).
TARANIS RESOURCES INC.
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| John J. Gardiner (P. Geo.) |
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| President and CEO |
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