Tower Reports Exceptional Exploration Success on Its October Drilling Program at Rabbit North, Discovers the Faulted Western Half of the Lightning Zone and a New, More Strongly Mineralized Gold Zone, "Blue Sky", 300 m to the North
Tower Resources reports successful results from its 4-hole October drilling program at Rabbit North property in Kamloops. The company discovered the Blue Sky Zone, a new gold mineralization area 300m north of the Lightning Zone, showing grades up to 8.8 g/t Au and averaging 4.0 g/t Au - nearly triple the Lightning Zone's grade. The 32.5m wide mineralized zone includes intense quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration and quartz veining.
The program also located the western half of the faulted Lightning Zone and extended the Thunder North Zone by 150m eastward. All four holes (RN24-055 to 058) intersected shear-hosted mineralization, totaling 1096 metres of drilling.
Tower Resources riporta risultati positivi dal suo programma di perforazione di 4 pozzi di ottobre presso la proprietà Rabbit North a Kamloops. L'azienda ha scoperto la zona Blue Sky, una nuova area di mineralizzazione aurifera situata a 300m a nord della zona Lightning, con gradi fino a 8,8 g/t Au e una media di 4,0 g/t Au - quasi il triplo della gradazione della zona Lightning. La zona mineralizzata di 32,5m include un'intensa alterazione di quarzo-sericite-pirite e venature di quarzo.
Il programma ha anche localizzato la metà occidentale della zona Lightning fratturata ed esteso la zona Thunder North di 150m verso est. Tutti e quattro i pozzi (RN24-055 a 058) hanno intercettato mineralizzazione ospitata da tagli, per un totale di 1096 metri di perforazione.
Tower Resources informa resultados exitosos de su programa de perforación de 4 pozos en octubre en la propiedad Rabbit North en Kamloops. La compañía descubrió la zona Blue Sky, una nueva área de mineralización de oro ubicada a 300m al norte de la zona Lightning, mostrando grados de hasta 8.8 g/t Au y un promedio de 4.0 g/t Au, casi el triple del grado de la zona Lightning. La zona mineralizada de 32.5m incluye intensa alteración de cuarzo-sericita-pirita y venas de cuarzo.
El programa también localizó la mitad occidental de la zona Lightning fracturada y extendió la zona Thunder North en 150m hacia el este. Los cuatro pozos (RN24-055 a 058) intersecaron mineralización alojada en cortes, totalizando 1096 metros de perforación.
Tower Resources는 Kamloops의 Rabbit North 부동산에서 진행한 10월 4개 구멍 시추 프로그램의 성공적인 결과를 보고했습니다. 회사는 Blue Sky Zone를 발견했으며, 이는 Lightning Zone의 북쪽 300m에 위치한 새로운 금 광화 지역으로, 8.8 g/t Au까지의 품위와 4.0 g/t Au의 평균을 보여주며, Lightning Zone의 품위보다 거의 세 배 높습니다. 32.5m 너비의 광화대는 강한 석영-세리사이트-황철광 변화를 포함하며 석영 vein이 있습니다.
이 프로그램은 또한 금이 들어 있는 Lightning Zone의 서쪽 절반을 확인했으며 Thunder North Zone을 동쪽으로 150m 확장했습니다. 모든 네 개의 구멍(RN24-055~058)은 전단 관계에 있는 광화를 교차하여 총 1096m의 시추를 완료했습니다.
Tower Resources rapporte des résultats réussis de son programme de forage d'octobre de 4 trous sur la propriété Rabbit North à Kamloops. La société a découvert la zone Blue Sky, une nouvelle zone de minéralisation aurifère située à 300m au nord de la zone Lightning, montrant des grades atteignant 8,8 g/t Au et une moyenne de 4,0 g/t Au - presque le triple du grade de la zone Lightning. La zone minéralisée de 32,5m comprend une forte altération de quartz-séricite-pyrite et des veines de quartz.
Le programme a également localisé la moitié ouest de la zone Lightning fracturée et a étendu la zone Thunder North de 150m vers l'est. Les quatre trous (RN24-055 à 058) ont tous intercepté des minéralisations hébergées par cisaillement, totalisant 1096 mètres de forage.
Tower Resources berichtet von erfolgreichen Ergebnissen aus seinem 4-Bohrlöcher-Programm im Oktober auf dem Rabbit North Grundstück in Kamloops. Das Unternehmen entdeckte die Blue Sky Zone, einen neuen Goldmineralisierungsbereich 300m nördlich der Lightning Zone, der Gehalte von bis zu 8,8 g/t Au aufweist und im Durchschnitt 4,0 g/t Au beträgt - fast dreimal so hoch wie der Gehalt der Lightning Zone. Die mineralisierte Zone ist 32,5 m breit und zeigt intensive Quarz-Serizit-Pyrit-Umwandlung und Quarz-Gänge.
Das Programm lokalisierte auch die westliche Hälfte der gestörten Lightning Zone und verlängerte die Thunder North Zone um 150m nach Osten. Alle vier Löcher (RN24-055 bis 058) schnitten scherengastierte Mineralisierungen und summierten sich auf insgesamt 1096 Meter Bohrung.
- Discovery of new Blue Sky Zone with higher grade mineralization (4.0 g/t Au average, nearly triple Lightning Zone's grade)
- Successful intersection of mineralization in all 4 drill holes
- Extension of Thunder North Zone by 150m eastward
- Location of western half of faulted Lightning Zone confirmed
- None.
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 31, 2024) - Tower Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TWR) ("Tower" or the "Company") is pleased to report that its 4-hole October drilling program on the Rabbit North property in the heart of the Kamloops mining district (see Fig. 1) appears to have been the most successful to date, intersecting shear hosted, Lightning-type mineralization in every hole and discovering not only the faulted western half of the Lightning Zone but also a completely new and more strongly mineralized gold zone - "Blue Sky" - that significantly expands the gold potential of the property.
Figure 1 - Location of the Rabbit North property.
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Drilling Summary
Four holes, Nos. RN24-055 to 058, were drilled for a total of 1096 metres. All of the core except that from the Chilcotin cover basalts has been cut and submitted for analysis, along with previously uncut core from Holes 052 and 053 of the June drilling program.
New Hole 055 Au Discovery - the "Blue Sky" Zone
Hole RN24-055 was drilled 300 m north of the Lightning Zone (see Fig. 2) to crosscut a historical (2004) porphyry Cu-Au exploration hole that was drilled vertically and intersected several quartz-sericite-pyrite ("QSP") altered shear zones containing significant Au but no Cu - hallmarks of Tower's earlier Thunder and Lightning orogenic Au discoveries.
Drilled to the northwest at a -60° dip, Hole 055 intersected a 32.5 m wide, intensely QSP altered and quartz veined (see Fig. 3) shear zone straddling the contact between Durand Stock diorite and Nicola volcanics, 254 to 286.5 m down-hole. Core angles suggest a true thickness of roughly 25 metres.
Figure 2 - Location of the new Blue Sky gold zone relative to the Thunder and Lightning Au trends and the Durand Stock. The Au grade x metres value for significant Au intersections in previous drill holes are used by Tower for exploration targeting only; they are not indicative of the economic potential of the mineralization.
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Figure 3 - Selected photos of analyzed drill core from the Blue Sky Zone: (a) intensely QSP-altered to quartz-veined diorite from 1.0 m sample interval containing 7.03 g/t Au; (b) intensely QSP-altered diorite cut by a late chalcopyrite vein, from 0.85 m sample interval containing 8.78 g/t Au.
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The QSP alteration in Hole 055 is even more intense than that in the Thunder and Lightning Zones. Approximately
Sample No. | Sample Interval (m) | Pyrite Content (%) | Au Content (g/t) | Remarks | ||
From | To | Length | ||||
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1451364 | 254.0 | 255.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | Pending | |
1451365 | 255.0 | 256.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | Pending | |
1451366 | 256.0 | 256.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 | Pending | |
1451367 | 256.6 | 257.3 | 0.7 | 20 | 3.08 | |
1451368 | 257.3 | 258.3 | 1.0 | 1 | Pending | |
1451369 | 258.3 | 259.3 | 1.0 | 3 | Pending | |
1451372 | 259.3 | 260.15 | 0.85 | 25 | Pending | |
1451373 | 260.15 | 261.0 | 0.85 | 25 | 8.78 | |
1451374 | 261.0 | 262.0 | 1.0 | 25 | Pending | |
1451375 | 262.0 | 262.6 | 0.6 | 10 | Pending | |
1451376 | 262.6 | 263.5 | 0.9 | 10 | Pending | |
1451377 | 263.5 | 264.5 | 1.0 | 10 | 2.76 | |
1451378 | 264.5 | 265.5 | 1.0 | 10 | 2.86 | |
1451379 | 265.5 | 266.1 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.61 | |
1451380 | 266.1 | 266.6 | 0.5 | 5 | Pending | |
1451381 | 266.6 | 267.35 | 0.75 | 5 | Pending | |
1451382 | 267.35 | 268.35 | 1.0 | 20 | 1.65 | |
1451383 | 268.35 | 269.0 | 0.65 | 20 | Pending | |
1451384 | 269.0 | 270.0 | 1.0 | 20 | Pending | |
1451385 | 270.0 | 271.0 | 1.0 | 20 | Pending | |
1451386 | 271.0 | 272.0 | 1.0 | 20 | 7.03 | Hole terminated prematurely |
363505 | 272.0 | 273.0 | 1.0 | 45 | Pending | Hole re-entered |
363506 | 273.0 | 274.0 | 1.0 | 45 | Pending | |
363507 | 274.0 | 275.0 | 1.0 | 45 | Pending | |
363508 | 275.0 | 275.9 | 0.9 | 45 | Pending | |
363509 | 275.9 | 276.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | Pending | |
363513 | 277.7 | 278.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363514 | 278.7 | 279.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363515 | 279.7 | 280.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363516 | 280.7 | 281.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363517 | 281.7 | 282.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363518 | 282.7 | 283.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363519 | 283.7 | 284.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363520 | 284.7 | 285.7 | 1.0 | 35 | Pending | |
363521 | 285.7 | 286.5 | 0.8 | 2.5 | Pending | |
32.5 |
Table 1 - Comparison of the Au and pyrite contents of the drill core from the Blue Sky Zone. Only seven samples, all from the top half of the zone, have been analyzed. Most but not all pyrite-rich samples yielded higher Au assays than samples containing less pyrite. Note that the bottom half of the gold zone tends to contain more pyrite.
Of the seven analyzed samples, those with the most pyrite tend to contain the most gold, although not in all cases. The core from the unanalyzed bottom half of the section contains significantly more pyrite (typically 35
In addition to revealing the grade potential of the orogenic Au system at Rabbit North, the Hole 055 discovery expands the target area both northward from the Thunder-Lightning trend and eastward into the Durand Stock, possibly for 1.2 km to a vertical 1990 percussion drill hole that intersected 39.7 m of 1.75 g/t Au (see Fig. 2) and was never followed up by diamond drilling. For this reason the discovery has been named "Blue Sky".
Two significant, 3.7 and 8.8 m intervals within the overall 32.5 m zone contain ~
Both Hole 055 and the historical 2004 hole on which it was based were collared on the northern band of young Chilcotin basalt flows near the western edge of the Durand Stock (see Fig. 2). Below this basalt cover, Hole 055 intersected Durand diorite to 275.9 m, in the middle of the Blue Sky Zone, followed by alternating intervals of Nicola andesite flows and Durand diorite dykes. The hole was initially terminated at 272 m while still in the gold zone. Following receipt of the seven positive Au assays, it was re-entered and deepened to 332 metres.
The diorite above the Blue Sky Zone contains two QSP-altered dykes of quartz-feldspar porphyry similar to those that occur in association with the Thunder and Lightning gold mineralization. It also contains three shear zones 14 to 34 m wide (core length) that are less altered than Blue Sky but still contain significant pyrite (2 to
The projected surface footprint of the Blue Sky Zone, assuming a vertical dip, is ~50 m north of the mapped limit of the Chilcotin cover basalts (see Fig. 2), implying that the top of the zone was glaciated. Furthermore, the projected footprint is directly up-ice from the strong, axial zone of the Dominic Lake gold grain dispersal train (see Fig. 4), the western part of which led to the discovery of the Lightning Zone. These features, together with the apparently higher Au grade of the Blue Sky Zone, suggest that Blue Sky is the principal gold grain source for the core of the dispersal train.
Figure 4 - Location of the new Blue Sky Au discovery in relation to the Dominic Lake gold grain dispersal train in the glacial till. Blue Sky appears to account for the strong central part of the train.
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Hole 056 Extends Thunder North Zone 150 m to East
Hole 056 was drilled on the Thunder North trend ~150 m east along strike from the discovery hole, RN23-039 (see Fig. 2). It intersected 15.8 m of lapilli to block tuff from 139.5 to 155.4 m down-hole that is visually as intensely QSP altered as the 25.0 m section in Hole 039 that averaged 2.07 g/t Au. Importantly, the small diorite plug that restricted the thickness of the gold zone in an earlier follow-up hole (No. 040) drilled 50 m east of Hole 039 does not extend as far east as Hole 056, leaving the zone open for expansion in this direction.
Hole 057 Finds Western Half of Faulted Lightning Zone
Hole 057 was drilled ~150 m west of Lightning Zone discovery hole No. RN21-026, on the west side of a N-S fault that was previously thought to completely cut off the gold zone. Within a 94.3 m section extending from 43.0 to 137.3 m down-hole and dominated by andesitic lapilli tuff, the main host rock of the Lightning Zone, Hole 057 crossed six strongly sheared and QSP-altered intervals - apparently a series of "horsetail" shears - ranging in width from 2.3 to 15.45 m and aggregating 56.9 m, or
The tuff hosting the Lightning Zone is similarly horsetail sheared and sericitized, and the disseminated pyrite mineralization in both cases has a spotted, rash-like "disease" texture (see Fig. 5). These shared features strongly suggest that the Hole 057 intersection represents the faulted western half of the Lightning Zone.
Figure 5 - Pyrite veined and "diseased" drill core from (a) Holes 057 west of the Lightning Zone and (b) Hole 026, the original Lightning Zone discovery hole drilled in 2021. This type of pyrite mineralization is specific to the Lightning Zone indicating, together with other shared features of the core, that Hole 057 intersected the faulted western extension of the zone.
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Hole 058 Obtains a Deeper Cut of the High-Grade Hole 051 Shear Zone
Hole 058 was drilled midway between the Thunder and Lightning Zones, on-section with June's Hole 051 which intersected 4.27 m of 6.06 g/t Au, but at a steeper dip (75° versus 50°) with the objective of obtaining a second, deeper intersection and thereby determining the dip of the gold zone. A similar, 4.0 m section of intensely sheared and QSP-altered tuff, visually compatible with the Hole 051 shear zone and indicative of a steep southerly dip, was obtained from 275.5 to 279.5 m down-hole. Unusually, the pyrite mineralization is accompanied by 5 to
Follow-up Drilling Plans
Drilling can be done year-round at Rabbit North. The next drilling program is now being planned and will be finalized once all assays from the present program have been received.
Methods and Qualified Person
The drill core was logged at Tower's leased, fully equipped core facility near Kamloops by Matthew Husslage, P.Geo. and Ryan Parsons, G.I.T. Mr. Husslage has managed or co-managed all of Tower's Rabbit North diamond drilling programs since the discovery of the Lightning Zone in December 2021.
Split samples of the core, generally 1.0 or 1.5 m in length, were delivered directly to Activation Laboratories (ActLabs) in Kamloops, BC, a laboratory certified as ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited (Lab 790) by the Standards Council of Canada. QA/QC samples including blanks and standards were inserted regularly into the sample sequence at a ratio of approximately 1:20.
The samples are being analyzed for Au by fire assay and ICP-OES and for Ag and 36 additional elements by ICP-OES using a four-acid, near-total digestion. Any over-limit (>5 g/t) Au analyses are repeated using the same fire assay procedure but with a gravimetric rather than ICP finish.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Stuart Averill, P.Geo., a director of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Tower Resources
Tower is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and advancement of economic mineral projects in the Americas. The Company's key exploration assets, all in B.C., are the Rabbit North orogenic gold and porphyry copper-gold project located between the New Afton copper-gold and Highland Valley copper mines in the Kamloops mining district, the Nechako porphyry-associated gold-silver project near Artemis' Blackwater project and the More Creek epithermal gold project on the critical "red line" structural zone connecting the mineral deposits of the Golden Triangle.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Tower Resources Ltd.
Joe Dhami, President and CEO
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www.towerresources.ca
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