Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V)
(“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the
commencement of the 2024 surficial exploration program at our
Castle Rock property on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia
(BC).
The program will consist of follow-up
exploration on the results obtained during 2023 (see Figure 1
below, and November 27th, 2023 news release) as well as
reconnaissance exploration on unexplored ground.
Figure 1: Areas of focus for the 2024
exploration program. Soil geochemical anomalies and highlighted
rock samples from the 2023 surface sampling program are overlain on
geological and structural interpretations of the regional airborne
magnetic survey. Sampling defined a 3 km gold-in-soil trend which
includes the Heart, Watchtower, and Kokummi zones. The 2024
exploration program will follow up on results at the newly
discovered Watchtower and Kokummi zones, the historic Flan zone,
and will investigate unexplored ground along trend to the
northwest.
During 2023, a 3 km gold-in-soil
geochemical anomaly was defined along a magnetic
lineament. This anomaly includes the Heart zone (historic chip
sample of 2.0 g/t Au [gold] over 30 metres1) as well as the newly
discovered Kokummi and Watchtower zones.
Interpretation of airborne magnetic data indicates that
mineralization is associated with northwest-trending structures
splaying off from the Kokummi granodioritic stock in the southwest
property area. This interpretation suggests that much of the
property with mineral potential has not yet been explored.
The 2024 exploration program will consist of
approximately 400 soil geochemical samples combined with
prospecting of the Watchtower and Kokummi zones, in an effort to
expand and define the geochemical signature.
Reconnaissance exploration will also be
conducted on unexplored ground along trend to the northwest, as
well as on the Flan zone. The Flan zone includes a historic showing
that has returned assays of up to 135 g/t Au in boulders2.
Exploration in 2023 confirmed high-grade gold mineralization, with
assays up to 42.1 g/t Au and 1.93% Cu (copper). As
well, basalt-hosted semi-massive pyrite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite
mineralization sampled in outcrop returned assays up to 3.1 g/t Au.
It is believed that this outcrop-hosted mineralization is
associated with the float samples, and that higher-grade material
is likely not exposed due to vegetation and/or till cover.
Message from the President
“The Castle Rock property represents an exciting
opportunity for new mineral discoveries in an area with little
historic exploration. We are eager to follow-up on the 2023 results
and to continue advancing the project. There’s a lot of unexplored
ground here with high potential for new discoveries.”
– Daithi Mac Gearailt
About the Castle Rock
property
The Castle Rock property covers 3,108 hectares
of land on northern Vancouver Island, approximately 70 km
northwest of Campbell River, BC. It was acquired by Trailbreaker in
2022 and consolidated through an option agreement (see August 8,
2023 news release). Trailbreaker conducted initial exploration
assessment work in 2022 and followed up with a second surface
exploration program in 2023.
The claims cover five BC Minfile occurrences
located along a district-scale structure that is >5 km-long,
with newly identified gold ± copper-enriched intrusions. These
Minfile occurrences represent relatively new discoveries, mostly
due to access created by recent logging activity.
Northern Vancouver Island is host to several
large Cu-Au porphyry deposits including Northisle Copper and Gold’s
Hushamu deposit (Inferred resource of 5.57 Moz AuEq)3, and BHP
Billiton’s past producing Island Copper porphyry copper deposit
(produced >2.7 B lb Cu and >1.0 Moz Au) 3.
At the Castle Rock property, gold is dominantly
hosted by Jurassic granodiorite dykes which have been emplaced
along a regional-scale fault zone separating Lower to Middle
Triassic Daonella Bed sedimentary rocks from Upper Triassic
Karmutsen Formation basalts.
About Trailbreaker
Resources
Trailbreaker Resources is a project generator
focused primarily on mining-friendly British Columbia and Yukon
Territory, Canada. We are committed to continuous exploration and
research, allowing us to maintain a portfolio of quality mineral
properties which in turn provides value for our shareholders. The
company has an experienced management team with a proven track
record as project generators and developers throughout the Yukon
Territory, British Columbia, Alaska and Nevada.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Daithi Mac GearailtPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Carl Schulze, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist with
Aurora Geosciences Ltd, is a qualified person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 for Trailbreaker’s BC and Yukon
exploration projects, and has reviewed and approved the technical
information in this release.
Other
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References1)
https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=092L%20%203992)
https://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=092L%20%203963)
https://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PublicationCatalogue/InformationCircular/BCGS_IC2014-04.pdf
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