Highlights from 2022 Exploration Program
Completion of two phases of diamond drilling including 18 holes totalling 3,796m at Twin Ponds in
In Phase 1, DDH PL-22-07 intersected 3.57g/t over a core interval of 1.1m including 7.75 g/t Au over 0.5 meters and a separate interval of 5.99 g/t Au over a core interval of 0.5m.
In Phase 2 - higher grade intervals of gold include 6.21g/t Au over 0.5m in DDHPL-22-01, 6.00g/t Au over 0.5m and 7.75g/t Au over 0.5m core intervals in DDHPL-22-07and 5.43g/t Au over a 0.5m core interval in DDHPL-22-12.
Surface mapping and prospecting collected 727 rock samples across all projects from June to September for analytical purposes. Six new target areas were discovered with anomalous gold (up to 4.03 g/t), silver (up to 7.8 ppm). Native gold occurs in the outcrop that returned 4.03 g/t Au.
Forty-six rock samples with anomalous gold concentrations ranging from 50 to 4,030 ppb (4.03g/t) were collected along defined structures associated with the
A detailed petrographic report was completed on nine mineralized drill core samples by Vancouver Petrographic.
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Ongoing and Future Target Generation Work
Prior to 2021, the area in which Aurwest's gold projects are located, were significantly under explored on a systematic basis. The initial focus of the 2021 and 2022 programs was to collect airborne and ground survey data to guide prospecting, mapping and geochemical programs. Going forward, combining the results of these programs with the activities outlined below is expected to better locate the structures hosting the gold mineralization located to date and additional exploration targets.
Re-processing and integrating of airborne magnetics data to improve project wide structural modeling of primary and secondary fault structures.
A re-interpretation of the 71.7 line-km 2021 IP survey incorporating the intervals of gold mineralization, geochemistry, petrographic data and core description, to better constrain the geophysical data to identify structures that control the gold mineralization and potentially additional drill targets.
A project wide review of the multi-element geochemical data (1,871 rock samples and 1,410 till geochemical sample) utilizing pathfinder elements (silver, arsenic, zinc, copper, and lead) typically associated with or indicative of gold mineralization to outline anomalies indicative of gold mineralization.
Hyperspectral (Terra Spec) analysis of selected samples from the rock specimen database collected in 2021-2022 to identify mineral associations and alteration minerals indicative of gold mineralization.
Using the preliminary results of the petrographic study, relogging of drill core and select sampling for whole rock analysis to understand the origin of the intense alteration observed in drill core and its significance in relation to the multiple intervals of gold mineralization intersected during the drilling.
Regional structural analysis utilizing satellite imagery, airborne magnetics, and LiDAR for a detailed 'Bare earth structural model'.
Study of the Quaternary glacial overburden to determine ice directions and glacial features and use these results to 'vector' toward the source of the soil/till geochemical anomalies.
Exploration Model
The Paradise Lake-
Analytical Procedures
Sample analytical work of rock samples was completed at Eastern Analytical in
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