Treaty Creek discovery hole runs 241 metres of 0.80 g/t gold
RAYMOND, AB,
A promising new gold discovery was made on the Copper Belle: Hole CB-14, the most northwesterly hole drilled on this zone to date, ran 241 metres of 0.80 g/t gold and ended in mineralization. The table below summarizes data for this hole:
Drill Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Gold (g/t)
CB-14 114.00 355.70 241.7 0.80
including 114.00 158.00 44.00 0.56
including 193.85 248.00 54.15 1.44
including 262.00 355.70 93.7 0.89
Note: true widths are unknown at this time
Hole CB-14 is the longest interval of gold drilled to date at Treaty Creek and compares favourably with holes reported by both Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX, SA:NYSE) and Silver Standard Resources Ltd. (TSX:SSO, NASDAQ:SSRI) at their KSM and Snowfield properties, respectively, located immediately to the south of Treaty Creek. Seabridge reported on
Commenting on the discovery,
In addition to the wide interval of gold discovered in hole CB-14, hole CB-16 also intersected similar grades with 49.2 metres of 0.76 g/t gold. This hole also ended in the gold-rich mineralized zone. The table below includes highlights from additional holes drilled into the Copper Belle:
Drill Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Gold (g/t)
CB-09-03 5.00 84.00 79.00 0.43
including 56.00 70.00 14.00 1.06
CB-09-04 108.00 124.00 16.00 0.73
CB-09-05 142.35 172.00 29.65 0.45
CB-09-05B 2.50 40.00 37.50 0.37
219.00 232.00 16.00 0.86
330.00 341.06 11.06(*) 0.50
CB-09-08 4.00 226.00 222.00 0.37
including 4.00 118.00 114.00 0.48
including 4.00 82.00 76.00 0.56
CB-09-09 3.00 137.00 134.00 0.40
including 55.00 95.00 40.00 0.55
CB-09-10 2.00 45.00 43.00 0.71
119.00 331.00 212.00(*) 0.47
including 119.00 137.00 18.00 0.85
CB-09-11 41.00 341.00 300.00 0.46
including 41.00 270.00 229.00 0.52
including 41.00 58.00 17.00 0.88
including 70.00 134.00 64.00 0.79
including 70.00 112.00 42.00 0.98
CB-09-12 81.00 117.20 36.20 0.76
including 99.00 117.20 11.80 1.77
225.00 251.00 26.00 1.00
303.00 321.20 18.20 0.68
CB-09-13 76.00 118.00 42.00 0.46
210.00 315.00 105.00 0.30
CB-09-15 88.00 164.00 76.00 0.63
including 88.00 136.00 48.00 0.84
including 88.00 124.00 36.00 0.98
CB-09-16 217.00 249.00 30.00 0.57
287.00 336.19 49.19(*) 0.76
including 304.00 336.19 32.19(*) 1.01
Note: true widths are unknown at this time
(*) Ended in mineralization.
Drilling on the Copper Belle zone returned wide intervals of gold, expanding on positive drill results from 2007. Future drilling will focus on enlarging the size of this bulk-tonnage style gold-copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit with the objective of defining a resource.
GR2 Zone
More high-grade intersections of silver and base metals were discovered in the GR2 zone, expanding the size of this promising new VMS discovery. Highlights from previous 2009 GR2 drilling included gold intersections as high as 5.44 g/t over 14.5 metres and silver intersections as high as 2,280.00 g/t over 0.50 metres (see news release dated
The table below summarizes highlights from the final four GR2 holes:
Drill Hole From To Interval Gold Silver Cu Pb Zn
(m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%) (%)
GR2-09-08 138.67 141.15 2.48 - 98.71 - - -
including 140.15 140.65 0.5 0.91 212.00 - - -
GR2-09-09 116.45 117 0.55 2.46 98.7 - - -
GR2-09-09 192.75 194.50 1.75 - 166.37 - - -
including 193.25 194 0.75 - 150 - - -
including 194 194.5 0.5 - 288 - - -
GR2-09-09 213.75 234.70 20.95 1.22 - - - -
including 217.50 220.12 2.62 4.98 - - - -
GR2-09-10 238.70 239.40 0.70 0.89 36.8 - 1.76 0.32
GR2-09-11 179.4 179.8 0.4 - 238 - 6.25 -
191 191.3 0.3 - 164 - - -
207.9 208.8 0.9 - 56.2 - - -
236.75 238.20 1.45 - 105.75 - - -
including 237.95 238.20 0.25 - 442 - 9.89 -
270 270.45 0.45 - 236 1.07 5.51 2.67
279 279.5 0.5 3.60 60.1 0.57 1.36 0.56
279.5 280.05 0.55 - 36.3 - 1.8 -
281.45 281.9 0.45 1.78 80.1 - - -
Note: true widths are unknown at this time
With the completion of the 2009 drill program, the mineralized structures in the GR2 zone appear to be continuous for over 250 metres along strike, and down-dip to depths of over 220 metres from the surface. The system is still open in several directions and at depth.
Eureka Zone
One hole was drilled in the Eureka zone in order to test drilling conditions for planning a future drill program on this target. Due to the nature of the rock, the upper portion of the hole was drilled with a tri-cone bit resulting in no recovery until a depth of 30.25 metres. Highlights of hole TG-01 included 60.25m of 0.45 g/t gold from 30.25 to 90.90 metres. Copper increases in quantity from this depth to the bottom of the hole, but the poor recoveries obtained in this interval made the estimation of the grades unclear. The hole had to be abandoned at 164.59 metres. Future drilling in the Eureka zone will likely involve tri-coning to a greater depth in order to reach stable rock before core drilling.
Treaty Creek QA/QC
All 2009 Treaty Creek drill holes were surveyed using a down-hole EZ-Shot probe to monitor drillhole deviations. All 2007 and 2009 drill collars were surveyed by a certified independent surveyor, using a Leica GS50 differential GPS with less than 10cm precision. The QA/QC protocol system employed during the 2009 exploration program included procedures for monitoring the chain-of-custody of samples and the insertion of blanks and reference standard samples in every batch of samples. Cross-check analyses were conducted at a second external laboratory (ALS Chemex Laboratories in
American Creek holds a 51% interest in the Treaty Creek Project with Teuton holding the remaining 49%. Under the terms of the Option Agreement with Teuton, American Creek has elected to earn an additional 9% interest (for an aggregate total of 60%) by making all expenditures necessary to bring the project to feasibility. American Creek is the operator of the project. Exploration activities are being conducted by American Creek personnel under the supervision of
As previously stated, the Treaty Creek Project is located directly north of and adjacent to the KSM project held by Seabridge. Seabridge's proposed development concept for the KSM deposit includes constructing twin tunnels to transport ore through the heart of the Treaty Creek property. Seabridge presently has no legal interest in the Treaty Creek mineral claims. Access would be granted by American Creek and Teuton only on terms maximizing value to their respective shareholders.
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Teuton Resources Corp. is a Canadian exploration company focused on the Stewart region of northwestern British Columbia since 1982; it is currently the largest landholder in the district.
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