Cassiar Gold drills 4.8 m of 35.1 /t Au at Cassiar
Mr. Marco Roque reports
CASSIAR GOLD REPORTS HIGH-GRADE INTERCEPTS AT CASSIAR SOUTH: 4.8 M OF 35.1 G/T AU, INCLUDING 0.4 M OF 270.0 G/T AU AND 0.5 M OF 105.0 G/T AU; AND 6.4 M OF 12.6 G/T AU, INCLUDING 2.95 M OF 25.7 G/T AU
Cassiar Gold Corp.has released initial results from a continuing 2021 diamond drilling program at its flagship Cassiar gold property located in British Columbia, Canada. Assay results have been returned from six of a planned 21-hole program at the Cassiar South project area, which hosts a multitude of high-grade quartz vein targets associated with several historical underground mines. All six holes were completed at the Bain vein target testing lateral and downdip extensions of the previously mined vein.
Highlights:
Drill hole 21EB-300 at East Bain encountered visible gold and intersected 4.8 metres of 35.1 grams per tonne gold, including 0.5 m at 105.0 g/t Au and 0.4 m at 270.0 g/t Au, from 182.8 m to 187.6 m downhole. This hole was drilled roughly 160 m away from historical mine workings and confirms both the high-grade nature and associated quartz shear vein thicknesses of the historic Bain mine and increases the extent and confidence in the high-grade continuity of the unmined portions of the vein system to the east.Drill hole 21EB-301 at East Bain intersected 6.4 m at 12.6 g/t Au, including 0.8 m at 85.4 g/t and 2.95 m at 25.7 g/t Au, from 143.8 m to 150.1 m downhole. This hole was drilled approximately 180 m away from historical mine workings between two historical drill holes located 30 m apart and further supports the continuity of high-grade gold mineralization.Due to these significant results, the company plans to return to the East Bain target to drill two follow-up downdip holes at the end of the current drill campaign. Results remain pending for three more holes at East Bain with two holes located roughly 450 m east of mine workings.Over 6,000 m of drilling in 15 holes have been completed to date at Cassiar South and two drill rigs will continue to test high-grade targets until the end of October.
"We are thrilled to hit such high-grade intercepts on our first-pass drill program at Cassiar South," stated Marco Roque, president and chief executive officer of Cassiar Gold. "Our early success at East Bain confirms a tremendous gold endowment and demonstrates our ability to effectively target these vein systems from surface drilling. We are excited to go back to the East Bain area later this month to further pursue the system and better delineate this high-grade vein structure."
"Gold mineralization at Cassiar South is typical in style of orogenic gold systems globally," stated David Rhys, senior technical adviser for Cassiar Gold. "It has similarities in style and setting to the high-grade Beta Hunt mine in Western Australia and Barkerville in B.C. and has comparable epizonal gold-sulphosalt mineral assemblages in high-grade veins which are present in Newfound Gold's Keats zone and at Fosterville in Victoria. The potential exists for additional parallel and stacked high-grade shear veins and vein systems to be discovered through exploration over a greater-than-10-kilometre-long trend in the central parts of the Cassiar property. The company is also in the unique position of having near-term production potential at Cassiar South as there is underground access close to the veins and permits are already in hand, providing many options to advance the project."
2021 drill program at Cassiar South and initial results
The 2021 drill program at Cassiar South is expected to consist of 21 drill holes totalling approximately 7,000 m targeting the lateral and downdip extensions of historically producing vein areas, including the Bain, Cusac and Main mines. Areas around the Cusac and Bain mine areas have been drill tested by previous operators in the late 2000s and some of the drilling being carried out in the current drill campaign is aimed at confirming significant intercepts that were previously reported.
The company is also exploring high-grade targets in prospective high-potential open and previously untested areas of favourable geology, including the Hot, Bridge and Vollaug veins, which were sparsely drilled by previous operators. Past-producing high-grade veins at Cassiar South, such as the Vollaug vein, are known to have strike lengths of up to three kilometres.
Results from the first six of nine holes drilled at the Bain vein were highlighted by drill hole 21EB-300 at East Bain, which intersected 4.8 m of 35.1 g/t Au, including 0.5 m at 105.0 g/t Au and 0.4 m at 270.0 g/t Au. This drill hole confirms both the high-grade nature and associated quartz shear vein thicknesses of the historic Bain mine and increases the extent and confidence in the high-grade continuity of the unmined portions of the vein system to the east.
Drill hole 21EB-301 at East Bain also intersected 6.4 m at 12.6 g/t Au, including 0.8 m at 85.4 g/t and 2.95 m at 25.7 g/t Au. This confirmation drill hole was planned between two historical drill holes spaced 30 m apart, thus refining drill hole spacing to 15 m and further establishing the continuity of high-grade gold mineralization.
Drill hole 21EB-302 at East Bain tested a down-dip extension target at East Bain where a 2.24 m quartz vein associated with the structure was intersected at depth, returning 0.66 g/t Au over 1.32 m. While economic grades were not encountered, the drill hole extends the dip length of the vein system and the prospective window for associated oreshoots.
Three drill holes at West Bain (21WB-200, -201 and -202) targeted down-dip extensions of known or previously mined gold mineralization. All intersected gold-bearing quartz veining at the expected depth and confirmed the vein extent beyond historical drilling.See Table 1 below for a full list of results.