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Talisker Announces the Discovery of High Grade Gold Intercepts in Its Maiden Drill Program at the Golden Hornet Project

Accesswire ·  Jan 19, 2022 07:06

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 19, 2022 / Talisker Resources Ltd. ("Talisker" or the "Company") (TSX:TSK)(OTCQX:TSKFF) is pleased to announce full assays from the first four holes on its maiden drill campaign at the Golden Hornet Project near Rock Creek, south-central British Columbia. Assay results for the remaining ten drill holes are expected to be received from the laboratory over the coming weeks.

Key Points:

  • Discovery of high-grade fault-controlled quartz-sulphide breccias and veins, highlighted by 8.88 g/t Au, 0.42% Cu and 14.99 g/t Ag over 5.1 metres within a broader zone of 2.59 g/t Au over 21.5 metres in GH-DDH-21-004.
  • Hole GH-DDH-21-003 intercepted 11.58 g/t Au, 0.37% Cu and 11.1 g/t Ag over 1.05 metres.
  • Drilling also intersected broader zones of mineralization, including 9.99 g/t Au over 0.5 metres within 0.82 g/t Au over 10.3 metres (GH-DDH-21-003) and 0.96 g/t Au over 6.67 metres (GH-DDH-21-001).
  • A total of 4,853 metres of NQ drilling was completed in 14 holes to a maximum depth of 431 metres.
  • Ten holes drilled in the central Hornet Zone (3,568 metres) intersected semi-massive sulphide mineralization in every hole.
  • Four holes drilled in the Iron Canyon Zone (1,015 metres), a 1,000-metre step-out to the northwest, intersected semi-massive and breccia-hosted sulphide mineralization in every hole.

Terry Harbort, President and CEO of Talisker, commented, "Intersecting high-grade gold in our first four holes of the Golden Hornet Project demonstrates the potential for a large, kilometre scale mineralized system. The Golden Hornet Project is Talisker's first Greenfields drill program, and we are thrilled to announce the news of this new Discovery. We eagerly await more results to confirm gold grades from visual mineralization in the remaining holes."

Table 1: Drill Hole Collar Summary Information

Drill Hole

Total Depth
(m)

Azimuth

Dip

Easting

Northing

Elevation

GH-DDH-21-001

351

060

-45

363436

5478599

1106

GH-DDH-21-002

315

060

-45

363482

5478706

1073

GH-DDH-21-003

360

060

-55

363386

5478686

1114

GH-DDH-21-004

431

060

-60

363278

5478640

1139

GH-DDH-21-001 Hole Description:

  • Collared in strongly hornfels metasediments in contact with strongly silica-albite-biotite altered equigranular crowded diorite hosting stockwork pyrite veins and veinlets over the top 100m.
  • Semimassive pyrite-pyrrhotite+/-arsenopyrite occurrences, 15-25 cm in width, returned 2.79 g/t Au over 1.95m from 90.00m to 91.95m and 1.27 g/t Au over 4.5m from 277.50 to 280.50m.
  • Broad zones of pyrite-dominated stockworks returned of 0.25 g/t Au over 42.67m from 51.00m to 93.67m and 0.26 g/t Au over 11.15m from 201.35m to 212.50m.

GH-DDH-21-002 Hole Description:

  • Collared into silica-albite altered crowded equigranular diorite with the purpose to intersect semi-massive sulphides hosted in brecciated quartz exposed on the surface in historic trenches.
  • Intersected semi-massive pyrite-pyrrhotite-arsenopyrite hosted in fractured and weakly brecciated quartz veins returning 1.98 g/t Au over 0.5m from 32.65m to 33.20m,1.21 g/t Au over 3.28m from 78.60m to 82.42m, and 1.39 g/t over 0.5m from 135.32m to135.82m.
  • Pervasive silica-albite alteration and sulphide veinlets and stockworks decrease with depth towards the east, with mineralization focused on the near metasediment-intrusive contact zone.

GH-DDH-21-003 Hole Description:

  • Collared at a greater inclination into strongly hornfels metasediments and is a 50m step-out to the NW from hole 001.
  • Intersected semi-massive pyrite-pyrrhotite-arsenopyrite occurrences, 15-25 cm in width returning 2.08 g/t Au over 0.5m from 126.50m to 127.50m, 1.66 g/t Au over 0.65m from 184.50m to185.15m, 9.99 g/t Au over 0.5m from 188.00-188.50m, 2.05 g/t Au over 0.80m from 194.00m to194.80m, 1.12 g/t Au over 1.00m from 304.50 to 305.50m, and 11.58 g/t over 1.05m from 311.95m to 313.00m.
  • A zone of strong pyrite-pyrrhotite stockwork with coincident pervasive silica-albite-biotite alteration hosting several semi-massive sulphide occurrences returned 0.82 g/t Au over 10.30m from 184.50m to 194.80m within a greater interval of 0.26 g/t Au over 61.5m from 184.50m to 218.50m.

GH-DDH-21-004 Hole Description:

  • Collared further west into the host metasediments at a greater inclination to test the nature of the hornfels-metasediment-intrusive contact zone as well as undercut mineralization observed in GH-DDH-21-003.
  • Intersected several intrusive fingerlings intruding into the metasediments over the top 80m with mineralization coincident or proximal with intrusive contact margins. Values of 1.07g/t Au and 1.01 g/t Au over 1.5m and 1.12m respectfully hosted in strong pyrite stockwork intervals and pervasive silica-albite-biotite alteration.
  • A significant zone of semi-massive to massive sulphides hosted in and marginal to brecciated and fractured pre-mineral quartz veins returned values up to 22.73 g/t over 1.10m within a greater interval of 8.88 g/t over 5.10m from 353.90m to 359.00m.
  • Several broad zones of mineralization hosted in stockwork pyrite and lesser pyrrhotite were intersected returning values of 0.2 g/t Au over 22.5m from 81.00m to 102.75m, 1.38 g/t Au over 41.10m from 345.40 to 386.50m.

Project Overview:

The Hornet Zone represents an intrusion-related gold system (IRGS) where mineralization and alteration intensity is controlled by localized structures, lithologic contacts, and pre-mineralizing event veins and breccias, providing permeable conduits for later ore-forming hydrothermal fluids. The Hornet Zone exhibits a strong alteration zonation decreasing inboard into the host diorite unit from silica+/-biotite-sericite to sericite-chlorite +/- epidote. Strong continuity of mineralized breccia and vein zones is observed between drill holes. Mineralized structures are pierced at roughly orthogonal angles to drill core axis, and therefore true width of intersected intervals are estimated to be 80-90% of observed widths.

Historic trenching in the Hornet Zone returned channel samples of 22.1 g/t Au over 5.2 metres, 17 g/t Au over 2.0 metres, 4.17 g/t Au over 14 metres. In addition, broad halos of mineralization surrounding the veins returned intercepts of 1.9 g/t Au over 21 metres, 1.23 g/t Au over 12.5 metres, 1.32 g/t Au over 17.0 metres and 0.96 g/t gold over 14 metres. The main NW trending high-grade gold veins at the HornetZone outcrop continuously over a 500m x 300m area. Low-grade mineralization occurs in stockwork sulphide veinlets between major sheeted vein sets that represent an additional opportunity for bulk tonnage potential. B-Horizon soil sampling conducted by Talisker in 2020 defined a 2.8km by 1.3km gold soil anomaly (98th percentile) centred on the Hornet Zone.

Table 2: Golden Hornet Project - Drill Holes GH-DDH-21-001-004

Diamond Drill
Hole Name

From
(m)

To
(m)

Interval
(m)

Au
(g/t)

Ag
(g/t)

Cu
(ppm)

Method Reported

GH-DDH-21-001

87.00

88.50

1.50

0.14

2.18

388

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

88.50

90.00

1.50

0.22

2.02

366

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

90.00

90.95

0.95

2.09

5.96

1973

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

90.95

91.95

1.00

3.47

3.65

1409

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

91.95

93.00

1.05

0.15

1.72

463

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

93.00

93.67

0.67

0.42

2.47

942

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

276.00

277.50

1.50

1.11

0.30

127

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

277.50

279.00

1.50

1.96

1.05

141

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-001

279.00

280.50

1.50

0.76

0.63

196

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

32.65

33.20

0.55

1.98

1.90

708

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

78.60

79.10

0.50

3.05

4.41

1160

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

79.10

80.40

1.30

0.26

0.44

131

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

80.40

81.00

0.60

0.79

0.62

286

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

81.00

81.95

0.95

0.09

0.30

96.7

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

81.95

82.42

0.47

4.70

31.27

8259

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-002

135.32

135.82

0.50

1.39

2.10

490

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

126.50

127.00

0.50

2.08

2.43

329

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

184.50

185.15

0.65

1.66

1.71

419

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

185.15

186.00

0.85

0.03

0.44

76.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

186.00

187.50

1.50

0.03

0.35

57.1

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

187.50

188.00

0.50

0.02

0.13

21.3

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

188.00

188.50

0.50

9.99

3.75

318

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

188.50

190.00

1.50

0.06

0.34

56.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

190.00

191.50

1.50

0.33

0.53

107

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

191.50

192.90

1.40

0.02

0.15

29

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

192.90

193.40

0.50

0.02

0.40

88.7

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

193.40

194.00

0.60

0.06

0.59

105

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

194.00

194.80

0.80

2.05

1.70

169

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

206.00

207.00

1.00

0.90

0.84

238

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

210.50

211.00

0.50

0.75

1.05

297

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

218.00

218.50

0.50

1.16

0.78

251

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

233.00

234.00

1.00

0.52

1.00

210

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

304.00

305.00

1.00

1.12

0.70

205

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-003

311.95

313.00

1.05

11.58

11.10

3747

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

81.00

82.50

1.50

1.07

0.49

125

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

101.63

102.75

1.12

1.01

0.61

275

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

216.5

217

0.5

2.17

2.54

598

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

345.40

346.50

1.10

3.37

2.08

616

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

346.50

348.00

1.50

0.06

0.21

77.1

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

348.00

349.50

1.50

0.90

0.37

113

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

349.50

351.00

1.50

0.02

0.23

69.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

351.00

352.50

1.50

0.02

0.17

56.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

352.50

353.40

0.90

0.01

0.18

65.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

353.40

353.90

0.50

0.07

0.53

94.6

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

353.90

355.00

1.10

22.73

16.04

4607

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

355.00

356.00

1.00

5.45

8.68

1650

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

356.00

357.00

1.00

12.81

35.98

10000

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

357.00

357.50

0.50

2.06

16.10

4304

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

357.50

358.00

0.50

1.12

1.38

223

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

358.00

359.00

1.00

0.46

5.44

492

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

359.00

360.50

1.50

0.06

1.86

57.6

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

360.50

362.00

1.50

0.12

0.22

42.9

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

362.00

363.00

1.00

0.03

0.12

33.5

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

363.00

364.00

1.00

3.00

1.43

304

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

364.00

365.50

1.50

1.25

2.18

434

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

365.50

367.00

1.50

0.02

0.26

70.6

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

367.00

368.50

1.50

0.04

0.24

51.2

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

368.50

370.00

1.50

0.01

0.10

20.9

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

370.00

371.50

1.50

0.01

0.38

216

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

371.50

373.00

1.50

0.14

0.50

95.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

373.00

374.50

1.50

0.01

0.19

63.2

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

374.50

376.00

1.50

0.01

0.12

38.2

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

376.00

377.50

1.50

0.01

0.17

60.8

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

377.50

379.00

1.50

0.03

0.54

216

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

379.00

380.50

1.50

0.03

0.26

61.1

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

380.50

382.00

1.50

0.02

0.11

38

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

382.00

383.50

1.50

0.02

0.32

135

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

383.50

384.50

1.00

0.15

0.39

105

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

384.50

385.50

1.00

0.16

0.82

158

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

385.50

386.00

0.50

0.02

0.18

79.3

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

GH-DDH-21-004

386.00

386.50

0.50

0.94

3.86

716

GO-FAA50V10, GE-ICP21B20, GE-IMS21B20

Notes: True widths are estimated at 70 - 90% of intercept lengths and are based on oriented core measurements where available. Method Reported includes the most up to date information as of the date of this press release.

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Qualified Person

The technical information contained in this news release relating to the drill results at the Golden Hornet Project has been approved by Leonardo de Souza (BSc, AusIMM (CP) Membership 224827), Talisker's Vice President, Exploration and Resource Development, who is a "qualified person" within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About Talisker Resources Ltd.

Talisker (taliskerresources.com) is a junior resource company involved in the exploration of gold projects in British Columbia, Canada. Talisker's projects include two advanced-stage projects, the Bralorne Gold Complex and the Ladner Gold Project, both advanced-stage projects with significant exploration potential from historical high-grade producing gold mines, as well as its Spences Bridge Project where the Company holds ~85% of the emerging Spences Bridge Gold Belt and several other early-stage Greenfields projects. With its properties comprising 296,983 hectares over 346 claims, three leases and 198 crown grant claims, Talisker is a dominant exploration player in south-central British Columbia. The Company is well funded to advance its aggressive systematic exploration program at its projects.

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Terry Harbort
President and CEO
Terry.harbort@taliskerresources.com
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Sample Preparation and QAQC

Drill core at the Golden Hornet project is drilled in NQ size(47.6mm). Drill core samples are minimum 50 cm and maximum 160 cm long along the core axis. Samples are focused on an interval of interest such as a vein or zone of mineralization. Shoulder samples bracket the interval of interest such that a total sampled core length of not less than 3m both above and below the interval of interest must be assigned. Sample QAQC measures of unmarked certified reference materials (CRMs), blanks, and duplicates are inserted into the sample sequence and make up 9% of the samples submitted to the lab for holes reported in this release. Sample preparation and analyses is carried out by SGS Canada in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Drill core sample preparation includes drying in an oven at a maximum temperature of 60°C, fine crushing of the sample to at least 70% passing less than 2 mm, sample splitting using a riffle splitter, and pulverizing a 250 g split to at least 85% passing 75 microns (SGS code PRP89). Gold in diamond drill core is analysed by fire assay and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) of a 50g sample (SGS code GO_FAA50V10), while multi-element chemistry is analysed by aqua regia digestion of a 0.25 g sample split with detection by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for 18 elements (Al, Ba, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, P, S, Sr, Ti, Zn, Zr) (SGS code GE_ICP21B20) as well as detection by atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) for an additional 33 elements (Ag, As, Be, Bi, Cd, Ce, Co, Cs, Ga, Ge, Hf, Hg, In, La, Lu, Mo, Nb, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sc, Se, Sn, Ta, Tb, Te, Th, Tl, U, W, Y, Yb) (SGS code GE_IMS21B20). Gold assay technique (SGS code FAA50V10) has an upper detection limit of 100 ppm. Any sample that produces an over-limit gold value via the gold assay technique is sent for gravimetric finish (SGS method GO_FAG50V) which has an upper detection limit of 1,000 ppm Au. Samples where visible gold was observed are sent directly to screen metallics analysis and all samples that fire assay above 1 ppm Au are re-analysed with method (SGS code - 6 - GO_FAS50M) which employs a 1kg pulp screened to 100 microns with assay of the entire oversize fraction and duplicate 50g assays on the undersize fraction. Where possible all samples initially sent to screen metallics processing will also be re-run through the fire assay with gravimetric finish provided there is enough material left for further processing.

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Figure 1: High-grade semi-massive quartz sulphide breccia averaging 8.88 g/t Au, 0.42% Cu and 14.99 g/t Ag over 5.1m Au.

Figure 2: Section showing holes GH-DDH-21-001-004 with interpreted geology and gold intersections.

Figure 3: 2020 Regional Geochemistry with Geology and Drill Collar Locations.

Figure 4: Drill Collar locations overlaid on geology and geochemistry within the Main Hornet Zone.

Figure 5: All drill hole locations showing strike extent between the Main Hornet Zone and the Iron Sky Zone.

SOURCE: Talisker Resources Ltd.


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