Eskay Mining Corp. (TSXV:ESK) has is progressing strongly with its maiden drilling at Scarlet Valley, a newly identified volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) centre near Scarlet Ridge, part of its 100% controlled Consolidated Eskay project, British Columbia.
The Company has completed 22,272 m of diamond core drilling, approximately 74% of the 30,000m planned to be completed in 2022. Drill production is currently on target to reach this aggressive goal with four drills fully operational.
Currently two drills are conducting step-out drilling of the Upper Stockwork Zone at TV, and two drills are beginning to define the extent of the intensely mineralized Scarlet Valley target. Preparations are underway to drill the Tarn Lake target immediately following completion of drilling at Scarlet Valley.
“Our prospecting and mapping team’s work is rapidly identifying and characterizing new VMS targets at Scarlet Ridge and Scarlet Valley, key to quickly advancing these from areas of interest into drilled targets that are now delivering significant sulfide-bearing mineralised intercepts,” VP of Exploration, Dr John DeDecker, said.
“Mineralisation and hydrothermal alteration are extremely intense and widespread throughout areas drilled to date. Much more visible sulphide mineralisation awaits us at Scarlet Knob and Tarn Lake. Demonstrating we hold a VMS district by making new discoveries is our goal this season. We are fortunate to have a top-notch team in place to execute a very aggressive, flexible exploration program. So far, we are meeting our objectives set for the 2022 programme on schedule.”
Maiden drilling at Scarlet Valley is underway with drill hole SV22-1 intercepting 95 m of intense sulphide mineralisation and hydrothermal alteration. Recent drilling at Scarlet Ridge has intercepted a zone of intense hydrothermal alteration and replacement-style sulphide mineralisation.
Drilling at Scarlet Ridge and Scarlet Valley as well as recent field investigations at Scarlet Knob-Tarn Lake confirms the presence of replacement-style and stockwork VMS mineralization at all locations. Generally, sulphide mineralisation is most intense proximal to east-west trending and vertically oriented basalt dikes suggesting that hydrothermal fluids exploited the same syn-volcanic structures as these dikes during their ascent to the seafloor/sub-seafloor environment.
A more detailed BLEG, clay-fraction stream sediment survey utilising LiDAR topographic data collected in 2020 has been completed over the north-eastern part of the Property, including Scarlet Valley, Scarlet Knob-Tarn Lake, Scarlet Ridge, and the northern flanks of the McTagg anticlinorium.
These areas all have very strong BLEG anomalies identified during the 2020 programme. This refined BLEG survey will allow further vectoring towards promising targets in this prolifically mineralised area. A similar detailed BLEG survey has also been completed over the six km trend of very strong BLEG anomalies in the vicinity of C10 and Vermillion to further refine targeting in that area.
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