Trench Intersects 174M Grading 0.45 g/t Au
Gold Lion Resources Inc. (CSE: GL) has madea new Carlin-type oxidised gold discovery on its Robber Gulch Property located near Burley, Idaho.
Trench RG-TR-20-03 intersected a broad interval of disseminated oxidised gold mineralisation situated along a height of land within the project’s Raider Zone gold-in-soil anomaly.
The discovery trench, which remains open in multiple directions, intersected 0.45g/t Au over 174m, including a sub-interval of 0.51g/t Au over 138, and further sub-intervals of 0.88g/t Au over 45m, and 1.16g/t Au over 18m.
The samples were collected as representative, even and continuous 2 to 3-metre-long chip samples, along the entire length of the trench, to exclude any potential sampling bias.
The mineralised zone has been intersected within two cross-trenches (RG-TR-20-02 and RG-TR-20-03) and remains open to the north and south, where it trends underneath thin post-mineral flood basalt cover.
Several additional trenches have been planned along strike to the south, as trenching on the Property has proven to be a highly cost-effective means of sampling and attaining excellent structural and stratigraphic information for further targeting.
Exploration Manager, Chris Paul, said the discovery trench displayed similar geology to Liberty Gold Corp.’s nearby Black Pine oxide gold project
“The new Raider Zone trench discovery represents a major milestone in the exploration and development at Robber Gulch,” Mr Paul said.
“The results from trenches RG-TR-20-02 and RG-TR-20-03 have far exceeded any previously reported historic grades and widths on the Property. Broad intervals of intense alteration, quartz stockwork and limonite mineralisation indicate the presence of a significant Carlin-type system on the Property.
“Despite being located at a height of land, with a strong gold-in-soil anomaly and minimal overburden cover, the Raider Zone had eluded discovery by historic operators, which were focused on jasperoid altered outcrops elsewhere on the Property.
“The Raider Zone anomaly remains open both to the north and south, where it trends beneath relatively thin post-mineral flood basalts. The tenor of the Raider Zone gold-in-soil anomaly also increases to the south, into never-before trenched or drill-tested ground, managed by the US Forest Service. Outcrop grab samples of up to 6.49g/t gold have been collected by the Company along this southern extension.
“We are very excited to continue testing the Raider Zone along strike, both on BLM and Forest Service ground once permits are received from the USFS.”
The company also announced that its ongoing maiden RC drill programme continues as planned.
