Kingfisher Metals Corp. (TSXV:KFR) has commenced rotary air blast (RAB) drilling at the 100% owned 511 sq. km Goldrange Project. Goldrange is located approximately 25 km south of the town of Tatla Lake in the Chilcotin region of Southwest British Columbia.
Highlights
- The company plans for a 35-day rotary air blast (RAB) drill programme to test the Day Trip, Langara, and Standard zones. Production with the RAB drill averages one hole per day with a depth capability of up to 100 m.
- Proposed RAB holes at the Day Trip Zone will test several targets where highly anomalous geochemistry (up to 20.1 g/t Au in subcrop and up to 8.3 g/t Au in talus fines) coincides with very high IP chargeability (up to 97 mV/V) and conductivity.
- At the Langara Zone, planned holes will target below a historical adit and sheeted quartz-sulphide veins mapped on surface. Rock samples at Langara grade up to 60.4 g/t Au, 1500.1 g/t Ag, and 6.8 % Cu.
- Results from backpack drilling in 2020 at the Standard Zone of 10.84 g/t Au over 6.9 m will be followed-up with RAB, which will also target the Standard adit downslope.
“We are excited to be back at Goldrange for an expanded 2022 discovery-focused drill program. Initial RAB drilling will test high quality, shallow targets at the Day Trip, Langara, and Standard Zones, which have been substantially de-risked through structural mapping, IP geophysics and backpack drilling,” CEO, Dustin Perry, said.
“The RAB drill provides us with a low-cost drill option for near-surface targets as an initial pass prior to diamond drilling.”
About Goldrange
The Goldrange Project spans over 43 km along a complex structural zone within the Yalakom Gold Belt in southwest British Columbia. Goldrange was acquired to cover a broad area of widespread anomalous gold mineralisation in streams, soils, and rocks. In 2021, Kingfisher completed the first-ever diamond drill program on the property which focused on approximately 10% of the Cloud Drifter Trend – the most advanced target on the property that includes the Cloud Drifter, Langara, Standard, Essential, and Waterfall Zones.
Initial results returned highlights of 73.4 g/t Au over 1 m, 6.9 g/t Au over 9 m and 18.7 g/t Au over 2 m. Widespread anomalous gold mineralization was intercepted throughout the area of drilling which spanned ~600 m by ~350 m and tested over 550 m of vertical extent.
The RAB drilling programmw in 2022 is focusing on shallow targets at the Day Trip, Langara, and Standard zones and each zone is explained in more detail below.
The diamond drilling programme in 2022 will focus on the lower elevation areas of the Cloud Drifter Zone and is scheduled to begin in mid-June.
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