Tempus Resources Ltd (ASX: TMR, TSX.V: TMRR, OTC: TMRFF) has received further promising results from assays of four drill-holes from the Phase 1 drill programme at its Elizabeth-Blackdome Gold Project in Southern British Columbia.
A total of 39 drill-holes (9,826 m) were completed in the Phase 1 drill programme, starting from November 2020. In the 2021 drill season, 28 drill-holes were completed totalling 7,820 metres and there were 11 drill-holes completed in November – December 2020, totalling 2,006 metres.
Tempus President and CEO, Jason Bahnsen, said results from hole EZ-21-25 shows high-grade continuity of the newly discovered Blue Vein, including a ‘bonanza’ grade sub-intersection.
“We’re very excited to have this result approximately 40 metres along strike from the Blue Vein discovery hole (EZ-21-12) that we announced four months ago, which was also ‘bonanza’ grade.
“We are also delighted with the mineralised intersection in EZ-21-23, which continues to develop the mineralised package at the SW Vein.
“We are now awaiting for assay results for 5 additional drill-holes from the 2021 drilling programme including two that targeted the Blue Vein.”
Blue Vein Drilling
The Blue Vein was discovered with drill hole EZ-21-12 (announced in September 2021), with an intersection of visible gold returning 33.7 grams per tonne gold over 1.0 metre from 117.8 metres.
The latest drill assay results include drill holes EZ-21-24 and EZ-21-25 targeting the Blue Vein.
EZ-21-25 intersected a 2.70 metre quartz vein zone grading 13.4 grams per tonne gold from 111.00 metres, including 71.3 grams per tonne gold over 0.50m from a drill depth of 111.50 metres.
The EZ-21-25 result, expands the known high grade gold mineralisation at Blue Vein approximately 40 metres along strike from the discovery hole.
EZ-21-24 intersected the Blue Vein structure at a drill depth of 139.8 metres and 181.7 metres with assays in the range of 0.58 to 0.84 grams per tonne gold.
The Blue Vein is located approximately 150 metres to the northwest, near vertical in dip, and parallel, to the SW Vein.
This previously unknown vein has now been intersected by seven drill-holes (EZ-21-09, EZ-21-12, EZ-21-19, EZ-21-24, EZ-21-25, EZ-21-26, EZ-21-27) demonstrating an initial strike length of 380 metres (see Figure 3), two drill-holes are pending assay results.
The Blue Vein structure has been intercepted to approximately 100 metres depth and remains open along strike and down plunge.
SW Vein Drilling
The latest drill holes reported in the SW Vein are from EZ-21-22, and EZ-21-23. These two drill holes are step outs from the northern ore shoot and were successful in intersecting the SW Vein in a previously undrilled zone of the SW Vein and extending mineralization by approximately 80m along strike to the northeast. EZ-21-23 intersected a 4.10 m quartz vein zone 1.83 g/t gold from 145.0m, including 4.98 g/t gold over 0.70m from 147.50m.
EZ-21-22 intersected a 1.15 m quartz vein zone from 175.55m averaging 2.50 g/t gold.
Drilling at the SW Vein is proving to be within a very consistent structure and has been successfully intersected in each of the drill holes targeting the SW Vein.
Tempus has drilled deeper at Elizabeth than any drilling in the past. The deep intersections of the SW Vein are encouraging and geologically very significant as the vein continues at depth, so does the alteration and associated mineralisation as is identified in other high-grade intercepts from the SW Vein.
This mineralisation at depth is consistent with typical Mesothermal/Orogenic gold deposits, such as the Bralorne-Pioneer Gold mine 30km to the south of Elizabeth and is confirmed with the ICP-OES assay analysis which indicates elevated arsenic, antimony, silver, and mercury when intersecting the SW Vein at depth.
The Elizabeth Gold Project is the flagship project for Tempus and is located in the Bralorne – Pioneer Gold District of southern British Columbia.
The 115 sq. km project is a relatively underexplored high-grade mesothermal gold project with mineralisation presenting itself in vein sets that range in true width from 0.5 m to 6.5 metres.
The high-grade quartz veins encountered in the drilling at Elizabeth show close geological similarities to the Bralorne-Pioneer mesothermal vein system (approximately 30km south), which was mined to a depth of approximately 2,000 metres and produced more than four million ounces of gold over more than 70 years (from approximately 1900 to 1971)
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