Evergold Corp. (TSX-V: EVER, WKN: A2PTHZ)
(“
Evergold” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to report that a 1490 line-km, high resolution heli-borne
magnetic survey over the entire 10,451-hectare breadth of the
road-accessible DEM property, located 40 km northwest of Fort St.
James in central B.C., is now underway. The survey (Figure 1) is
being carried out in follow-up to a small 3-hole reconnaissance
drill program carried out in October-November last year on the
large DEM1 porphyry prospect, which covers 4 km2 (4%) of the highly
prospective 104 km2 property area. The drilling targeted a
multi-element geochemical anomaly in soils overlying the
topographically highest areas of the DEM1 prospect along with
coincident and compelling strong magnetic, IP chargeability and
resistivity anomalies, suggesting high discovery potential. Initial
assays (additional assays are pending) from this very preliminary
drill program have attracted considerable positive attention in the
technical community and industry, including a shout-out as “the
property to watch” by the B.C. government geologist at the recent
AMEBC Roundup conference in Vancouver. These early assay results
demonstrate:
- A large new
porphyry system at DEM1
- A system fertile
for both intrusion and related vein-hosted precious and strategic
metals
- A remarkable
assemblage of sulphides and associated high-value elements
including gold, silver, molybdenum, cobalt, tungsten, tellurium and
rhenium, indicating a richly mineralized system that is considered
likely to produce both broad and/or high-grade intercepts with
higher-density drilling, now in planning
- Broad intercepts
of gold and silver, for example, 135 metres of 0.12 g/t Au, 2 g/t
Ag from 6 to 141 metres in hole DEM23-01 and 48.2 metres of 0.58
g/t Au and 11 g/t Ag from 303 to 351.2 metres in hole DEM23-03
- High-grade
porphyry-hosted intercepts including individual sample highs of
molybdenum (0.82%) with associated gold (1.2 g/t), rhenium (3.7
g/t) and silver (8 g/t)
- High-grade
vein-hosted intercepts including individual sample highs of gold
(29.5 g/t), silver (182 g/t), cobalt (0.12%), copper (0.19%) and
tellurium (41 g/t).
An earlier, limited-coverage magnetic survey
carried out in 2017 proved highly effective in delineating the
immediate area of the DEM1 target (Figure 2). A recent review of
the sea level susceptibility slice of the publicly available
regional magnetic dataset revealed a large new anomaly immediately
southeast of DEM1, of similar scale and character (Figures 3 &
4). The magnetic survey now underway is expected to better define
this ‘DEM2’ target, possibly reveal others over the roughly 96% of
the property not surveyed to date, and provide greater detail and
depth penetration over and below the DEM1 prospect, allowing for
more effective drill targeting.
“Markets continue to be tough, but we remain
very keen on the DEM1 prospect, and the wider DEM property,” said
Kevin Keough, President & CEO. “The recent shout-out DEM
received to an overflow crowd at Roundup – uniquely so among all
the projects highlighted – is instructive. The results returned
from our tiny first pass drill program were highly encouraging, and
the industry is watching. We look forward to advancing the DEM1
prospect this summer, possibly with the participation of an
industry partner, and to searching for additional targets on the
largely unexplored, highly prospective DEM
property.”
About the DEM Project
The 10,451-hectare DEM property, located in
moderate terrain only 40 kms northwest of Fort St. James in central
B.C., lies toward the south end of the Nation Lakes porphyry camp
and within the Quesnel Terrane, the latter of which hosts large
deposits and long-life mines including the nearby Mount Milligan
mine (50 kms to the northeast of DEM), and Lorraine deposit and,
farther south, the Mt. Polley, Afton, Copper Mountain, and Brenda
mines, in addition to the Highland Valley mines and deposits.
Located central to the DEM property is the “DEM Halo” (a.k.a.
“DEM1”) prospect, a roughly 4km2 target area defined by alteration
and mineralogy suggestive of the presence of a porphyry system, by
a multi-element soil geochemical signature, including soil highs to
2.1 ppm Au, 160 ppm Ag, >10,000 ppm As, and 651 ppm Cu, by
compelling high-relief magnetic and IP-chargeability anomalies, and
by the presence of nearby regional scale structures. Extensive
logging in the area and associated forest service roads provide
drive-on access directly to the DEM prospect. All of these factors,
when combined, indicate excellent discovery potential for a
precious and strategic metals-enriched porphyry and related vein
systems. Further details on the DEM prospect may be found on the
Company’s website at www.evergoldcorp.ca/projects/dem-property/ and
in a NI 43-101 technical report entitled “Technical Report on the
DEM Property” dated August 30, 2023, posted thereon and on the
Company’s issuer profile at SEDAR+.
Qualified Person
Charles J. Greig, M.Sc., P.Geo., the Company’s
Chief Exploration Officer and a Qualified Person as defined by NI
43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information in this
news release.
Figure 1: DEM Property February
2024 Heliborne Magnetic Survey Coverage Area. Total flight lines
1489.7 km.
Figure 2: Coverage Area of the
2017 Magnetic Survey, DEM1 Prospect
Figure 3: Sea-Level Susceptibility Slice of
Regional Magnetics, DEM Property
Figure 4: Structural Setting and Location of
the DEM2 Target Relative to DEM1
About Evergold
Evergold Corp. is a TSX-V listed mineral
exploration company with projects in B.C. and Nevada. The Evergold
team has a track record of success in the junior mining space, most
recently the establishment of GT Gold Corp. in 2016 and the
discovery of the Saddle South epithermal vein and Saddle North
porphyry copper-gold deposits near Iskut B.C., sold to Newmont in
2021 for a fully diluted value of $456 million, representing a
1,136% (12.4 X) return on exploration outlays of $36.9 million.
For additional information, please contact:
Kevin M. Keough President and CEO Tel: (613)
622-1916kevin.keough@evergoldcorp.cawww.evergoldcorp.ca
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