Evergold Corp. (TSX-V: EVER, WKN: A2PTHZ)
(“
Evergold” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to report that a limited program of follow-up drilling to
last season’s greenfield precious and strategic metals discovery at
the road-accessible DEM porphyry prospect, located near Fort St.
James in central B.C., has achieved encouraging new intersections
of the DEM sulphide vein system within DEM Mountain, in what is now
interpreted to be the alteration “halo” around a large intrusion
anchoring the system and located downslope to the west, below and
masked by thick glacial till (see Figures 1 to 5) – a situation
potentially akin to management’s experience with the deep
till-covered nature of the giant Saddle discovery for GT Gold some
years ago. Drill core has been shipped to Penticton,
B.C. for cutting and sampling, with laboratory assay results
anticipated in November.
“As a raw new greenfield prospect first drill
tested less than 12 months ago, we continue to make significant
advances in our understanding of this large system of which we have
only tested, with limited budget not adequate to the scale of the
opportunity, a very small portion to date,” said Kevin Keough,
President and CEO. “These advances include recognition of a large
alteration halo, demonstration that this halo is mineralized with
locally high grades encompassed by broad envelopes of a spectrum of
high-value elements, and now perhaps most significantly, the
location of what we believe may be the porphyry intrusion centering
the system. We look forward to advancing the project
further with the pending assays and our next exploratory steps, to
include targeting the intrusive centre with its first-ever
drilling.”
Discussion (see Figures 1 to 5
below)
Drilling to date at the DEM Prospect has focused
only on that small part of the 4 km2 DEM prospect area underlying
the topographic and (overall) magnetic highs of DEM Mountain. DEM
Mountain is surrounded by the generally much lower elevations of
the DEM Lowlands (see DEM Mountain fly-over video on home page at
www.evergoldcorp.ca) which include several low-relief knolls
trending off from DEM Mountain to the west, coincident with a
roughly donut-shaped arc of underlying magnetically positive
anomalies. DEM Mountain and these knolls are now interpreted to be
part of the topographically higher elevation, relatively well
exposed hornfelsed and (generally) magnetically positive alteration
halo around a topographically lower and glacial till-covered
intrusive centre underlying the DEM Lowlands, identified by its
large magnetic low signature, and also exhibiting high IP
chargeability and low resistivity.
During the recent program two holes were drilled
from two pads located high on DEM Mountain, for a total of 756
metres. Hole DEM24-04 was drilled due west at minus 50 degrees from
the first pad, and DEM24-05 was drilled due south at minus 65
degrees from a second pad on the same section 68000N. Both holes
were designed to further test a north-south geochemical and
geophysical trend within the DEM Mountain part of the larger DEM
prospect alteration halo comprised of a local magnetic low anomaly
(see Figure 1) with associated induced polarization (“IP”) and
controlled-source audio-frequency magneto-telluric (“CSAMT”) low
resistivity anomalies and high IP chargeability anomalies, first
drilled late in 2023. In common with results of last season’s
reconnaissance drill program, each of the two holes intercepted
sedimentary rocks cut locally by porphyritic dykes, with the host
rocks infused to varying degrees by cross-cutting sulphide-bearing
veinlets and veins, locally of semi-massive to massive character,
along with associated disseminated sulphides. Assays are
pending.
Recent extension, in September, of IP coverage
to the west, north and south of previous lines, effectively
covering the large magnetic low downslope to the west of drilling
to date, has enabled recognition of the likely intrusive centre,
which is now known to bear similar geophysical characteristics to
the local magnetic low drilled successfully to date on DEM
Mountain.
About the DEM Project
The 12,728-hectare DEM property is ideally
located in moderate terrain only 40 kms northwest of Fort St. James
in central B.C.. The project area 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 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 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, by compelling high-relief
magnetic, IP-chargeability and CSAMT resistivity 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 DEM1 prospect.
A reconnaissance drill program (3 holes for 947
metres) carried out in October and November 2023 returned narrow
intercepts of high-grade gold, silver and strategic metals
(molybdenum, cobalt, tungsten, tellurium, rhenium) encompassed by a
broad low-grade envelope, localized to a magnetic low within the
high elevations of DEM Mountain (see news, January 15, 2024). Each
of the three holes intercepted variably calcareous fine-grained
sedimentary rocks cut locally by metre-scale porphyritic dykes,
with the host rocks, and locally the dykes, strongly infused over
core lengths of up to 50 metres by cross-cutting sulphide-bearing
veinlets and veins, locally of semi-massive to massive character,
along with associated disseminated sulphides. These intervals were
also encompassed by broader halos of lower-intensity disseminated
and sulphide-bearing veinlets and veins. Sulphide minerals observed
in core included abundant disseminated and vein-hosted
arsenopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite, with lesser but significant
sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and molybdenite. Sulphosalts were
also commonly observed.
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 dated August 30, 2023, posted thereon and on the
Company’s issuer profile at SEDAR+.
Quality Assurance and Quality
Control
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 prospect showing
the interpreted location of the intrusive centre, its encompassing
alteration halo, and the location of drilling to date on the first
vertical derivative magnetics
Figure 2 - DEM prospect showing
the interpreted location of the intrusive centre, its encompassing
alteration halo, and the location of drilling to date on the total
magnetic intensity
Figure 3 - DEM prospect plan view of terrain
showing the interpreted location of the intrusive centre, its
encompassing alteration halo, and drilling to date on the heights
of DEM Mountain
Figure 4 - DEM prospect perspective view of
terrain looking north, showing the interpreted location of the
intrusive centre, its encompassing alteration halo, and drilling to
date on the heights of DEM Mountain
Figure 5 - DEM prospect schematic section view
looking north, showing the interpreted location of the central
intrusion, its encompassing alteration halo, and the location of
drilling to date on the heights of DEM Mountain
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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