Hole No. | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Zone | Notes |
AT23NS-57^ | 73.2 | 126.5 | 53.4 | 2.03 | 67.6 | AMFZ | |
AT23NS-116 | 15.2 | 103.7 | 88.4 | 2.52 | 50.4 | WAGZ | |
Includes | 47.3 | 51.8 | 4.6 | 7.31 | 73.0 | ||
AT23NS-117 | 13.7 | 94.5 | 80.8 | 2.55 | 40.1 | WAGZ | |
Includes | 25.9 | 41.2 | 15.2 | 4.54 | 56.3 | ||
AT23NS-130 | 89.9 | 132.6 | 42.7 | 2.73 | 80.2 | AMFZ | |
AT23NS-133E* | 122.0 | 202.7 | 80.8 | 1.99 | 118.5 | AMFZ | 315o bearing, -77o dip |
Includes | 196.6 | 198.2 | 1.5 | 10.25 | 43.6 | ||
AT23NS-133F* | 117.4 | 199.7 | 82.3 | 6.55 | 100.8 | AMFZ | 300o bearing, -80o dip |
Includes | 184.5 | 196.6 | 12.2 | 26.71 | 89.3 | ||
AT23HG-32 | 233.2 | 279.0 | 45.7 | 2.28 | 145.5 | WAGZ | |
AT23HG-33 | 272.9 | 306.4 | 33.5 | 0.54 | 83.7 | WAGZ | |
Table 1. All holes released today. Mineralization occurs along near-horizontal horizons with true mineralized thickness in |
- 6.55 g/t Au and 100.8 g/t Ag over 82.3m, including 26.71 g/t Au over 12.2m in angle hole AT23NS-133F is the third most gold rich drill hole ever recorded at
Atlanta and comes on the heels of the most gold rich drill hole ever recorded at the project – AT23WS-44 that was reported onOctober 2, 2023 and returned 11.64 g/t Au over 108.2m, including 37.16 g/t Au over 29.0m. - Previous drilling by Nevada King in the vicinity of today's AT23NS-133F provided little indication of such high-grade, although two historical holes drilled by Bobcat in 1988 and one hole drilled by Goldfields in 1990 (see Figure 1) did contain elevated high-grade intervals in the same general area. Results for vertical Bobcat holes 88-9 (12.2m @ 32.55 g/t Au – the second most gold rich drill hole at
Atlanta ) and 88-14 (3m @ 34.66 g/t Au) were not included in Gustavson's 2020 resource model because of uncertain collar locations, while vertical Goldfields core hole AC-1 (4.1m @ 30.24 g/t Au) was used in the 2020 resource model, but its exact collar location was also uncertain. The high-grade hit in AT23NS-133F corroborates both the locations and high grades in these nearby historical holes and establishes a northwest-trending, elevated high-grade zone at least 30m long that is interpreted to be a tensional, secondary fracture in the footwall of the West Atlanta Fault that probably connects across the major northerly trending feeder faults. This intercept supports the multi-jewelry box model recently described by the Company in itsOctober 2, 2023 release and provides us with another structural target that we can apply to other portions of the deposit in our pursuit of elevated high grades. - Note, AT23NS-133F is hosted along the east side of the West Atlanta Fault, whereas AT23WS-44 is located 200m to the northwest along the West Atlanta Fault #1 – a different structure. As depicted in Figure 1 below, several occurences of elevated high-grade mineralization have been found throughout the
Atlanta deposit by both Nevada King (holes indicated by diamonds) and historical operators (holes indicated by circles). Holes colored in purple designate a >31 g/t AuEq over a minimum 3m continguous thickness, while orange refers to 21-31 g/t AuEq over a minimum 4.6m continguous thickness, and yellow shows 11-21 g/t AuEq over a minimum of 9.1m contiguous thickness. Of all the holes hosting elevated high-grade intercepts, only AT23NS-133F occurs proximal to other holes hosting similar grades. For the remaining elevated high-grade holes there are no nearby drill intercepts that definitively suggest proximity to very high-grade mineralization, which highlights the necessity for tight drill spacing, focused on high-angle feeder structures.
"As shown in Figure 1 above the overall distribution of higher-grades is controlled by northerly-trending, high-angle faults that served as feeders (or conduits) for mineralizing fluids; however, the distribution of elevated high grade mineralization appears to be more controlled by secondary faults that cut across the primary feeder structures at angles around 30o to 45o. These secondary structures form in reponse to stress building up between the main fault strands, forming tensional "gash dilations" that often focus boiling within the openings, thus resulting in bonanza-grade chutes. Bonanza chutes are common within Au-Ag hydrothermal deposits and were the object of historical mining activity around the world. Finding such bonanza chutes in this day and age is a rarity and these extremely high-grade, but small zones can have an outsized impact on a deposit's economics. Right now, it looks like we may have several such bonanza chutes shaping up at
- Hole AT23NS-133E was sited at the same collar location as AT23NS-133F and hit 1.99 g/t Au and 118.45 g/t Ag over 80.8m including 10.25 g/t Au over 1.5m in the same fault block, but about 35m away from AT23NS-133F. Both holes entered and exited the mineralized horizon at similar depths, and more importantly, both holes exited the base of the high-grade zone (196.6m in NS-133F and 198.2m in NS-133E) at almost the exact same depth, indicating that the high-grade "core" zone is most likely sub-horizontal, not high angle.
- AT23NS-116 (88.4m @ 2.52 g/t Au and 50.4 g/t Ag) and AT23NS-117 (80.8m @ 2.55 g/t Au and 40.1 g/t Ag) were drilled immediately west of the East Atlanta Fault ("EAF") to verify the "V" shaped reverse fault wedge formed between two northerly-trending faults. Both holes penetrated the high-grade wedge and drilled through the down-faulted block occurring beneath the wedge, doubling the known combined thickness of the mineralized zone. Establishing this "couplet" geometry is important as both fault blocks occur near-surface, are strongly oxidized, and contain moderate to high-grade gold, and as such could play an important role in any future mining scenario. This same structural couplet is observed for at least 200m in sections previously reported both north and south of Section 22-9N(2).
- AT23HG-32 (45.7m @ 2.28 g/t Au and 145.5 g/t Ag) was collared 17m west of the West Atlanta Fault and twinned failed hole AT22HG-11 (21.3m @ 1.26 g/t Au and 85.1 g/t Ag) that was lost in the mineralized zone. Simply achieving full drill penetration of the entire mineralized zone almost doubles both thickness and grade, which is a common theme at
Atlanta throughout the deposit and mandates re-drilling holes that did not go deep enough. - AT23HG-33 (33.5m @ 0.54 g/t Au and 83.7 g/t Ag) stepped 20m west of HG-32 and we now see an abrupt drop in gold mineralization but the silver grade remains elevated. Additional drilling will continue to track the mineralization westward across the WAGZ in anticipation of hitting higher-grade and thickness closer to the
West Atlanta #2 Fault as observed to the north and south.
- Targeting the high-grade feeders is showing very high-grade results that can significantly impact the overall resource. Table 2 below summarizes averaged drill hole intercepts for the Company's holes and for historical holes that were included in the Gustavson 2020 resource model along Section22-9N(2). Looking at just the drilling across the AMFZ, the four
Kinross angle holes average 1.65 g/t Au equivalent over an average 25.9m thickness whereas the sixteen Nevada King holes average 3.73 Au equivalent over an average 50.4m thickness, representing a doubling in average thickness and more than a doubling of average grade. - This discrepancy in both thickness and grade is largely attributed to three factors: (1) the Kinross angle holes missed (as did almost all of the historical holes) the higher-grade and thicker structural couplet between the
East Atlanta andAtlanta King Faults, (2) Nevada King's holes did a much better job of fully penetrating the entire mineralized thickness in each fault block compared toKinross' angle holes, and (3) Nevada King's holes did a much better job of testing the high-grade feeder structures that historical explorers failed to recognize. The very high-grade intercept in AT23NS-133F also exerted a strong influence on Nevada King's average grade.
West Atlanta Graben | ||||||
Operator | No. of | Average | Average | No. of | Average | Average |
Nevada King | 16 | 3.73 | 50.4 | 2 | 2.93 | 39.6 |
Historical | 3 | 1.65 | 25.9 | None | - | - |
Table 2. Comparison of Nevada King and historical drill results along section line 22-9N(2), using weighted averages. |
Hole No. | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Notes |
AT23NS-65 | 79.3 | 117.4 | 38.1 | 1.79 | 52.5 | |
AT23NS-64 | 41.2 | 108.2 | 67.1 | 2.98 | 62.1 | Bottomed in mineralization |
includes | 57.9 | 102.1 | 44.2 | 4.05 | 66.0 | |
AT23NS-58 | 42.7 | 108.2 | 65.5 | 2.54 | 62.9 | |
includes | 86.9 | 100.6 | 13.7 | 4.97 | 53.0 | |
AT22NS-88 | 169.2 | 214.9 | 45.7 | 1.28 | 162.0 | |
AT22NS-87 | 169.2 | 216.5 | 47.3 | 2.16 | 140.2 | |
AT22HG-11 | 228.7 | 250.0 | 21.3 | 1.26 | 85.1 | Bottomed in mineralization |
AT22NS-59 | 4.6 | 54.9 | 50.3 | 2.65 | 20.7 | |
AT22MET-1B | 7.8 | 22.3 | 14.8 | 3.76 | 69.0 | Bottomed in mineralization |
AT21-63 | 7.6 | 48.8 | 41.2 | 3.95 | 27.3 | Bottomed in mineralization |
KR97-2* | 187.5 | 213.4 | 25.9 | 1.79 | 13.0 | |
KR97-3* | 195.1 | 219.5 | 24.4 | 0.97 | 29.4 | |
KR97-4* | 218 | 245.4 | 27.4 | 0.85 | 70.2 | |
251.5 | 371.9 | 120.4 | 0.13 | 12.4 | ||
AR-31 | 0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 2.03 | 12.1 | |
Table 3. All previously released Nevada King drill holes along Section 22-9N(2) as well as historical drilling. AR series hole |
All RC samples from the
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Nevada King is the third largest mineral claim holder in the
Resource Category | Tonnes (000s) | (ppm) | Contained Au | (ppm) | Contained Ag |
Measured | 4,130 | 1.51 | 200,000 | 14.0 | 1,860,000 |
Indicated | 6,910 | 1.17 | 260,000 | 10.6 | 2,360,000 |
Measured + Indicated | 11,000 | 1.30 | 460,000 | 11.9 | 4,220,000 |
Inferred | 5,310 | 0.83 | 142,000 | 7.3 | 1,240,000 |
Table 4. NI 43-101 Mineral Resource at the |
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