Press Release
Toronto, Ontario, June 22, 2021 – Talisker Resources Ltd. (“Talisker” or the “Company”) (TSX:TSK) (OTCQX:TSKFF) is pleased to announce complete and partial drill assay results from its ongoing 100,000 metre drill program at the Bralorne Gold Project in British Columbia (see Figure 1). Today’s release is headlined by a 106.75 metre interval of near- surface bulk-tonnage gold mineralization within the Pioneer Block that returned an average grade of 1.17 g/t gold in hole SB-2021-026 (see Figure 1); assay results are also included for holes SB-2021- 022 and SB-2021-029 drilled within the Pioneer Block. This near-surface gold mineralization at Pioneer is hosted in a coarse- grained felsic intrusive and is characterized by excellent grade consistency (see Table 2). More drilling is required to determine the lateral and vertical extents and geometry of the felsic intrusive hosting these broad zones of near-surface gold mineralization at Pioneer. With five drill rigs operating on site, the Company expects to receive more assay results from both the Charlotte Zone (0 to 350m) and the High-Grade Zone (350 to 750m) soon.
Key Points:
Table 1: Pending Intercepts with Visible Gold and Major Vein Count
Drillhole | Intrusive intercept | Visible Gold Count | Major Vein Zones | Assay Results |
SB-2021-026 | ~110m | 3 | 14 | This Release |
SB-2021-029 | ~230m | 4 | 6 | This Release |
SB-2021-030 | ~130m | 3 | 9 | Pending |
SB-2021-034 | ~180m | 1 | 16 | Pending |
SB-2021-035 | ~256m | 2 | 7 | Pending |
SB-2021-040 | ~440m | 12 | 22 | Pending |
Grade Consistency a Key Highlight at Pioneer
The 1.17 g/t gold over 106.75m intersection in hole SB-2021- 026 drilled at the Pioneer Block represents the broadest and most consistent interval drilled at the Pioneer Block to date, and supports the Company’s interpretations that near-surface bulk tonnage gold mineralization extends well beyond the Charlotte Zone to the northwest (see Figure 1 and 2). Importantly, the grade profile through this 106.75m intersection, in addition to the broad zones of mineralization intersected in holes SB-2021-022 and SB-2021-029, shows excellent consistency; hole SB-2021-26 also includes several narrower zones of high-grade gold mineralization highlighted by 67.80 g/t gold over 0.55m.
Today’s assay results are exclusively from drilling at the Pioneer Block. While hole SB-2021-26 remains the highlight with 1.17 g/t gold over 106.75m, hole SB-2021-22 also returned consistent, broad zones of gold mineralization including 0.59 g/t gold over 16.40m and 0.32 g/t gold over 31.75m, which follows from holes SB-2020-001 and SB-2020-02 drilled last year, both of which returned 0.54 g/t gold over 98.95m and 0.40 g/t gold over 23.00m respectively.
Pioneer Block
The Pioneer zone was periodically mined between 1945 and 1965 with production from eight veins. The coarse- grained felsic intrusive (CGFI) hosting these broad zones of gold mineralization at Pioneer is a vertical intrusive body that outcrops at surface. The CGFI is intruded by fine-grained felsic and intermediate-mafic dykes (both is which also host gold mineralization). The intrusive body is bound by a basaltic unit to the northeast and the Cadwaller Fault to the southwest; however, the lateral and vertical extents and geometry of the CGFI remains unknown due to limited drilling. An additional hole is planned “up-plunge” of hole SB-2021-26 to determine the proximity of gold mineralization relative to the surface. Gold mineralization is characterized by a high-density network of quartz veins interspersed with larger veins between 0.20m to 1m wide that include crack and seal textures and minor pyrite and arsenopyrite and periodic occurrences of visible gold (see Table 1).
Terry Harbort, President and CEO of Talisker commented, “As drilling at the Charlotte Zone continues to define near-surface, bulk tonnage gold mineralization, we are pleased to see similar near-surface gold mineralization at the Pioneer Block, located over 2km to the southeast. This follows the discovery of near-surface gold mineralization at the King Block (see press release of April 7, 2021). We are particularly impressed by the grade consistency at Pioneer, and drilling is planned to determine the lateral and vertical extents of this gold-mineralized intrusive body. Together with the King Block, we have now identified three zones of near-surface gold mineralization distributed over a 3.8km strike length, with areas between the three zones still to be tested. With five drill rigs operating, we have a large backlog of samples at the lab and we expect this backlog to be reduced as the assay lab returns to normal operations. We remain on track to deliver our initial mineral resource estimate from Bralorne in 2022.”
Drill Hole Data
SB-2021-022 – Pioneer Block
SB-2021-026 – Pioneer Block
o An intercept of an unknown vein zone at 340.00m producing 8.52 g/t Au over 0.50m o An intercept of an unknown vein zone at 354.40m producing 20.20 g/t Au over 0.50m
o An intercept of an unknown vein zone at 362.80m producing 14.45 g/t Au over 2.60, including an intersect at 364.85m producing 67.80 g/t Au over 0.55m.
SB-2021-029 – Pioneer Block
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