- Yukon Metals geologists accomplished eight ERT and IP geophysical surveys over the japanese portion of the 2024 soil sampled copper and gold anomaly at Birch. The survey recognized a number of high-priority drill targets.
- Structural geological options could be inferred from the geo-electric signatures of the rock, guiding drill placement.
- The brand new geophysical knowledge aligns with beforehand recognized soil anomalies of as much as 0.24% Cu in soils and as much as 0.99 g/t Au spanning 1400 meters, and rock chip sampling with values as much as 2.42% Cu and 14.1 g/t Au, additional emphasizing the challenge’s potential for important mineralization.
- All sections intersecting the soil anomaly zone confirmed geophysical anomalies beneath floor which are interpreted to correspond to modifications in rock sort and sulphide mineralization in skarn horizons over a number of hundred meters.
Rory Quinn, President & CEO acknowledged, “With this geological survey program, which incorporates induced polarization, floor mapping, and soil and rock sampling packages, Yukon Metals is nearer to uncovering the mineral potential of the extremely potential Birch Property. The following step might be to start drilling at Birch, concentrating on mineralized skarn horizons .”
The survey recognized a number of high-priority geophysical anomalies supporting the subsequent section of exploration. These outcomes mark an vital step ahead in advancing Birch as a extremely potential property for treasured and base steel mineralization. The geophysical knowledge is being built-in with floor geochemical outcomes, geological mapping, and beforehand collected airborne magnetic survey knowledge, to outline each high-priority drill targets, and areas for future exploration.
The ERT and IP surveys have been performed to review {the electrical} properties of the realm’s dominant rock formations, together with limestone, marble, schist, and granite. Structural geological options and contacts could be inferred from the geo-electric signatures of the rock, guiding drill placement.
These strategies contain sending electrical currents into the bottom and measuring how completely different supplies reply, creating detailed subsurface maps that spotlight geological layers and buildings. Induced polarization measures how sure supplies, like metallic minerals, briefly retailer and launch electrical cost, typically indicating the presence of sulfides. Conductivity signifies rock containing electrically conductive minerals corresponding to sulphides and metallic parts. Resistivity is used to information identification of rock sort, delineate rock sorts, depth of overburden and establish anomalous zones.
Superior software program processed the information to supply high-resolution pictures, serving to establish key geological options corresponding to bedrock layers, mineralized zones, and areas of uncertainty.
Determine 1- 2024 Geophysics Traces with anomalous Copper in Soil and Rock Samples.
Determine 2- Conductivity sections with overlain 2024 copper-in-soil larger than 200 ppm. Excessive conductivity zones (pink) present a powerful, steady anomaly throughout six of the parallel surveys, doubtlessly indicative of mineralized zones
Determine 3- 3d views of Induced Polarization chargeability sections. Excessive chargeability zones (pink) doubtlessly indicative of sulphide mineralization and per skarn geophysical signatures are seen in many of the surveys.
Determine 4- 3d views of Resistivity sections. Deep, excessive resistivity zones (pink) are possible schist. Low resistivity zones (blue) are possible marble, intrusive granodiorite or mineralized skarns. The possible low resistivity zones align with IP chargeability and conductivity highs. Close to-surface excessive resistivity (pink) could also be permafrost surficial colluvium.
Concerning the Birch Challenge
Yukon Metals owns 100% of the helicopter-accessed Birch challenge positioned 65km northeast of the group of Burwash Touchdown. The Birch challenge space is dominated by frost-heaved boulders in unglaciated terrain, with outcrop current on steeper ridges. The challenge lies predominantly inside the Finlayson assemblage of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane, consisting of variably carbonaceous schist and quartzite, marble, garnet amphibolite and uncommon metaplutonic rocks.
The Yukon-Tanana Terrane structurally overlies the Ruby Vary Batholith which is regionally mapped within the northeastern portion of the property occurring as Ruby Vary quartz-feldspar porphyry and Rhyolite Creek porphyry and intermediate and felsic volcanic rock (Israel et. Al., 2011). Challenge-level mapping signifies the geology of the realm is comprised of schists and marble items, reasonably to strongly oxidised felsic intrusive, and patchy oxidised porphyritic rhyolite dykes.
Copper, zinc and molybdenum mineralization was first recognized within the space within the early Seventies as a part of a small exploration marketing campaign which uncovered a number of skarn horizons within the northern challenge space, in addition to molybdenite in quartz veins and stringers in granodiorite float on the southeastern aspect of the property (MINFILE 115G 077). Gold was not assayed for till curiosity renewed within the early 2010s with soil and mapping exploration work over the realm uncovering a number of excessive soil anomalies starting from 0.02-15g/t Au.
The Birch claims have been staked over skarn copper and soil gold anomalies in 2022 by Lapie Mining Inc., and subsequently acquired by Yukon Metals in 2024 as a part of the Berdahl land package deal. Highlights from the 2024 prospecting and geochemical program embrace soil samples throughout the northern and central sections of the declare block revealing important gold, copper, and molybdenum mineralization. A very robust copper and gold anomaly has been recognized within the northern portion of the block, extending roughly east-west over 1,400 meters, signaling an thrilling goal for additional exploration. Moreover, rock-chip float samples from the japanese phase of this anomaly have proven spectacular values.
Methodology
Geophysical Survey
A Lippmann 4-point Resistivity System was used. A 200-300 m cable configuration was chosen for prime near-surface element and 50-100 m of depth penetration. Knowledge was collected and inverted utilizing Advance Geophysics Inc. Earth Imager 2D software program. Noisy knowledge factors and electrodes with poor contact resistance have been eliminated and knowledge was filtered for spikes or depressions in resistivity. The software program produced two-dimensional tomograms utilizing a smoothed, least squares damped and strong inversion parameters. Preliminary interpretations have been performed.
The chargeability, conductivity, and resistivity scales proven on the person survey sections should not standardized throughout all sections and should range to successfully spotlight native geological options. Variations in scale are used to optimize the visualization of anomalies and don’t indicate absolute variations in geophysical values between sections. Conductivity ranges from 0.01 to three.9 ms/M, chargeability from -3 to 45 ms, and resistivities from 200-50,000 Ohm-m.
Rock and Soil Sampling
Rock and soil samples have been despatched to ALS Minerals for evaluation with pattern preparation in Whitehorse, Yukon and evaluation in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rock samples have been ready by crush to 70 % passing 2mm, 250g cut up pulverised higher than 85% passing 75 microns (Prep-31A). Pulp samples have been analysed for 34 parts by 4 acid digestion and ICP-AES (ME-ICP61). All samples have been analyzed for gold by hearth assay and AAS with a 50g nominal pattern weight (Au-AA24). Samples over 10g/t Au have been assayed by 50g pattern hearth assay with gravimetric end (Au-GRA22).
Soil samples have been collected with a battery-powered permafrost soil drill recovering high-quality samples beneath boulders and frozen floor to depths of 1m. This system was designed particularly for Yukon geochemical exploration to higher delineate mineralization alongside steep, rocky and completely frozen north-facing slopes unsuitable for conventional soil sampling strategies. Samples have been dried and sieved to 180 um (Prep-41A) and analysed for 51 parts by aqua regia digestion and ICP-MS and ICP-AES (AuME-TL44).
Rock samples taken whereas prospecting referenced on this launch are selective in nature and picked up to find out the presence or absence of mineralization and will not be consultant of the mineralization hosted on the challenge.
Determine 5- IP and Resistivity line areas on the Birch Property
Determine 6- Birch challenge location map with relation to different YMC properties
Certified Particular person
The technical content material of this information launch has been reviewed and authorized by Helena Kuikka, P.Geo., VP Exploration for Yukon Metals and a Certified Particular person (as outlined by Nationwide Instrument 43-101).
About Yukon Metals Corp.
Yukon Metals is properly financed and represents a property portfolio constructed on over 30 years of prospecting by the Berdahl household, the prospecting staff behind Snowline Gold’s portfolio of main gold belongings . The Yukon Metals portfolio consists primarily of copper-gold and silver-lead-zinc belongings, with a considerable gold and silver part. The Firm is led by an skilled Board of Administrators and Administration Staff throughout technical and finance disciplines.
Yukon Metals is concentrated on fostering sustainable development and prosperity inside Yukon’s native communities, whereas concurrently enhancing stakeholder worth. Our technique facilities round inclusivity and shared prosperity, providing each group members and traders the prospect to contribute to, and profit from, our ventures.
The Yukon
The Yukon ranks 10 th most potential for mineral potential throughout world jurisdictions based on the Fraser Institute’s 2023 Survey of Mining Corporations and is host to a extremely skilled and conscientious native workforce, fostered by an extended tradition of exploration coupled with deep respect for the land. Latest main discoveries with native roots corresponding to Snowline Gold’s Rogue Challenge – Valley Discovery, exhibit the Yukon’s potential to generate recent district-scale mining alternatives.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF Yukon Metals CORP.
(signed) “Rory Quinn”
For extra data, please contact:
Rory Quinn, President & CEO
Electronic mail: roryquinn@yukonmetals.com
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This information launch incorporates sure forward-looking data, together with details about the steel affiliation and geology of the prospect space at Birch pointing to the prospectivity for a gold-rich copper porphyry system, important scale having been demonstrated by a soil anomaly over 1,400 meters lengthy, the potential for financial grades of copper and gold based mostly on grades taken from floor rock chips, the Yukon’s potential to generate recent district-scale mining alternatives, and the Firm’s future plans and intentions. Wherever potential, phrases corresponding to “could”, “will”, “ought to”, “may”, “count on”, “plan”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “consider”, “estimate”, “predict” or “potential” or the adverse or different variations of those phrases, or comparable phrases or phrases, have been used to establish the forward-looking data. These statements mirror administration’s present beliefs and are based mostly on data at the moment obtainable to administration as on the date hereof.
Ahead-looking data entails important dangers, uncertainties and assumptions. Many components may trigger precise outcomes, efficiency or achievements to vary materially from these mentioned or implied within the forward-looking data. Such components embrace, amongst different issues: dangers and uncertainties referring to Birch not being a potential gold-rich copper porphyry system, not having important scale and a scarcity of financial grade minerals; the Yukon not having the potential to generate recent district-scale mining alternatives; and different dangers and uncertainties. See the part entitled “Danger Components” within the Firm’s itemizing assertion dated Might 30, 2024, obtainable below the Firm’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca for extra danger components. These components must be thought-about rigorously, and readers shouldn’t place undue reliance on the forward-looking data. Though the forward-looking data contained on this information launch is predicated upon what administration believes to be affordable assumptions, the Firm can not guarantee readers that precise outcomes might be per the forward-looking data. The forward-looking data is made as of the date of this information launch, and the Firm assumes no obligation to replace or revise the data to mirror new occasions or circumstances, besides as required by legislation
References
Israel, S., Murphy, D., Bennett, V., Mortensen, J. and Crowley, J., 2011. New insights into the geology and mineral potential of the Coast Belt in southwestern Yukon. In: Yukon Exploration and Geology 2010, Okay.E. MacFarlane, L.H. Weston and C. Relf (eds.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 101-123.
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