Tempus Resources Ltd (ASX:TMR, TSX-V:TMRR) has discovered a new area of gold mineralisation at the Elizabeth Project in southern British Columbia, with the latest assays from the 2022 drill program returning high-grade gold hits up to 23.5 g/t.
Assays have been received from 11 drill holes assays including at the No. 9 Vein, the West/Main Vein and the Ella Zone.
Elizabeth plan view showing 2022 drill-hole locations.
“Today we released the assay results for 11 drill holes that continue to show high-grade mineralisation within the five individual vein sets we have under development,” Tempus Resources president and chief executive officer Jason Bahnsen said.
“In addition to high-grade results for the two No. 9 Vein holes, we have extended the Main/West Vein set strike length by approximately 220 metres, and have confirmed the discovery of a new mineralised vein set at the Ella Zone.
“We have eight more holes from the 2022 drilling program that are pending assays, including six additional holes from the No. 9 Vein.”
Multiple high-grade zones
Tempus completed 10 holes targeting the No. 9 Vein along strike of the historical works to the southwest.
Several of the No. 9 Vein drill holes intersected wide zones of quartz veining, including visible gold in three of the holes
Standout results from the No. 9 include:
- EZ-22-25 - 11.5 g/t gold over 2.57 metres from 139.1 metres, including 23.5 g/t over 0.92 metres from 139.1 metres; and
- EZ-22-21 - 2.5 g/t over 1.61 metres from 159.75 metres, including 7.8 g/t over 0.45 metres from 160.45 metres.
From the South West Vein, highlights include:
- EZ-22-29 - 3.3 g/t gold over 1.32 metres from 213.38 metres; and
- EZ-22-30 - 1.5 g/t over 0.17 metres from 124.62 metres and 2.6 g/t over 3.04 metres, including 6.7 g/t over 1.1 metres from 229.15 metres.
Notable results from here include:
- EZ-22-31 - 1.5 g/t gold over 1.98 metres from 254.38 metres, including 2.1 g/t over 1.15 metres from 254.7 metres, and 0.6 g/t gold over 1.64 metres from 434.61 metres; and
- EZ-22-33 - 1.8 g/t over 2.2 metres from 158.8 metres, including 2.6 g/t over 1.2 metres from 158.8 metres, and 4.3 g/t over 1.18 metres, including 9.9 g/t over 0.51 metres from 377.67 metres.
The three holes completed in the Ella Zone confirmed the discovery of a new vein set at Elizabeth, with some of the best results including:
- EZ-22-38 - 0.8 g/t gold over 1.42 metres from 49.45 metres, including 1.4 g/t over 0.49 metres from 49.81 metres;
- EZ-22-39 - 1.7 g/t over 1.41 metres from 109.19 metres, including 2.9 g/t over 0.66 metres from 109.19 metres; and
- EZ-22-40 - 1.0 g/t over 0.98 metres from 138.84 metres.
Tempus is a growth-oriented gold exploration company actively exploring projects in Canada and Ecuador.
The company is midway through a drill program at the flagship Blackdome-Elizabeth Project to update the project’s NI43-101/JORC resource estimate.
In Ecuador, Tempus is conducting a sampling program at the Valle del Tigre project to develop anomalies identified through geophysical work. Its other project, Rio Zarza in southeast Ecuador, is adjacent to Lundin Gold (TSX:LUG)’s Fruta del Norte project.
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