Tempus Resources Ltd (ASX:TMR, TSX-V:TMRR) has hit bonanza-grade gold up to 87 g/t over 2.11 metres from 135.67 metres in its first hole into No. 9 Vein at the Elizabeth Gold Project in British Columbia, Canada.
This also included a sub-section grading 184.9 g/t gold over 0.70 metres from 136.79 metres, further enhancing the interval.
During the 2022 drill program, Tempus completed 10 drill holes targeting potential No. 9 Vein mineralisation along strike of the historical works to the southwest.
Several of the No. 9 Vein drill holes intersected wide zones of quartz veining including three holes reporting the presence of visible gold.
What’s more, assays for 19 drill holes from the 2022 program at Elizabeth remain pending, including holes where visible gold has been reported.
“Priority target”
Tempus president and CEO Jason Bahnsen said: “EZ-22-19 as our first hole on No. 9 Vein come in with a ‘bonanza’ intersection of 87 g/t gold over 2.11 metres.
“Other holes on No. 9 Vein showed interesting structure including the highly anticipated EZ-22-20, which contained visible gold over 26 metres of continuous quartz veining that we’re still waiting for.
“Overall No. 9 Vein has joined the Blue Vein as a priority target to continue to extend the known mineralised envelope at Elizabeth.”
Results from Blue Vein
Assay results have also been received for drill holes EZ-22-14 through EZ-22-16 targeting the Blue Vein, with EZ-22-16 intersecting multiple zones of quartz veining with anomalous gold mineralisation over about 155 metres from 80.0 metres, with more notable intersections including:
- 1.96 g/t gold over 0.58 metres from 197.1 metres; and
- 0.76 g/t over 1.25 metres from 223.20 metres, including 1.58 g/t over 0.28 metres from 223.42 metres.
- 0.21 g/t gold over 1.07 metres from 128.11 metres;
- 0.89 g/t over 0.46 metres from 146 metres; including 1.39 g/t over 0.29 metres from 146 metres;
- 1.35 g/t over 0.55 metres from 186.30 metres; and
- 1.93 g/t over 0.23 metres from 224.55 metres.
No. 9 vein is a vein for which its northeastern extent was mapped and initially explored via an underground adit in the early 1940s and was subject to a limited amount of historic drilling in the 1980s.
The bonanza-grade intersection from drill hole EZ-22-19 effectively confirms the discovery of a previously unknown high-grade southwestern extension of No. 9 Vein.
Two other drill holes targeting the No. 9 Vein with assays pending also encountered visible gold, with assays remain pending including:
- EZ-22-20 intersected multiple zones of quartz veining including a 25.75-metre zone of sheeted quartz with multiple occurrences of visible gold from 94.8 metres and a second zone of quartz veining over 2.25 metres from 206.45 metres.
- EZ-20-28, approximately 100 metres along strike from EZ-22-19 and EZ-22-20, intersected quartz veining over approximately 2.0 metres from 117.50 metres containing multiple occurrences of visible gold.