Brixton Metals Samples 50% Copper at Val, 32.8% Copper at Metla and 152 g/t Gold at the Trapper Target, Thorn Project
Brixton Metals Samples 50% Copper at Val, 32.8% Copper at Metla and 152 g/t Gold
at the Trapper Target, Thorn Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, January 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Brixton Metals
Corporation (TSX-V: BBB, OTCQB: BBBXF) (the “Company” or “Brixton”) is pleased to report the
surface rock sample results from the Metla, Trapper, Val and East Targets and drill assay results
from the Metla Target. These are the remaining assays from the 2022 season on the Thorn Project.
Brixton recognizes 14 large scale copper-gold targets at the wholly owned Thorn Project, located in
Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. A total of 497 rock samples and 1,133 soil samples were
collected in addition to the 18,122m drilled during the 2022 field season on the Thorn Project.
Highlights
• 76 rock grab samples yielded greater than 1% copper with 25 samples yielding greater than
5% copper at the Metla Target
o 17 rock grab samples assayed greater than 10.0% Cu
o 5 rock grab samples assayed greater than 20.0% Cu
o Sample D200413 assayed 32.8% Cu and 10.9 g/t Au
• Visible gold observed in surface grab samples with 14 rock grab samples yielding greater
than 10 g/t gold and 7 samples yielding greater than 25 g/t gold at the Metla Target
o Sample D132545 assayed 59.8 g/t Au, 17.9 g/t Ag, and 2.0% Cu
o Sample D200407 assayed 39.3 g/t Au, 7.4 g/t Ag, and 3.7% Cu
o Sample D200435 assayed 34.9 g/t Au, 1110.0 g/t Ag, and 16.7% Cu
• Eight holes drilled at the Metla Target, totalling 1481.66 meters.
o THN22-228 intersected 0.10% Cu over 33.40m, from 223.50m depth
▪ Including 0.90% Cu over 2.70m
• Rock grab sample D131593 assayed 152.0 g/t Au and 187.0 g/t Ag at the Trapper Gold
Target
• Rock grab sample D200353 assayed 50.0 % Cu, 3.0 g/t Au, and 674 g/t Ag at the Val
Target
Chairman & CEO, Gary Thompson, stated, “We are excited to see the high volume of impressive
copper, gold and silver grades from surface sampling at the Thorn Project. The past season was our
most meaningful program on the Metla Target since its acquisition in 2020. We are looking forward
to vectoring toward the porphyry centers o n several Thorn Project targets in our fully funded 2023
program.”
Figure 1. Location Map of the Thorn Property with Copper-Gold Geochemistry.
2022 Surface Sampling Program
A total of 497 rock samples and 1,133 soil samples were collected during the 2022 field season on
the Thorn Project. The majority of these samples were from the Metla and Trapper targets, with
reconnaissance prospecting and soil sampling completed at the Val, Tat and East Targets.
During the 2022 exploration program a total of 243 rock samples and 272 soil samples were collected
at the Metla Target with 76 rock samples assaying greater than 1% copper, including 25 samples
assaying greater than 5% copper, as well as 14 samples assaying greater than 10 g/t gold with a
high of 32.8% Cu and 59.8 g/t Au from samples D200413 and D132545 respectively (Figure 2).
Most of the Metla Cu-Au mineralization is hosted within a Triassic-aged (220 +- 3.1Ma) quartz diorite
intrusive, although some occurrences were sampled within the Triassic mafic volcanic rocks of the
Stuhini Group. High-grade copper is associated with cent imeter-scale quartz veins with blebs or
bands of bornite and chalcopyrite, with lesser pyrite. The outcrop exposures have only minor
secondary mineralization of malachite and azurite as the surfaces have only recently been exposed
due to receding glaciers. Localized alteration minerals include potassium feldspar, hematite, and
epidote.
Table 1. 2022 Metla Surface Rock Grab Sampling, Greater than 5% Copper.
Table 2. 2022 Metla Surface Rock Grab Sampling, Greater than 10 g/t Gold.
Sample Cu (%) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t)
D200413 32.8 10.9 33.7
D200095 27.2 1.2 132.0
D200414 24.6 3.4 20.4
D200094 23.6 1.1 118.0
D200416 21.1 12.4 61.6
D200069 19.3 1.1 75.2
D200070 18.1 1.2 82.8
D200435 16.7 34.9 1110.0
D200415 16.5 7.0 28.8
D200420 15.6 0.2 331.0
D132546 13.4 36.2 49.1
D200408 12.1 0.4 101.0
D200428 10.9 7.6 492.0
D200409 10.9 3.2 83.3
D200436 10.8 0.4 76.8
D200076 10.7 0.1 33.7
D200417 10.4 1.7 10.7
D200405 7.0 0.1 28.6
D200404 6.6 1.2 112.0
D200433 6.4 1.7 245.0
D200065 6.2 0.1 129.0
D200084 5.8 0.1 80.4
D200429 5.8 13.7 385.0
D200424 5.5 0.2 3.6
D200092 5.3 0.2 2.9
Figure 2. Metla Location Map of Rock-Grab Samples, Drill Collars with Copper Geochemistry.
Rocks collected are selective grab samples of mineralized outcrops and do not represent the entire
target.
Sample Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Cu (%)
D132545 59.8 17.9 2.0
D200407 39.3 7.4 3.7
D132546 36.2 49.1 13.4
D200442 35.5 50.2
D200435 34.9 1110.0 16.7
D200431 33.2 26.6 <0.1
D200432 25.1 121.0 0.6
D200081 20.2 4.7 0.2
D200430 19.6 121.0
D200418 15.4 10.3 4.9
D200412 14.3 5.7 1.5
D200429 13.7 385.0 5.8
D200416 12.4 61.6 21.1
D200413 10.9 33.7 32.8
Figure 3. Photographs of Metla Rock Grab Samples with Copper Sulphides.
Figure 4. Metla Rock Grab Samples.
A total of 130 rock samples and 555 soil samples were collected at the Trapper Target in 2022, with
nine samples assaying greater than 10 g/t gold. Grab sample D131593 collected at Trapper, is the
highest-grade gold sample collected on the Thorn project to date assaying 152.0 g/t Au and was
sampled 500m northeast of the main drilling area expanding the gold surface anomaly (Figure 5).
This high-grade gold showing is hosted within a Triassic intermediate lapilli tuff of the Stuhini Group.
Mineralization is associated with pyrite and galena with lesser sphalerite, within centimeter - to
decimeter-scale quartz-calcite veins.
Table 3. 2022 Trapper Surface Sampling, Greater than 10 g/t Gold
Figure 5. Location Map of 2022 Rock Grab Samples, Trapper Target with Gold Geochemistry.
Rocks collected are selective grab samples of mineralized outcrops and do not represent the entire
target.
Vice President of Exploration, Christina Anstey, stated, “In addition to the great results that we have
generated at the Camp Creek and Trapper Targets recently, Metla, Val and the East Targets are
Sample Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Cu (%) Pb (%) Zn (%)
D131593 152.0 187.0 0.2 6.1 3.1
D131585 106.5 191.0 0.3 8.0 5.4
D131590 85.9 182.0 0.3 6.0 8.2
D131592 77.2 153.0 0.1 4.8 3.0
D131586 61.9 184.0 0.4 5.8 4.2
D200202 46.6 61.6 2.0 1.1
D131588 37.9 106.0 0.2 4.1 4.3
D131595 22.5 340.0 0.2 20.0 3.3
D131589 17.6 97.3 0.2 3.6 3.1
exciting newly emerging large -scale copper -gold targets on the Thorn Project that we plan to
advance.”
Additionally, 44 reconnaissance rock samples were collected at the Val target where thirteen rock
grab samples from outcrop returned greater tha n 1% copper and seven samples were above 10%
copper with the highest values from sample D200353 of 50.0% Cu and the highest gold came from
sample D200359 of 21.6 g/t Au, and 674 g/t Ag was in with the 50% Cu sample (see Table 5). This
Val copper showing is a quartz vein up to 30 centimeters wide with chalcocite, bornite and malachite
which is continuous over a 175m strike length hosted in a quartz monzonite. Limited previous work
was conducted at the Val Target which warrants further follow up.
Table 4. 2022 Val Rock Grab Sampling, Greater than 1% Copper.
Figure 6. 2022 Rock Grab Sampling Location Map, Copper Geochemistry.
Target Sample Sample Type Cu (%) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t)
VAL D200353 Outcrop 50.0 3.0 674.0
VAL D200115 Outcrop 45.4 0.9 526.0
VAL D200167 Outcrop 40.7 1.1 485.0
VAL D200114 Outcrop 31.6 4.9 365.0
VAL D200359 Float 29.4 21.6 236.0
VAL D200113 Outcrop 26.7 8.7 305.0
VAL D200112 Outcrop 14.9 0.9 149.0
VAL D200168 Outcrop 6.5 0.4 68.5
BING D200176 Outcrop 5.8 0.5 130.0
VAL D200171 Outcrop 5.8 1.2 21.3
VAL D200351 Outcrop 4.6 0.1 53.9
VAL D200111 Outcrop 3.9 0.5 40.4
BING D200175 Outcrop 3.8 0.2 40.8
VAL D200110 Outcrop 3.0 1.7 58.0
VAL D200355 Outcrop 3.0 0.1 30.8
VAL D200169 Outcrop 2.8 0.6 40.0
VAL D200357 Float 2.5 0.5 66.3
VAL D200170 Subcrop 1.3 0.2 16.4
VAL D200356 Float 1.2 0.2 13.6
Rocks collected are selective grab samples of mineralized outcrops and do not represent the entire
target.
Metla Diamond Drilling
During the 2022 season, 8 diamond drill holes totaling 1481.66 meters were drilled at Metla, which
targeted high-grade copper and gold mineralization identified at surface earlier in the season (Figure
2 and 7). At the time of drill planning, prospecting assay results had not yet been received but the
bornite and chalcopyrite occurrences with associated potassic feldspar alteration prompted setting
up the first pad where THN-228, THN22-229, and THN22-230 were drilled. Grab samples near the
drill pad assayed up to 27.2% Cu and 1.15 g/t Au, including 23.6% Cu, 19.25% Cu and 18.1% Cu.
Drilling from the three holes intersected strong potassium feldspar and epidote alteration in quartz
diorite, with local minor occurrences of bornite and chalcopyrite, with assays up to 0.10% Cu over
33.40m (from 223.50m), including 0.90% Cu and 0.18 g/t Au over 2.70m (Table 5).
Five drill holes were collared from the second Metla pad, targeting a new Cu-Au showing with up to
32.8% Cu and 59.8 g/t Au from grab samples on surface. Similar to the first Metla drill pad, the holes
were planned prior to having received surface assay results but the consistent visuals of bornite,
chalcopyrite and pyrite over a 350m strike length warranted drill testing at depth. Drill holes THN-
332, THN22 -333, THN22 -334, THN22 -335 and THN22 -336 all intersected a chlorite, hematite,