Brixton Metals Significantly Increases the Number of Cu-Au Targets at its Thorn Project 81 rock samples return over 1 g/t Au and 68 rock samples return over 1% Cu
Brixton Metals Significantly Increases the Number of Cu-Au Targets at its Thorn Project
81 rock samples return over 1 g/t Au and 68 rock samples return over 1% Cu
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brixton Metals
Corporation (“Brixton” or the "Company") (TSXV: BBB) (OTCQB: BBBXF) is pleased to
provide its rock and soil geochemistry results summary from the 2020 season on its vast
2,594 square kilometer Thorn Cu-Au-Ag Project. A total of 1473 rock samples and 5588 soil
samples were collected throughout the Thorn Project.
Highlights from 2020 Rock and Soil Geochemistry
• 81 rock samples returned greater than 1 g/t Au and 5 samples were greater
than 31 g/t Au
• 68 rock samples returned greater than 1% Cu and 4 were greater than 5% Cu
• 38 rock samples returned greater than 100 g/t Ag and 6 were greater than 1000
g/t Ag
• 1057 soils were above 30 ppb Au, 263 were above 100 ppb Au and 45 were
above 500 ppb Au
• 2298 soils were above 100 ppm Cu, 148 were above 500 ppm and 40 were
above 1000 ppm Cu
Chairman and CEO of Brixton Metals, Gary R. Thompson stated, “The push for more
geochemical work at the Thorn Project has been a huge success this year. The 2020 field
season, plus this past winter geochem data mining from 150 historical assessment reports
of 10,524 soils and 3200 rocks and strategic mineral claim acquisitions, generated 6 new
large scale copper-gold targets. The new total number of copper-gold targets at the Thorn
Project now stands at 9, significantly increasing the probability of making a major discovery
along its 75-80km of favourable geology.”
Mr. Thompson continued, “At the end of 2020, Brixton finds itself in the best position, both
financially and from a project perspective than it has ever been in. Brixton is expected to
finish the year with CAD$9 million in cash, a strong partner in High Power Exploration
advancing its Hog Heaven Project, an active drill program at Langis pursuing a maiden
resource and nine targets with potential to yield a major discovery at Thorn. Looking ahead
to 2021, we plan to continue advancing each of the targets at Thorn with additional
geochemical work, new geophysical work and drilling where warranted.”
The highest 20 gold-in-rock samples are listed in Table 1 below. The highest gold value
from the 1473 rocks samples was collected from the Outlaw West Target which returned
68.8 g/t Au. The target with the greatest number of high-grade gold samples was the
Trapper Target which had ten of the Top 20 gold-in-rock samples and ranged from 6.0 g/t
Au to 47.0 g/t Au. The Camp Creek Target had five in the Top 20 gold-in-rock ranging from
6.0 g/t Au to 14.1 g/t Au.
The highest copper-in-rock sample was 7.2% Cu and came from the Camp Creek Target
which also had 5 samples in the Top 20 for high-grade copper samples ranging from 4.5 To
7.2% Cu. Three targets namely Camp Creek, Metla and East Target had 5 samples in the
Top 20 for high-grade copper samples, see Table 1 below.
The highest silver-in-rock grade was 2890 g/t Ag which came from the Outlaw Target. The
Camp Creek Target had by far the most high-grade silver hits, returning 14 of the Top 20
high-grade silver samples ranging from 135.0 g/t Ag to 1890 g/t Ag.
Click here for link to Table 1. A Summary of Results of Rocks 2020:
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The overall gold-in-rock samples are summarized in Table 2 below. The Trapper Target
returned the greatest number of gold samples in all four grade categories: 1 g/t, 5 g/t, 10 g/t
and 31 g/t Au. Eighty-one rock samples returned greater that 1 g/t Au. Twenty-one rocks
samples were greater than 5 g/t Au. Twelve rocks samples were greater than 10 g/t Au and
5 rock samples were greater than 31 g/t Au. The Trapper Target had 26 samples greater
that 1 g/t Au, 10 rock samples greater than 5 g/t Au, 6 samples greater than 10 g/t Au
including 4 samples greater than 31.0 g/t Au with the high of 47 g/t Au.
The overall copper-in-rock values are summarized in Table 2 below. Sixty-eight rock
samples returned greater than 1% Cu with the highest copper value of 7.2% coming from
the Camp Creek Target. Twenty-nine of the 68 sample greater that 1% Cu were from the
Metla Target. The Metla Target had 11 samples that were over 2% Cu out of the 31
samples over 2% Cu. Four samples returned over 4% Cu, 2 from Camp Creek, 1 from the
East Target and 1 from the West Trapper Target.
The overall silver-in-rock values are summarized in Table 2. Thirty-eight rock samples were
greater than 100 g/t Ag and nineteen of these came from the Camp Creek Target.
Seventeen rock samples were greater that 250 g/t Ag and ten of these came from the Camp
Creek Target. Ten rock samples were greater than 500 g/t Ag with six of these coming from
the Camp Creek target. Six rock samples were greater than 1000 g/t Ag with four coming
from the Camp Creek Target.
Click here for link to Table 2. Rock Sample Statistics 2020:
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During the 2020 field season 5588 soil samples were collected throughout the Thorn Project
which is summarized in Table 3. The Top 10 gold-in-soils values ranged from 2,660 ppb Au
to 16,750 ppb Au. The two highest gold-in-soil values were from the Metla Target returning
13,300 and 16,750 ppb Au respectively. The Outlaw Target had 6 soil samples in the Top
10 gold-in-soil values ranging from 2,660.0 ppb Au to 11,700.0 ppb Au.
The highest copper-in-soils came the East Target which was 3860 ppm Cu. Six of the Top
10 copper-in-soil values where from the East Target which ranged from 1860 ppm to 3860
ppm Cu.
The Outlaw Target generated the greatest number of gold-in-soils values. Anomalous gold-
in-soil values of greater than 30 ppb Au from the 5588 samples was 1057 samples of which
500 were taken form the Outlaw Target, 273 were from the East Target, 220 were from the
Metla Target, 19 from the West Target, 17 from the North Target, 9 from Trapper and 9 from
Camp Creek. A total of 263 samples were greater than 100 ppb Au, of which 149 samples
were from the Outlaw target. A total of 128 samples were greater than 200 ppb Au of which
76 were from the Outlaw Target. A total of 45 samples were greater than 500 ppb Au, of
which 32 were from the Outlaw Target.
The Metla Target and East Target generated the greatest number of high copper-in-soil
values. A total of 2298 samples from the 5588 collected were greater than 100 ppm Cu, of
which 585 were from the Metla Target, 548 were from the East Target, 308 were from the
Outlaw Target, 88 from the West Target, 48 were from the Trapper Target, 28 were from the
North Target and 2 were from Camp Creek. A total of 148 samples returned greater than
500 ppm Cu of which 77 samples were from the East Target, 40 were from the Outlaw
Target, 27 were from the Metla Target and 2 were from the West Target. A total of 40
samples were greater than 1000 ppm Cu of which 23 samples were from the East Target,
11 were from the Outlaw Target, 4 were from the Metla Target and 1 was from the West
Target.
Click here for Table 3. Soil Geochemical Summary Results from 2020:
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Prior to this season’s geochemical surveys, data mining of assessment reports and new
property acquisitions the Thorn Project consisted of 3 targets, Camp Creek, Outlaw and
Chivas. In addition to the Camp Creek Target, 3 new targets stand out as large scale
copper targets: Metla, West Target and the East Target. The North and South Targets are
of interest for copper as well but have had very limited sampling to date. The Figure 1 is a
summary of all the data to date.
Click here for Figure 1. 2020 Copper Geochemistry and Compilation of Anomalous Data:
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Two areas of interest stand out as gold dominate targets and they are the Trapper Gold
Target and the Outlaw Gold Target. The Trapper Target is a NW-trending 7km long
anomaly that consists of highly altered volcanic hosted zone with quartz stockwork-
brecciation and visible sulphide mineralization. The Outlaw Target is a 4.3km east-west
trending sediment hosted gold anomaly. Most targets contain both copper and gold,
whereas the West Target is copper dominant (low gold), the Trapper and Outlaw are gold
dominant (low copper).
Click here for Figure 2. 2020 Gold Geochemical Results and Complilation:
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Brixton commissioned Fathom Geophysics to conduct a property-wide alteration mapping
using ASTER and SENTINEL 2 satellite data. The satellite alteration footprint is showed in
the figure 3 below along with the location of all targets.
Click here for Figure 3. Satellite Alteration Footprint of the Thorn Claim Block:
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The Camp Creek Target
The copper-gold-silver mineralization within Camp Creek are of high-sulphidation veins
containing pyrite, tetrahedrite, sulphosalts +- enargite where veins range from 0.1m to 5m
meters in width, or breccia matrix filled sulphide/sulphosalts as diatreme or hydrothermal
breccias. Copper results in Figure 4 are a complilation of all surface geochemical results for
Camp Creek area. The Camp Creek Corridor has a minimum 2km long strike and has a
series of northeast trending parallel veins-breccias over 1.5km wide that include the Talisker
and Gelnfiddich zones. Thirty-five samples from Camp Creek area returned greater than 5%
Cu with a high of 32.8% Cu. The Camp Creek target include the Oban diatreme polymetallic
breccia which is about 100m in width having a north-south mineralized structure.
Click here for Figure 4. Camp Creek Copper Geochemistry:
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The West Target
The West Target is a new area of interest which is dominantly copper (low gold). Including
the 2020 soil and rock sampling, 14 rock samples returned greater than 1% Cu and a high
of 4.3% Cu. Porphyry related veins with chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite and chalcocite were
sampled at this target. An airborne radiometric and magnetic survey was flown at the West
Target and revealed a large potassic-altered zone that encompasses the majority of the
copper anomalies. Potassic alteration is known to occur at the center of large porphyry Cu-
Au deposits.
Click here for Figure 5. West Target Copper Geochemical Compilation and Radiometrics
Anomaly:
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