Stuhini Samples 78 g/t Gold and 1,282 g/t Silver at Boulder Creek
Stuhini Samples 78 g/t Gold and 1,282 g/t
Silver at Boulder Creek
VANCOUVER, BC
,
June 29, 2020
/CNW/ - Stuhini Exploration Ltd. (the "
Company
" or
Stuhin
i")
(TSX-V: STU)
is pleased to announce that is has received assays from its Spring 2020 prospecting
reconnaissance program on the Ruby Creek Project (the "Property or Project") located 20
kilometres (km) east of
Atlin, BC
. Highlights include visible gold and values of up to 78.6 grams per
tonne (g/t) gold and 1,282 g/t silver from quartz boulders in the Boulder Creek drainage.
Prospecting Program
The initial prospecting program occurred at lower elevations of the Property where the Winter
snowpack had melted. Traverses were conducted in the Boulder Creek,
Lakeview and Ruby Creek
areas. A total of 58 rock samples were collected.
Boulder Creek
The highest gold assays were from Quartz Creek, a tributary of Boulder Creek. Eleven (11) float
samples of sub-rounded quartz vein material were collected. Some of the samples had visible fine-
grained gold and silver. Assays from five of these samples varied from 2.4 to 78.6 g/t gold and 37 to
1,282 g/t silver. These samples were only weakly anomalous in lead and bismuth. Metallic screening
showed significant gold concentration in the plus fraction (>150 mesh). Although all the samples
were from float, they are believed to be reasonably close to source. The Boulder Creek area is
considered a high priority target as the creek is one of five major placer gold creeks located in the
heart of the Atlin Gold Camp. It is also an extension of the Otter Creek fault where lode gold has
been discovered in graphitic, quartz-rich phyllite beneath the Otter Creek placers in both 2016 and
2018.
Also, in the Boulder Creek drainage, 10 samples were taken in the vicinity of the historic 1904
Sunbeam Trench. Three (3) of these samples assayed from 295 to 423 g/t silver, 1,240 to 1,350
parts per million (ppm) copper, 710 to 1409 ppm lead, 60 to 2,400 ppm tungsten, and 867 to 1,935
ppm bismuth. Five (5) of the remaining samples assayed 4.2 to 15.9 g/t silver and were anomalous
in copper, lead, zinc, molybdenite, tungsten, and bismuth.
Six (6) samples were taken from an outcropping skarn in the Boulder Creek drainage. Five of the
samples had assays ranging from 2.7 to 85 g/t silver, 134 to 15,420 ppm (1.542%) copper, 27 to
582 ppm lead, 131 to 3,664 ppm zinc, 170 to 6,300 ppm tungsten, and 52 to 820 bismuth.
Of the remaining 11 samples taken in the Boulder Creek drainage, one sample assayed 29.5 g/t
silver, 1.4 g/t gold, 210 ppm copper, 526 ppm lead, 101 ppm molybdenite, 1,100 ppm tungsten and
3407 ppm bismuth. Two other samples had significant molybdenite values of 302 and 79 ppm.
Lakeview
Five samples were taken from the historic Lakeview vein. Assays varied from 0.22 to 1.27 g/t gold,
2.5 to 7.0 g/t silver and 3 to 508 ppm lead.
Ruby Creek
Three (3) samples were taken from a skarn in Copper Valley, a tributary of
Ruby Creek
. Assays
range from 1.9 to 19.0 g/t silver, 595 to 1,358 ppm copper, 7 to 2,250 ppm lead, 157 to 7,020 ppm
zinc, 27.5 to 200 ppm tungsten and 3 to 73 ppm bismuth.
David O'Brien
, President and CEO of Stuhini states;
"We are very encouraged by these preliminary
results as they confirm the lode gold potential at Boulder Creek which lies on the same structure as
nearby Otter Creek where Decoors Mining Corp. has found visible gold in the bedrock on multiple
occasions. The silver grades are also encouraging, not just in the Boulder Creek area, but
elsewhere on the Property."
The Company is presently compiling historic data, interpreting the recently flown SkyTEM
geophysical data and reviewing its silver and gold targets on the tenures. Field work is ongoing.
Ruby Creek Project
: The 26,735-hectare Ruby Creek Project is road accessible and located 20
kilometres (km) east of
Atlin BC
. There are 48 different documented mineral occurrences on the
Property, of which 16 are gold–related, with 4 active gold placer creeks. The Property also hosts
the historic Ruby Creek Molybdenum resource as well as the past producing
Ruffner Silver Mine
.
Stuhini has an option to acquire 100% of the Ruby Creek Project subject to a 1% Net Smelter
Royalty.
Further details regarding the Ruby Creek Option Agreement can be found in the Company's news
release dated
July 30, 2019
.
The geological content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Andrew Wilkins
, P.
Geo., a qualified person as defined under the terms of National Instrument 43-101.
About Stuhini Exploration Ltd.
: Stuhini is a mineral exploration company focused on the
exploration and development of precious and base metals properties in western
Canada
with its
focus on the: Metla Property located in northwestern
British Columbia
approximately 150 km south
of the town of
Atlin
; the Ruby Creek Property located approximately 24 km east of
Atlin
; and the
Que Property located approximately 70 km north of Johnson's Crossing in the
Yukon Territory
.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities
legislation. Such forward–looking statements concern the Company's strategic plans, timing and
expectations for the Company's exploration and drilling programs, estimates of mineralization from
sampling, and geological information projected from sampling results. Such forward–looking
statements or information are based on a number of assumptions, which may prove to be
incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: conditions in general
economic and financial markets; accuracy of assay results; geological interpretations from
sampling results, timing and amount of capital expenditures; the affect of Covid-19 on the
Company's ability to conduct exploration; performance of available laboratory and other related
services; and future exploration costs. The actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward–looking statements as a result of the risk factors including: the timing
and content of work programs; results of exploration activities and development of mineral
properties; the interpretation and uncertainties of sampling results and other geological data;
receipt, maintenance and security of permits and mineral property titles; environmental and other
regulatory risks; project costs overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses; availability of funds
and general market and industry conditions. Forward-looking statements are based on the
expectations and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made.
The assumptions used in the preparation of such statements, although considered reasonable at
the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the
statements were made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-
looking statements included in this news release if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other
circumstances should change, except as otherwise required by applicable law.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
SOURCE
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For further information:
David O'Brien, President & Chief Executive Officer, Stuhini Exploration
Ltd., Email: [email protected], Phone: (604) 418-4019, Web: www.stuhini.com
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