Snowline GOLD Intersects 519.6 M of 2.5 Grams PER Tonne GOLD Including 265.6 M of 3.6 Grams PER Tonne GOLD from Surface IN Strongest Near-Surface Interval to Date at Its Valley Target, Rogue Project, Yukon
SNOWLINE GOLD INTERSECTS 519.6 M OF 2.5 GRAMS PER TONNE GOLD
INCLUDING 265.6 M OF 3.6 GRAMS PER TONNE GOLD FROM SURFACE IN
STRONGEST NEAR-SURFACE INTERVAL TO DATE AT ITS VALLEY TARGET,
ROGUE PROJECT, YUKON
• Hole V-23-061 returned 519.6 m averaging 2.46 g/t Au, including 3.60 g/t Au over
265.6 m from surface, the strongest near-surface mineralization (upper 250 vertical
metres) encountered to date on the Rogue Project’s Valley target
• Hole V-23-059 and V-23-060 demonstrate strong continuity and breadth in the
southeastern part of the Valley system, returning 429.6 m averaging 1.01 g/t Au from
surface (including 1.91 g/t Au over 133.0 m) and 109.5 m averaging 1.02 g/t Au
respectively.
• Analytical results pending for 5,475 m from 16 holes (including one metallurgical
hole at Valley) across 3 targets in addition to results of extensive surface exploration
campaign.
Vancouver, B.C., December 6, 2023: SNOWLINE GOLD CORP ( TSX-V: SGD) (OTC:
SNWGF) (the “ Company” or “ Snowline”) is pleased to announce analytical results from
additional exploration holes drilled on its Rogue Project in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Hole V-
23-061 returned 2.46 g/t Au over 519.6 m from surface, including 3.60 g/t Au over 265.6 m
downhole, demonstrating a strong consistency of near -surface, multiple-gram-per-tonne-gold
mineralization. Holes V-23-059 and V-23-060 were drilled within the southeast extension of
the system and add dimensionality and consistency to known mineralization in that direction .
Assays for more tha n 5,475 m of diamond drilling from Snowline’s 2023 exploration efforts
remain pending.
“The Valley discovery on our 100%-owned, district-scale Rogue Project continues to
demonstrate strong, continuous gold mineralization across a large area from surface,” said
Scott Berdahl, CEO & Director of Snowline. “Hole V -23-061 returned the strongest gold
interval we’ve seen near surface in any hole to date, highlighting the favorable characteristics
of the Valley system for efficient mining —namely strong, consistent mineralization with the
highest grades beginning at or near surface in a topographically advantageous position. With
December upon us, we have much to look forward to in terms of additional drill results, surface
Drillhole
ID
Interval* (metres) Grade
(Au g/t) From To Width*
V-23-061 5.5 525.0 519.6 2.46
including 5.5 271.0 265.6 3.60
with 149.0 196.5 47.5 6.47
V-23-059 6.9 436.5 429.6 1.01
including 112.0 218.5 106.5 1.97
Table 1 –Highlight summary of Snowline’s latest assay results . *Interval widths
reported; true widths of the system are not yet known.
exploration results, advanced metallurgical testing and of course an aggressive exploration
season ahead in 2024 on Valley and other targets across our >330,000 ha land position.”
HOLE V-23-061
Hole V-23-061 is collared in coarse-grained granodiorite within the Valley intrusion roughly
60 m northeast of V-22-039 (553.8 m @ 2.48 g/t Au including 183.3 m @ 4.34 g/t Au from
surface, see Snowline news release dated August 3, 2023) and 51 m southwest of V -23-037
(383.8 m @ 2.47 g/t Au from surface including 120.0 m @ 4.06 g/t Au, same news release). It
continues in coarse-grained granodiorite for the length of the hole, intersecting two small (1 m
scale) dikes of fine-grained granodiorite (Figure 2).
The hole commences in strong, sheeted gold-bearing quartz vein mineralization (Figure 3) from
bedrock surface at 5.5 m downhole and continues in strong mineralization until approximately
270 m downhole, where the hole intersects a central, valley-parallel fault. Quartz vein densities
drop off below the fault, but lower grade mineralization continues for the remainder of the hole.
Vein orientations in the lower part of the hole generally run at low angles to the drill core,
Figure 1 – Plan view of the Rogue Project’s Valley target showing analytical results from previous and current drilling , along with drill traces of
outstanding holes. Note that to display new results, current holes are plotted above previous holes regardless of relative depths. The system remains
open in multiple directions, including to depth. Endpoints for sections A (Figure 2) and B (Figure 4) are indicated on the map.
whereas in the upper part of the hole they are consistent with the dominant, steeply dipping
northwest striking vein array seen across the Valley intrusion.
Overall, the top 519.6 m downhole from bedrock surface average 2.46 g/t Au, with an internal
interval of 265.6 m averaging 3.60 g/t Au also beginning from surface. This sub interval is the
strongest near -surface (upper 250 vertical m etres from bedrock surface) mineralized
intersection from the Valley target to date. Within this, a zone of sustained higher grades
beginning at 149.0 m downhole averages 6.47 g/t Au over 47.5 m.
As seen in Figure 2, the consistency of strong, near -surface mineralization in V -23-061 is
emphasized by the even distribution of grades. Within the top 265.6 m interval downhole from
bedrock surface, 90% of assays (measured by core length) returned >1 g/t Au and no assays
returned <0.4 g/t Au. As with many other holes at Valley, capping mineralization at 10 g/t Au
has only a minor effect on grades —in the near surface interval, the capped average is 3.4%
lower, at 3.48 g/t Au instead of 3.60 g/t Au over the 265.6 m downhole in terval. Within this,
the 143.0 m downhole stretch from 68.5 m to 211.5 m represents the longest interval to date at
Valley without a single assay value <1.0 g/t Au. Nearly half (46.1%) of the assays within this
interval are above 4.0 g/t Au, and 82.8% r eturned greater than 2.0 g/t Au. (The average grade
over this 143.0 m interval is 4.54 g/t Au.)
Towards the bottom of the broader 519.6 m interval, beginning at 514.0 m downhole, a quartz
vein roughly 2 cm wide running subparallel to the core for approximately 1 metre was
Figure 2 – Cross-section A, showing V-23-061 in the context of adjacent holes and a simplified, schematic geological model . V-23-061
was collared between two of the strongest holes drilled at Valley to date – V-23-037 and V -23-039. It intersected a broad zone of
consistent, near-surface, multiple-gram per tonne mineralization stronger than any previous intersection in the upper part of the Valley
gold system to date. View looks northwest. See Figure 1 for section location.
intersected, with abundant millimetre to sub -millimetre scale instances of visible gold. This
interval yielded 154.7 g/t Au across 1.0 m downhole (with a localized true width closer to the
5.1 cm diameter of the drill core).
The hole end s with a second interval of mineralization beginning at 534.0 m downhole and
averaging 0.35 g/t Au over 64.0 m. Gold values within this interval have higher variance, owing
to the lower vein density and the subparallel orientation of the veins to the drilling direction.
Table 2 – Summary of significant mineralization returned from current holes at Valley. The consistency of strong mineralization on the target is
reinforced by the capped values in the rightmost column, wherein any assay result >10 g/t Au is replaced by 10.0 g/t Au to ca lculate the average
interval grades. *Interval widths reported; true widths of the system are not yet known, with different vein generations, orientations, and gr ade
distributions present within various intervals through the bulk tonnage gold target at Valley. The 154.70 g/t Au value in V-23-061 is a relatively
isolated instance of a narrow (~2 cm), gold-rich vein running near parallel to core over along one meter of core length.
Figure 3 – High quartz vein density observed in V-23-061, from 129.3 m to 160.0 m downhole, as seen in a September
11, 2023 news release. This 30.7 m downhole interval averages 5.87 g/t Au and includes the top of a 47.5 m interval
averaging 6.47 g/t Au from 149.0 m downhole. Orange flagging marks instances of trace visible gold. Multiple generations
of quartz veins can be seen cutting the core at different orientations. NQ2 sized drill core shown is 5.1 cm in diameter.
HOLE V-23-059
Hole V -23-059 is collared in coarse-grained granodiorite of the Valley stock, on section
between V-23-044 (295.9 m @ 1.32 g/t Au from surface including 157.0 m @ 2.03 g/t Au, see
Snowline news release dated September 11, 2023) roughly 132 m to its southwest and V -22-
027 (481.5 m @ 0.69 g/t Au including 250.0 m @ 1.01 g/t Au, see Snowline news release dated
January 18, 2023) roughly 108 m to its northwest (Figures 1 and 4).
The hole encountered sheeted gold-bearing quartz vein mineralization from bedrock surface at
6.9 m downhole. The full interval of continuous mineralization within the hole averages 1. 01
g/t Au over 429.6 m from bedrock surface, with a higher -grade zone averaging 1. 97 g/t Au
over 105.5 m from 112.0 m downhole. A second interval of lower grade mineralization (0.28
g/t Au over 44.0 m from 450.0 m downhole) is present near the edge of the intrusion. The hole
exits the intrusion at 507.0 m downhole into primarily non-mineralized hornfels.
Gold grades in V -23-059 are not affected by grade capping at 10 g/t Au, demonstrating the
consistent nature of mineralization across the broad mineralized interval.
Both V-23-059 and V -23-060 add breadth to the known extent of near -surface >1 g/t Au (to
nearly 2.0 g/t Au in the case of V -23-059) mineralization in the southeast extension of the
Valley gold system.
Figure 4 – Cross-section B, showing V -23-059 in the context of adjacent holes and a simplified, schematic geological model . The hole
demonstrates breadth of consistent mineralization perpendicular to the northwest strike of the system in southeastern part of Valley,
including a 106.5 m run of mineralization at 1.97 g/t Au, potentially extending the zone of 2.03 g/t mineralizati on seen in previous hoe V -
23-044. View looks northwest. See Figure 1 for section location.
REGIONAL DRILLING
Gracie Target, Rogue Project
At Gracie, assays for G-23-008 and G-23-009 have been received (Table 3). These holes were
drilled in the western and southern parts of the zone of hornfels at Gracie , away from the
primary planned hole locations which were postponed due to technical conditions at the pad
sites. Both holes intersected long runs of hornfels sandstones, siltstones and cherts, with rare
quartz veins and varying degrees of silicification along with biotite and chlorite alteration. Gold
values were generally low, with elevated to anomalous gold values of up to 1.57 g/t over 0.8
m.
The results will be used alongside previous drilling, geophysics, surface geochemistry and
mapping to determine an optimal follow-up drilling strategy for the Gracie target.
QA/QC
On receipt from the drill site NQ 2-sized drill core was systematically logged for geological
attributes, photographed and sampled at Snowline’s 2023 field camp. Sample lengths as small
as 0.5 m were used to isolate features of interest, but most samples within moderate to strong
mineralization were 1.0 m in length; otherwise, a default 1.5 m downhole sample length was
used. Core was cut in half lengthwise along a pre -determined line, with one half (same half,
consistently, dictated by orientation line where present or by dominant vein orientation where
absent) collected for analysis and one half stored as a record. Field duplicates were collected
at regular intervals as ¼ core samples by splitting the ½ core sent for sampling, leaving a
consistent record of half core material from duplicate and non -duplicate samples alike .
Standard reference materials and blanks were inserted by Snowline personnel at regular
intervals into the sample stream. Bagged samples were sealed with security tags to ensure
integrity during transport. They were delivered by expeditor to Bureau Veritas’ preparatory
facility in Whitehorse, Yukon. Sample preparation was completed in Whitehorse, with analyses
completed in Vancouver.
Similar procedures were employed on the Tosh Project, though drill core was transported to
Whitehorse in advance of detailed logging and sampling.
Bureau Veritas is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO9001 for quality management. Samples
were crushed by BV to >85% passing below 2 mm and split using a riffle splitter. 250 g splits
were pulverized to >85% passing below 75 microns. A four -acid digest with an inductively
coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) finish was used for 59-element analysis on 0.25
g sample pulps (BV code: MA250). All samples were analysed for gold content by fire assay
with an atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) finish on 30 g samples (BV code: FA430). Any
Table 3 – Summary of mineralization returned from current holes at Gracie . Various lesser intervals are present but not listed.
*Interval widths reported; true widths have not been determined.
sample returning >10 g/t Au was reanalysed by fire assay with a gravimetric finish on a 30 g
sample (BV code: FA530).
For the purposes of this release, mineralized intervals are defined as runs of mineralization with
no break >5.0 m assaying <0.1 g/t Au, including any subsections thereof.
ABOUT ROGUE
The Valley target on Snowline’s flagship Rogue Project is a newly discovered, bulk tonnage
style, reduced intrusion -related gold system (RIRGS), with geological similarities to multi -
million-ounce deposits currently in production such as Kinross’s Fort Knox Mine in Alaska
and Victoria Gold’s Eagle Mine in the Yukon. Early drill results demonstrate unusually high
gold grades for such a system , present near surface across drill intersections of hundreds of
metres. Gold is associated with bismuthinite and telluride minerals hosted in sheeted quartz
vein arrays within and along the margins of a one-kilometer-scale, mid-Cretaceous aged Mayo-
suite intrusion. Valley is an early -stage exploration project without a resource estimate, and
while initial results are encouraging, the presence or absence of an economically viable
orebody cannot be determined until additional work is completed.
The Rogue Project area hosts multiple intrusions similar to Valley along with widespread gold
anomalism in stream sediment, soil and rock samples. Elsewhere, RIRGS deposits are known
to occur in clusters. The Rogue Project is thus considered by the Company to have district -
scale potential for additional reduced intrusion-related gold systems.
ABOUT SNOWLINE GOLD CORP.
Snowline Gold Corp. is a Yukon Territory focused gold exploration company with a n eight-
project portfolio covering > 333,000 ha. The Company is exploring its flagship >94,000 ha
Rogue gold project in the highly prospective yet underexplored Selwyn Basin. Snowline’s
project portfolio sits within the prolific Tintina Gold Province, host to multiple million-ounce-
plus gold mines and deposits including Kinross’s Fort Knox Mine, Newmont’s Coffee deposit,
and Victoria Gold’s Eagle Mine. The Company ’s first-mover land position and extensive
database provide a unique opportunity for investors to be part of multiple discoveries and the
creation of a new gold district.