Thesis Gold Drills 128.00 m of 2.49 g/t AuEq, Including 27.00 m of 8.46 g/t AuEq at the Cliff Creek Deposit
Thesis Gold Drills 128.00 m of 2.49 g/t AuEq,
Including 27.00 m of 8.46 g/t AuEq at the Cliff
Creek Deposit
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 11, 2024) - Thesis Gold Inc. (TSXV: TAU)
(WKN: A3EP87) (OTCQX: THSGF) ("
Thesis
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to report all remaining
assay results from the 2023 drill program at the Company's 100% owned Lawyers Project. The 2023
drilling campaign was strategically designed to enhance the project's value, predominantly exploring
depth extensions of the mineralized zones that may be suitable for bulk tonnage underground mining
methods. The results from this focused drilling campaign have not only met our objectives, but also
indicate potential for expanding the estimated resource in the forthcoming updated Mineral Resource
Estimate (MRE). These findings will be incorporated into the subsequent updated Preliminary Economic
Assessment (PEA) to establish the economic framework for the potential mineable portion of the
resource. The Company's road-accessible Lawyers Gold-Silver Project, and adjacent Ranch Project
form a contiguous, 325 km
2
land package in the prolific Toodoggone Mining District in northern British
Columbia.
Highlights
Cliff Creek Drilling: Designed to infill and expand high-grade mineralization below modelled open
pits, with key highlights;
23CCDD001 intersected
6.00 metres (m) of 4.83 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) and
346.11 g/t silver (Ag) or 9.16 g/t gold equivalent (AuEq**)
23CCDD020 intersected
7.22 m of 5.59 g/t Au and 199.86 g/t Ag or 8.09 g/t AuEq
23CCDD022 intersected
128.00 m of 1.97 g/t Au and 41.71 g/t Ag or 2.49 g/t AuEq
Incl.
27.00 m of 7.54 g/t Au and 74.29 g/t Ag or 8.46 g/t AuEq
Incl.
0.60 m of 316.00 g/t Au and 881.00 g/t Ag or 327.01 g/t AuEq
23CCDD028 intersected
22.00 m of 3.71 g/t Au and 148.72 g/t Ag or 5.57 g/t AuEq
Incl.
7.86 m of 9.86 g/t Au and 396.76 g/t Ag or 14.82 g/t AuEq
Shallower infill intersections with potential resource classification upgrades:
23CCDD029 intersected
54.32 m of 1.80 g/t Au and 116.93 g/t Ag or 3.26 g/t AuEq
Incl.
39.00 m of 2.27 g/t Au and 156.45 g/t Ag or 4.23 g/t AuEq
Updated MRE: Results to be included in a revised MRE, expected in early Q2-2024.
Preliminary Economic Assessment: Focus on an updated PEA in Q3 2024, potentially
transforming project economics with the incorporation of a potential underground mining scenario.
Ewan Webster, President and CEO, commented, "We are thrilled with the outcomes of this year's drill
program at the Lawyers Project, which not only confirmed the continuation of deep mineralized zones but
also achieved the specific objectives we set out at the beginning of the program. The extension of
mineralization at depth, beyond our initial expectations, presents an exciting opportunity for further
upside. In addition, we also look forward to sharing further drill results from the Ranch Project as they
become available."
Ian Harris, COO and Mine Engineer, stated, "The 2022 PEA highlighted, significant, easily accessible
underground potential beneath the conceptual pits at Cliff Creek and Dukes Ridge, which were not
previously included in the mineable resource. Our 2023 drilling campaign was strategically targeted to
capitalize on these opportunities.
The results have been promising, indicating potential extensions of
these zones. We are now looking forward to incorporating these findings and evaluating the integration
of underground bulk tonnage mining early in the mine plan for an updated PEA, targeted for completion
in Q3-2024. This approach aims to not only increase the overall mineable resource, but also to bring
higher-grade material into the mine plan sooner. We believe this could be transformative for the project,
significantly enhancing both the design and economic outcomes."
The focus of the 2023 drill program was to infill previously delineated mineralization and confirm the
continuity of deeper gold-silver mineralization at Cliff Creek and Dukes Ridge Deposits (Figure 1).
Successful infill drilling has established numerous pierce points that have the potential to upgrade
resource classification into the Measured and Indicated categories (Figure 2). Results from the 2023
program also demonstrate continuity of deeper mineralized zones at both Cliff Creek and Dukes Ridge
to depths of over 540 and 400 vertical metres, respectively. These deeper intercepts are consistent with
geological modelling and fall in-line with stope models, meaning they have the potential to be combined
with previously established deeper mineralized zones that may be included in an underground mining
scenario in economic studies expected later this year (Figure 3).
Table 1:
All remaining drill results from the 2023 Lawyers Project drill program.
Hole ID
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (m)*
Au (g/t)
Ag (g/t)
AuEq (g/t)**
23CCDD001
5.19
21.00
15.81
0.31
10.41
0.44
incl
11.77
13.10
1.33
1.46
68.20
2.31
and
257.00
263.00
6.00
4.83
346.11
9.16
incl
257.00
259.90
2.90
7.83
499.80
14.08
incl
258.28
258.71
0.43
39.00
2010.00
64.12
23CCDD002
311.00
325.00
14.00
0.56
1.74
0.58
incl
321.00
323.00
2.00
2.40
0.30
2.40
and
332.14
344.00
11.86
0.46
22.50
0.75
incl
340.00
344.00
4.00
0.78
55.16
1.47
and
361.00
378.00
17.00
0.36
9.93
0.48
incl
365.00
370.00
5.00
0.82
23.17
1.11
and
488.00
500.00
12.00
0.57
22.85
0.86
incl
492.00
496.00
4.00
1.15
50.98
1.79
23CCDD003
543.00
557.00
14.00
0.82
16.76
1.03
incl
543.00
547.10
4.10
1.25
10.45
1.38
23CCDD004
285.07
287.00
1.93
0.30
2.23
0.33
and
364.00
373.00
9.00
0.44
6.23
0.52
incl
364.00
368.00
4.00
0.40
5.30
0.47
and incl
371.00
373.00
2.00
1.05
13.14
1.22
and
380.00
383.00
3.00
1.29
36.62
1.75
23CCDD005
24.67
26.67
2.00
1.02
64.60
1.83
and
33.00
40.00
7.00
0.63
9.52
0.75
and
61.95
67.70
5.75
0.70
4.50
0.75
and
364.00
366.00
2.00
5.70
10.90
5.84
and
511.81
547.34
35.53
0.87
47.54
1.47
incl
511.81
512.23
0.42
12.70
548.00
19.55
and incl
517.41
522.00
4.59
2.20
212.24
4.85
23CCDD006
483.00
514.00
31.00
0.25
10.14
0.38
incl
500.00
514.00
14.00
0.34
12.18
0.49
and incl
512.00
514.00
2.00
0.79
33.30
1.21
and
550.00
552.00
2.00
0.84
58.50
1.57
23CCDD007
23.20
67.00
43.80
0.48
8.11
0.58
incl
23.20
46.00
22.80
0.68
12.75
0.84
and incl
54.00
67.00
13.00
0.36
3.84
0.41
and
477.00
533.00
56.00
0.95
18.09
1.17
incl
477.00
483.00
6.00
1.44
59.06
2.18
and
489.00
493.00
4.00
3.26
103.99
4.56
and
517.00
531.00
14.00
1.59
4.81
1.65
23CCDD008
504.00
506.25
2.25
6.99
313.89
10.92
and
528.57
541.00
12.43
1.09
14.59
1.28
incl
531.00
532.00
1.00
5.52
93.10
6.68
and incl
539.72
540.12
0.40
10.75
97.30
11.97
23CCDD009
58.00
65.00
7.00
0.63
6.08
0.70
and
380.00
446.53
66.53
1.10
50.01
1.73
incl
380.00
382.00
2.00
4.86
29.20
5.23
and incl
413.50
442.00
28.50
1.91
76.27
2.87
incl
422.50
423.50
1.00
8.27
237.00
11.23
23CCDD010
458.19
469.30
11.11
1.08
36.64
1.54
incl
467.60
469.00
1.40
6.75
239.14
9.74
incl
467.60
468.00
0.40
17.15
532.00
23.80
23CCDD011
192.00
246.35
54.35
0.62
20.59
0.88
incl
235.17
246.35
11.18
1.43
24.23
1.73
incl
235.17
240.00
4.83
2.28
56.08
4.01
and
277.00
282.97
5.97
0.77
65.65
1.59
incl
281.00
282.97
1.97
1.59
168.96
3.70
and
344.00
347.00
3.00
1.03
17.18
1.24
and
356.53
358.00
1.47
41.82
602.11
49.34
incl
356.53
357.00
0.47
124.00
1625.00
144.31
and
377.00
395.00
18.00
1.32
9.07
1.43
incl
387.00
389.75
2.75
6.62
20.39
6.88
incl
388.00
389.00
1.00
15.45
47.90
16.05
23CCDD012
563.26
564.24
0.98
0.51
4.29
0.57
23CCDD013
391.12
392.10
0.98
0.95
14.75
1.13
and
534.66
560.47
25.81
0.92
40.01
1.42
incl
548.00
560.47
12.47
1.67
69.15
2.53
incl
548.00
551.00
3.00
4.44
180.51
6.69
and incl
548.00
549.77
1.77
7.28
301.63
11.05
23CCDD014
374.00
375.00
1.00
2.15
46.80
2.74
and
484.31
485.00
0.69
1.25
2.61
1.28
and
492.00
493.00
1.00
1.21
0.56
1.22
23CCDD016
470.07
475.80
5.73
0.21
9.76
0.33
and
580.05
582.00
1.95
0.36
16.92
0.57
23CCDD017
376.00
385.00
9.00
0.42
4.87
0.48
and
595.00
598.06
3.06
0.36
17.73
0.58
23CCDD018
325.68
329.20
3.52
1.75
45.13
2.31
and
473.00
501.00
28.00
1.86
66.24
2.69
incl
491.92
494.00
2.08
17.43
589.40
24.79
incl
493.05
494.00
0.95
24.50
857.00
35.21
23CCDD019
548.74
552.00
3.26
0.24
9.27
0.36
23CCDD020
386.00
391.00
5.00
1.13
32.15
1.53
incl
388.00
389.00
1.00
3.42
106.00
4.75
and
470.78
478.00
7.22
5.59
199.86
8.09
incl
472.75
473.32
0.57
21.80
671.00
30.19
23CCDD021
32.00
35.00
3.00
9.03
201.60
11.55
and
158.00
159.00
1.00
2.81
176.00
5.01
and
234.00
236.00
2.00
0.83
7.32
0.92
and
258.00
409.00
151.00
0.65
11.05
0.79
incl
278.00
321.00
43.00
1.45
16.68
1.66
incl
285.00
286.00
1.00
8.42
48.80
9.03
and incl
315.00
316.00
1.00
25.90
9.56
26.02
23CCDD022
280.00
284.00
4.00
0.66
3.96
0.71
and
346.00
359.00
13.00
0.61
8.24
0.71
and
378.00
506.00
128.00
1.97
41.71
2.49
incl
426.77
427.40
0.63
14.95
1010.00
27.57
and incl
445.00
472.00
27.00
7.54
74.29
8.46
incl
468.00
468.60
0.60
316.00
881.00
327.01
23CCDD023
158.00
163.00
5.00
0.32
2.06
0.34
and
307.00
376.33
69.33
1.12
9.21
1.23
incl
307.00
312.35
5.35
2.64
6.99
2.73
and incl
324.00
368.00
44.00
1.37
6.60
1.45
incl
346.00
354.00
8.00
4.14
14.68
4.32
and incl
374.00
376.33
2.33
0.84
105.03
2.15
and
404.00
463.00
59.00
0.86
40.70
1.36
incl
420.00
425.00
5.00
3.55
286.60
7.13
and
472.00
474.00
2.00
2.73
4.52
2.79
and
529.53
536.00
6.47
3.64
94.09
4.82
incl
529.53
532.00
2.47
8.83
240.47
11.84
23CCDD024
362.00
390.00
28.00
0.33
32.52
0.74
and
402.00
405.00
3.00
1.18
43.14
1.72
and
412.00
422.00
10.00
0.47
8.54
0.58
and
443.00
447.00
4.00
0.72
4.24
0.77
and
475.00
500.00
25.00
0.26
6.03
0.33
23CCDD025
19.00
21.00
2.00
2.35
3.91
2.40
and
93.00
94.00
1.00
1.01
0.88
1.02
23CCDD026
34.00
42.13
8.13
0.31
11.35
0.46
and
376.00
402.00
26.00
1.00
11.38
1.14
incl
378.00
381.00
3.00
2.30
45.33
2.87
and incl
401.00
402.00
1.00
13.10
25.50
13.42
and
439.00
445.00
6.00
0.56
11.45
0.70
23CCDD027
181.29
182.10
0.81
3.40
60.50
4.16
and
242.40
243.00
0.60
5.11
44.10
5.66
and
393.00
399.00
6.00
0.47
3.81
0.52
and
406.00
416.41
10.41
0.72
35.11
1.16
23CCDD028
108.00
110.00
2.00
1.82
3.56
1.86
and
136.00
137.00
1.00
3.39
38.30
3.87
and
181.00
187.00
6.00
0.66
4.43
0.72
and
211.00
216.00
5.00
1.12
69.24
1.98
and
244.00
266.00
22.00
3.71
148.72
5.57
incl
250.27
258.13
7.86
9.86
396.76
14.82
and
286.00
289.00
3.00
0.85
93.61
2.02
15.68
70.00
54.32
1.80
116.93
3.26
incl
15.68
19.77
4.09
1.84
37.29
2.30
and incl
31.00
70.00
39.00
2.27
156.45
4.23
23CCDD029
incl
50.47
51.24
0.77
78.50
5390.00
145.87
and
154.00
164.00
10.00
0.39
7.33
0.48
and
193.00
202.00
9.00
0.98
48.78
1.59
incl
196.00
200.00
4.00
1.96
99.65
3.21
and
208.00
337.95
129.95
0.68
16.36
0.89
incl
272.00
275.00
3.00
3.90
63.06
4.69
and incl
315.00
318.44
3.44
3.16
115.13
4.60
incl
316.43
317.75
1.32
6.28
261.73
9.55
and
346.65
350.00
3.35
0.84
11.13
0.98
and
368.00
379.55
11.55
0.64
2.50
0.67
23DRDD012
266.00
266.43
0.43
4.13
212.00
6.78
and
413.00
434.48
21.48
0.29
8.23
0.40
and
465.78
491.00
25.22
0.42
8.70
0.53
23DRDD014
297.00
301.00
4.00
1.24
45.73
1.81
and
381.00
383.00
2.00
0.72
15.33
0.91
23DRDD015
117.00
119.00
2.00
0.92
35.70
1.36
23DRDD016
323.00
332.95
9.95
3.12
110.46
4.50
incl
325.70
326.95
1.25
16.57
615.80
24.27
and
352.30
371.00
18.70
0.36
16.06
0.56
and
380.55
384.50
3.95
1.03
39.95
1.53
and
398.70
404.00
5.30
2.35
67.75
3.20
and
422.00
426.00
4.00
0.53
15.50
0.72
23DRDD017
335.20
341.00
5.80
0.44
16.96
0.65
*Intervals are core length.
**AuEq calculated using a 80:1 silver to gold ratio and metal recoveries of 90% for Au and 83% for Ag.
Figure 1:
.Plan View map showing the locations of all 2023 drill collars as well as collars to holes drilled
prior to 2023.
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Figure 2:
Long section oriented NE-SE across Cliff Creek Main and Cliff Creek South zones.
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Figure 3:
Cross section through Cliff Creek South zone showing a deep intersection in-line with
conceptual underground workings established in 2022 MRE.
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Quality Assurance and Control
Results from samples were analyzed at ALS Global Laboratories (Geochemistry Division) in Vancouver,
Canada (an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited facility). The sampling program was undertaken by
Company personnel under the direction of Rob L'Heureux, P.Geol. A secure chain of custody is
maintained in transporting and storing of all samples. Gold was assayed using a fire assay with atomic
emission spectrometry and gravimetric finish when required (+10 g/t Au). Drill intervals with visible gold
were assayed using metallic screening. Rock chip samples from outcrop/bedrock are selective by
nature and may not be representative of the mineralization hosted on the project.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael Dufresne, M.Sc,
P.Geol., P.Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Thesis Gold Inc.
"Ewan Webster"
Ewan Webster Ph.D., P.Geo.
President, CEO, and Director
About Thesis Gold Inc.
Thesis Gold, following its strategic merger with Benchmark Metals, is unlocking the combined potential
of the Ranch and Lawyers Gold-Silver Projects in the Toodoggone mining district of north central British
Columbia, Canada. A 2022 Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Lawyers project alone projected
an open-pit mining operation yielding an average of 163,000 gold equivalent ounces annually over a 12-
year span
1
. By integrating the Ranch project, the company aims to enhance the economics and bolster
the overall project's potential. Central to this ambition is the 2023 50,000-metre drill program, which aims
to define the high-grade underground resource at Lawyers and augment the near-surface high-grade
deposits at Ranch. The company's roadmap includes releasing a combined Ranch-Lawyers resource
estimate by Q2 2024, with an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment slated for Q3 2024. Through
these strategic moves, Thesis Gold aspires to elevate the Ranch-Lawyers project to the forefront of
global precious metals ventures.
1
Preliminary Economic Assessment: Lawyers Gold & Silver Project (2022). JDS Energy & Mining.
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