Yukon Metals Announces 2.4% Copper and Gold Values up to 6.64 g/t in Multiple Rock-Chip Samples at Birch
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Yukon Metals Announces 2.4% Copper and Gold Values up to
6.64 g/t in Multiple Rock-Chip Samples at Birch
Vancouver, B.C., October 16, 2024. Yukon Metals Corp. (CSE: YMC, FSE: E770 , OTCQB:
YMMCF), the “Company” or “Yukon Metals”, is pleased to announce an exploration update
on its 2,285 -hectare Birch project, located approximately 65 km northeast of Burwash
Landing.
Completed fieldwork at the Birch property (Figure 1) includes a soil sampling and prospecting
program (Figure 2 to 6). Assays for 964 soil samples on a 50m x 100m grid over the northern
and central portion of the claim block were received and show encouraging gold, copper and
molybdenum results including a strong copper and gold anomaly in the north of the claim
block. The anomalous zone trends roughly east-west and extends over 1,400 meters. Rock-
chip float samples on the eastern portion of the zone returned up to 2.42 % copper
with up to 0.94 g/t gold within pyrite-chalcopyrite rich skarn (Figure 2, Table 1). These
strongly-oxidised massive sulfide boulders have been traced parallel to mapped east-west
striking limestone-marble outcrops in the area.
Rory Quinn, President & CEO stated, “These additional geochemical results have reinforced
the potential of the project to host a gold rich copper porphyry system . The positive
identification of skarn mineralization fits well within the exploration model that we are
developing for the Birch project. Once the new geophysical data is integrated with our
mapped geology and geochemical data sets we will be able to design first pass drilling of
the optimal targets scheduled for spring of 2025.”
Yukon Metals has also completed a shallow electrical resistivity and induced polarization
geophysical survey over the anomalous northern zone to better define bedrock structure and
rock type with results in process.
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Table 1- Significant results from the 2024 prospecting program at Birch.
Sample Au g/t Ag g/t Cu % Zn % Type
288068 6.64 2.1 0.22 0.01 Float
288069 1.62 0.3 0.02 0.00 Float
288071 0.57 0.5 0.01 0.01 Float
288094 1.29 0.7 0.03 0.00 Float
288095 0.10 4.9 0.94 1.92 Float
288096 0.24 3.7 0.62 15.55 Float
288097 0.04 1.5 0.42 0.08 Float
288098 0.16 6.3 1.16 2.08 Float
288100 0.07 8.5 0.25 5.87 Float
288158 0.94 42.1 2.42 0.08 Float
288159 0.33 34.1 0.63 0.04 Float
288160 0.17 3.2 0.32 0.01 Float
288161 0.09 4.5 0.52 0.01 Float
288162 0.67 72.8 2.40 0.09 Float
288163 0.03 4.1 0.19 0.02 Float
288164 0.15 14.6 0.41 0.01 Float
288165 0.40 2.9 0.05 0.00 Float
288166 0.02 1.9 0.13 0.01 Float
K137057 0.09 17.4 0.48 0.03 Outcrop
K137059 0.36 20.3 0.41 0.01 Float
K654501 14.05 12.0 0.43 0.01 Float
About the Birch Project
Yukon Metals owns 100% of the Birch project located 65km northeast of the community of
Burwash Landing, and accessible via helicopter. Rock exposures at the Birch project area
are dominated by frost -heaved boulders in unglaciated terrain, with outcrop present on
steeper ridges. The project lies predominantly within the Finlayson assemblage of the Yukon-
Tanana Terrane, consisting of variably carbonaceous schist and quartzite, marble, garnet
amphibolite and rare metaplutonic rocks.
The Yukon-Tanana Terrane structurally overlies the Ruby Range Batholith which is regionally
mapped in the northeastern portion of the property occurring as Ruby Range quartz-feldspar
porphyry and Rhyolite Creek porphyry and intermediate and felsic volcanic rock (Israel et.
Al., 2011). Project -level mapping indicates the geology of the area is comprised of schists
and marble units, moderately to strongly oxidised felsic intrusive, and patchy oxidised
porphyritic rhyolite dykes.
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Copper, zinc and molybdenum mineralization was first identified in the area in the early 1970s
as part of a small exploration campaign which uncovered several skarn horizons in the
northern project area, as well as molybdenite in quartz veins and stringers in granodiorite
float on the southeastern side of the property (MINFILE 115G 077). Gold was not assayed
for until interest renewed in the early 2010s with soil and mapping exploration work over the
area uncovering several high soil anomalies ranging from 0.02-15g/t Au.
The Birch claims were staked over skarn copper and soil gold anomalies in 2022 by Lapie
Mining Inc., and subsequently acquired by Yukon Metals in 2024 as part of the Berdahl land
package.
Vision Quest, a Yukon First Nations -owned and operated exploration company working
closely with Yukon Metals, conducted the sampling program using field staff whose traditional
territory includes the Birch property.
Sample Methodology
Rock and soil samples were sent to ALS Minerals for analysis with sample preparation in
Whitehorse, Yukon and analysis in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rock samples were prepared by c rush to 70 % passing 2mm , 250g split pulverised better
than 85% passing 75 microns (Prep-31A). Pulp samples were analysed for 34 elements by
four acid digestion and ICP -AES (ME-ICP61). All samples were analyzed for gold by fire
assay and AAS with a 50g nominal sample weight ( Au-AA24). Samples over 10g/t Au were
assayed by 50g sample fire assay with gravimetric finish (Au-GRA22).
Soil samples were collected with a battery-powered permafrost soil drill collecting high-quality
samples below boulders and frozen ground to depths of 1m. This technique was designed
specifically for Yukon geochemical exploration to better delineate mineralization along steep,
rocky and permanently frozen north -facing slopes unsuitable for traditional soil sampling
techniques. Samples were dried and sieved to 180 um (Prep -41A) and analysed for 51
elements by aqua regia digestion and ICP-MS and ICP-AES (AuME-TL44).
Rock samples taken while prospecting referenced in this release are selective in nature and
collected to determine the presence or absence of mineralization and may not be
representative of the mineralization hosted on the project.
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Figure 1- Birch project location map.
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Figure 2- Rock chip samples showing percent copper with anomalous copper (>200
ppm) contours over the northern Birch soil grid.
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Figure 3- Rock chip samples showing gold g/t with anomalous copper (>200 ppm)
contours over the northern Birch soil grid.
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Figure 4- Copper-in-soils at Birch 50m x 100m grid.
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Figure 5- Gold-in-soils at Birch 50m x 100m grid.