2021 Field Program At The Champagne Gold Project
TORONTO - Idaho Champion Gold Mines Canada Inc. reported that fieldwork for the 2021 exploration program (the "Field Program") has commenced at the 100% controlled Champagne Gold Project ("Champagne") near the city of Arco, Butte County, Idaho. This year's program will push geological mapping, sampling, and geophysics farther north across the full extent of the +27 km2 land position. Geologists will also begin the preparations for the exploration drilling program planned for third quarter 2021.
2021 Field Program Highlights: The geology staff and technical advisors completed a thorough field-based technical review of the 2020 results and plans for the 2021 drill campaign; Sited drill pad locations on IP lines 4 and 5 to test the NW anomaly. Access roads and drill pads will be constructed when final approval is received from the Bureau of Land Management. Core drilling is slated to start in July 2021; Initiated geologic mapping and outcrop sampling over a newly identified occurrence of intense alteration, veining, and brecciation spanning an area of more than 1,000 by 800 meters in the northern part of the property; Follow-up sampling and geologic investigations will be conducted at another northern target where several dump samples returned anomalous gold and silver; and Up to 5,000 line-meters of additional Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical surveys will also be carried out.
"This will be a transformative year for Champion and the Champagne Gold project as we move beyond the areas of historic mining on the property. Our focus will be exploring the large IP anomaly located northwest from the past producing pits, which is interpreted to represent the larger roots of the mineral system that was mined in the 1990's. Our technical team is mobilized and will begin surface work to support a drill program planned for Q3," said, President and CEO, Jonathan Buick. "Our 27 square kilometer property package hosts several important exploration targets, and we will prioritize a portion of our Field Program to regional exploration."