Diamond Drilling Program Commences At The Tibbs Gold Project
VANCOUVER - Tectonic Metals Inc. reported commencement of its 2021 diamond drilling program at the Tibbs Gold Project, located in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. The program is Tectonic's inaugural diamond drilling campaign and will consist of approximately 3,000 meters (m) in two phases, with an average hole depth of approximately 200m. Oriented core drilling will test both known exploration targets such as the Michigan Zone, where Tectonic's reconnaissance Rotary Air Blast (RAB) drilling returned 6.71 grams per tonne gold (g/t Au) over 9.14m including 19.3 g/t Au over 3.05m in 2020, and newly identified and untested structural and soil geochemical targets delineated by Tectonic in 2020 such as the West Trench target.
Tony Reda, President & CEO, said, "The Tibbs Gold Project's 29,000 acres represent a compelling district-scale gold exploration opportunity only 35km from the world class Pogo Gold Mine. Tibbs hosts some of the highest tenor gold anomalies in the Goodpaster and evidence of compelling Pogo-style vein mineralization. For the first time these targets will be subject to testing with oriented core diamond drilling. We could not be more excited to get the drills turning and look forward to keeping our investors updated as the season progresses."
Drilling will be conducted at known high-grade targets (Michigan, Gray Lead Zone (Gray Lead)) to obtain detailed structural information which will aid in the interpretation of each target and the overall structural setting of the project. Drilling is also planned at newly defined or reinterpreted structural and geochemical anomalies across the property which were identified by the Company as high-priority targets. For a review of the 2021 exploration targets.