Tower Builds On Drilling Success At Rabbit North, Discovers New Gold Trend South Of Blue Sky In Hole 061 And Intersects 19.0 M Of 4.93 G/T Au In 50-M Step-Out Hole 062 At Thunder North
| Mineralized Interval(s) | ||||||||||
| Hole No. | Easting (m) | Northing (m) | Azimuth (°) | Dip (°) | Total Depth (m) | Mineralized Zone(s) | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Average Au Grade (g/t) |
| RN24-055 | 663433 | 5607852 | 314.7 | -60 | 332.0 | Above Blue Sky | 79 | 83.0 | 4.0 | 2.05 |
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| | | | | | | Above Blue Sky | 92.3 | 95 | 2.7 | 3.15 |
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| | | | | | | Above Blue Sky | 121.5 | 123.3 | 1.8 | 8.48 |
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| | | | | | | Above Blue Sky | 152.75 | 155.5 | 2.8 | 1.80 |
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| | | | | | | Above Blue Sky | 196.4 | 198.0 | 1.6 | 4.66 |
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| | | | | | | Above Blue Sky | 201 | 211.6 | 10.6 | 1.54 |
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| | | | | | | Above Blue Sky | 231 | 240.0 | 9.0 | 2.92 |
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| | | | | | | Blue Sky | 255 | 286.5 | 31.5 | 4.15 |
| | | | | | | Including | 278.7 | 279.7 | 1.0 | 17.10 |
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| RN25-059 | 663389 | 5607884 | 315 | -45 | 201.9 | Undetermined | 104.92 | 109.00 | 4.08 | 2.05 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 121.08 | 123.08 | 2.00 | 1.38 |
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| | | | | | | Blue Sky | 137.40 | 145.00 | 7.60 | 3.28 |
| | | | | | | Including | 137.40 | 138.37 | 0.97 | 16.20 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 201.00 | 201.90 | 0.90 | 4.85 |
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| RN25-060 | 663308 | 5608058 | 135 | -45 | 244.0 | Undetermined | 45.00 | 47.69 | 2.49 | 1.75 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 51.70 | 53.88 | 2.18 | 4.51 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 58.30 | 60.12 | 1.82 | 1.78 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 64.50 | 67.57 | 3.07 | 1.49 |
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| | | | | | | Blue Sky | 84.14 | 90.16 | 6.02 | 23.63 |
| | | | | | | Including | 84.14 | 88.95 | 4.81 | 28.64 |
| | | | | | | Including | 87.00 | 88.95 | 1.95 | 51.30 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 171.00 | 178.12 | 7.12 | 1.49 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 207.00 | 210.00 | 3.00 | 2.25 |
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| RN-25-061 | 663282 | 5608004 | 130.00 | -45 | 271.0 | Blue Sky | 116.50 | 134,75 | 18.25 | 0.81 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 160.00 | 161.10 | 1.10 | 3.24 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 210.80 | 213.00 | 2.20 | 5.46 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 220.39 | 220.89 | 0.50 | 4.10 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 231.00 | 245.05 | 13.05 | 1.76 |
Table 1 - Significant gold intercepts of the shear-hosted type from the Blue Sky trend. Gold-bearing intercepts of the porphyry Cu-Au type are excluded. Gold values are uncut. Samples with Au grades greater than 15 g/t are shown individually. Core size was NQ. Core intervals are measured down-hole. True widths have not been determined.
The limited grade of the Blue Sky zone in Hole 061 appears to be due, in large part, to inhospitable stratigraphy as the deformation and mineralization occur within lapilli tuff and coarser, shear-inhibiting tuff-breccia - the dominant phase of the Nicola volcaniclastics - rather than being concentrated in finer-grained, more shear-susceptible and gold-prospective crystal and ash tuff like the strata that host the Lightning, Thunder and Thunder North gold zones (see Fig. 2).
Three thin layers of fine ash tuff intersected further down hole yielded much stronger Au analyses of 3.24 g/t over 1.1 m, 5.46 g/t over 2.2 m and 4.10 g/t over 0.5 metres (see Table 1). Most importantly, a thicker ash tuff horizon beginning at 231.0 m down-hole - approaching the contact with the Durand diorite at 254 m - averaged 1.76 g/t Au over 13.05 metres (see Figs. 3, 4). Given its significant width and ~100 m separation from the Blue Sky zone, this intersection is inferred to represent a new mineralized trend south of and subparallel to Blue Sky. Interestingly, the intersection is coincident with the shear-controlled paleovalley that was infilled a few million years ago by Chilcotin basalt lava flows and extends southwest from the Durand Stock through the Thunder North area (see Fig. 2), suggesting that the new discovery may have significant continuity.
Figure 4 - Quartz-pyrite vein in altered and mineralized ash tuff at 240.1 m in Hole 061, within the new gold trend intersected south of Blue Sky.
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Although generally unsheared the coarse tuff-breccia, along with the finer-grained Nicola tuffs and the Durand diorite, is significantly anomalous in gold throughout the drill area. In most drill holes, less than 10% of the core samples have reported background levels of Au (<5 ppb) and many - in some cases most - contain more than 100 ppb (0.1 g/t). This pervasive infusion of gold is a testament to the strength of the new gold system that Tower has unearthed at Rabbit North.
Hole 062 Results
Hole 062 was drilled as a 50 m step-out from Hole 056 on the Thunder North zone (see Fig. 5) with the objective of extending th gold zone to the east. Remarkably, the hole essentially duplicated the impressive Hole 056 results, intersecting 19.0 m of 4.93 g/t Au (see Table 2), again with exceptionally high-grade sections including 0.5 m of 73 g/t Au and 0.55 m of 64 g/t Au.
Figure 5 - Detailed hole location and geological map of the Thunder North gold trend. See Figure 2 for bedrock lithologies and Table 2 for detailed Au analyses. The most significant Au intersections (red) are projected vertically to surface. The Hole 062 intersection is marked by a blue star and highlight intersections from previous holes are marked by yellow stars.
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| Mineralized Interval(s) | ||||||||||
| Hole No. | Easting (m) | Northing (m) | Azimuth (°) | Dip (°) | Total Depth (m) | Mineralized Zone(s) | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Average Au Grade (g/t) |
| RN23-039 | 662871 | 5607561 | 144 | -45 | 356.0 | Undetermined | 142.7 | 145.7 | 3.0 | 4.20 |
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| | | | | | | Thunder North | 163.5 | 173.7 | 10.2 | 1.46 |
| | | | | | | Thunder North | 177.2 | 192.8 | 15.6 | 2.41 |
| | | | | | | Including | 191.0 | 191.8 | 0.8 | 25.40 |
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| RN23-040 | 662908 | 5607578 | 142 | -45 | 263.0 | Thunder North | 188.7 | 196.3 | 7.7 | 1.42 |
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| RN24-056 | 663014 | 5607544 | 143 | -60 | 200.0 | Thunder North | 139.50 | 155.35 | 15.85 | 5.80 |
| | | | | | | Including | 139.50 | 144.00 | 4.50 | 13.97 |
| | | | | | | Including | 139.50 | 140.25 | 0.75 | 65.30 |
| | | | | | | Including | 151.00 | 155.35 | 4.35 | 5.70 |
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| RN-25-062 | 663023 | 5607581 | 143 | -50 | 236.0 | Undetermined | 26.35 | 29.1 | 2.75 | 3.22 |
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| | | | | | | Undetermined | 101.1 | 110.89 | 9.79 | 0.52 |
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| | | | | | | Thunder North | 172.00 | 191.00 | 19.00 | 4.93 |
| | | | | | | Including | 171.00 | 177.60 | 5.60 | 9.47 |
| | | | | | | which includes | 174.23 | 124.80 | 0.57 | 71.40 |
| | | | | | | and | 181.00 | 183.00 | 2.00 | 3.18 |
| | | | | | | and | 189.00 | 191.00 | 2.00 | 16.87 |
| | | | | | | which includes | 189.00 | 189.50 | 0.50 | 64.30 |
Table 2 - Significant gold intercepts of the shear-hosted type from the Thunder North trend. Gold-bearing intercepts of the porphyry Cu-Au type are excluded. Gold values are uncut. Samples with Au grades greater than 15 g/t are shown individually. Core size was NQ. Core intervals are measured down-hole. True widths have not been determined.
Thunder North has now been traced continuously eastward from 2023's discovery hole No. 039, with only a minor interruption resulting from an isolated monzonite dyke at Hole 042, for more than 250 m (see Fig. 5) - roughly the length of three football fields - at increasingly higher grades. It is wide open to the east and at depth and is now ready for more systematic definition drilling.
Next Steps
Tower's four-hole May drilling program has successfully expanded and increased the tenor of Tower's promising Blue Sky and Thunder North gold discoveries to the point where both zones are now ready for more systematic definition drilling in addition to continued step-out drilling, especially to the east. Further testing is also required to evaluate the new gold discovery south of Blue Sky and 2023's Thunder discovery south of Thunder North (see Fig. 2) as well as to determine the depth extent of the original Lightning Zone that Tower discovered in 2021. The much larger drilling program that Tower is currently planning will be designed to address most of these needs.
Methods and Qualified Person
The drill core was logged at Tower's leased, fully equipped core facility near Kamloops by and/or under the direction Matthew Husslage, P.Geo. Mr. Husslage has managed or co-managed all of Tower's Rabbit North diamond drilling programs since the discovery of the Lightning Zone in December 2021.
Split samples of the core, generally 1.0 or 1.5 m in length, were delivered directly to Activation Laboratories (ActLabs) in Kamloops, BC, a laboratory certified as ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited (Lab 790) by the Standards Council of Canada. QA/QC samples including blanks and standards were inserted regularly into the sample sequence at a ratio of approximately 1:20.
The samples were analyzed for Au by fire assay and ICP-OES and for Ag and 36 additional elements by ICP-OES using a four-acid, near-total digestion. Any over-limit (>5 g/t) Au analyses were repeated using the same fire assay procedure but with a gravimetric rather than ICP finish.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Stuart Averill, P.Geo., a director of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Tower Resources
Tower is a Canadian based mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and advancement of economic mineral projects in the Americas. The Company's key exploration assets, all in B.C., are the Rabbit North orogenic gold and porphyry copper-gold project located between the New Afton copper-gold and Highland Valley copper mines in the Kamloops mining district, the Nechako porphyry-associated gold-silver project near Artemis' Blackwater project and the More Creek epithermal gold project on the critical "red line" structural zone connecting the mineral deposits of the Golden Triangle.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Tower Resources Ltd.
Joe Dhami, President and CEO
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