Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V)
(“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide a company
update on exploration activities during the 2023 field season, and
on our continued efforts to build shareholder value.
2023 was an active year for Trailbreaker, with
work conducted across a wide array of our projects. Work included
the filing of an NI 43-101 technical report on the Atsutla project,
optioning out of a portion of the Eagle Lake property, drill
testing on the Eakin Creek project, conducting surface exploration
at the Golden Sable and Castle Rock projects, and conducting a site
visit at the Sheldon project. As well, the technical team was
bolstered by the appointment of a new position of Vice President of
Exploration. Work towards permitting of projects in order to
conduct drill testing is ongoing. As well, the technical team is
actively engaged in conducting project generation to bring new
highly prospective properties into the Trailbreaker portfolio.
Trailbreaker intends to carry the momentum from this year’s
activities into 2024, and to continue to build on the 2023
exploration successes.
Message from the President
“Thank you to our base of loyal shareholders who
have continued to believe in and support our exploration approach
through a tough metals market. We are excited to be advancing
numerous projects and are looking forward to an active 2024
exploration season. We are also excited about the ongoing target
generation that our technical team has been engaging in, which we
feel will continue to add highly prospective projects into our
pipeline.” – Daithi Mac Gearailt
2023 Exploration Activities
Click the hyperlinks below for more information
on each project, news release, or presentation.
Atsutla: Prior to the start of
the field season, Trailbreaker filed an NI 43-101 technical report
for the Atsutla project, located in northwestern BC (see news
release dated May 15, 2023). The technical report and accompanied
structural geology report with drill recommendations, provide a
geological framework and clear exploration methodology to advance
the Atsutla project. There is strong potential both for
intrusion-hosted auriferous quartz veins in the western portion of
the property, where rock samples assayed up to 630 g/t gold (Au);
and for porphyry copper-gold (Cu-Au) mineralization at the Swan
zone, where rock samples returned up to 11.7 g/t Au.
Eagle Lake:
Trailbreaker optioned out a portion of the Eagle Lake project,
located in central BC, to Vizsla Copper. These four claims abut
Vizsla Copper’s Woodjam project (see news release dated June 12,
2023). Vizsla Copper has the option to acquire a 100% interest in
the four optioned claims by issuing an aggregate of 400,000 common
shares to Trailbreaker over three years. Trailbreaker and Teck
Resources Ltd. retain a combined 2% net smelter return (NSR)
royalty on these claims. Trailbreaker retains the prospective
Moffat zone portion of the Eagle Lake project, where historic drill
results returned grades up to 3.52 g/t Au over 9.9 m. Also at the
Moffat zone, a 2022 MMI (mobile metal ion) soil survey defined an
850 x 700 m gold-copper-silver-molybdenum (Au-Cu-Ag-Mo)
anomaly.
Eakin
Creek: Trailbreaker’s field
season began with a successful diamond drill program at the Eakin
Creek project, south-central BC (see news release dated September
5, 2023). Gold was intersected in all eleven drillholes,
highlighted by intervals including: 1.0 m of 14.3 g/t Au in hole
EC-23-02; 3.0 m of 2.42 g/t Au in hole EC-23-01; and 15.7 m of 0.32
g/t Au in hole EC-23-05. This drill program represented a
successful and cost-effective first pass test of a highly
prospective target, with 2,039 m of drilling completed for less
than CAD$500k. Additional drilling is recommended to expand the
known extent of mineralized zones.
Golden Sable:
Surface work at the Golden Sable project, south-central BC,
extended the gold-in-soil anomaly to 4 km in length (see news
release dated September 14, 2023). The Golden Sable project was
newly acquired by Trailbreaker (see news release dated May 29,
2023). The project was subsequently explored by Trailbreaker,
focusing on a previously identified significant gold-in-soil
anomaly. This anomaly is locally supported by 2018 drill results,
including 24.0 m of 0.83 g/t Au, in turn including a sub-interval
of 4.0 m of 2.4 g/t Au. Outcrop exposure on the property is
limited, and no follow-up drilling along the gold-in-soil anomaly
has occurred, leaving a majority of the highly prospective anomaly
untested.
Sheldon: A
site visit to the Sheldon project, central Yukon, confirmed
historic gold-in-rock values, as well as numerous key geological
features indicating a potential “reduced intrusion-related gold
system” (RIRGS). Rock samples collected in an area hosting abundant
sheeted quartz veins containing arsenopyrite and bismuthinite, near
the contact of the Sheldon Stock granite and hornfels sedimentary
rocks, returned assays up to 6.48 g/t Au. The site visit
confirmed the geological model, presence of high-priority targets,
and supported our exploration approach to be applied at the Sheldon
property. An updated project presentation may be found on our
website.
Castle Rock:
Trailbreaker announced the acquisition of the Castle Rock property,
northern Vancouver Island, BC, through a combination of claim
staking and a partnership agreement with Cazador Resources (see
news release dated January 20, 2023). The property was subsequently
consolidated through a secondary agreement with Cazador Resources,
giving Trailbreaker the option to gain a 100% interest in the
property (see news release dated August 8, 2023). A surface
exploration program, consisting of 497 soil samples, 50 rock
samples, and geological mapping, was completed at Castle Rock. This
program followed up on the 2022 gold-in-soil anomaly identified
near the gold-rich Heart porphyry prospect, and on historic rock
samples at the Flan zone (see news release dated September 25,
2023). Assay samples for this work are still outstanding
and will be reported separately once received.
Vice President of
Exploration: In addition to
Trailbreaker’s field exploration activities, Dillon Hume, M.Sc.,
P.Geo., joined the team as the Vice President of Exploration in
July, 2023. Mr. Hume brings a wealth of mineral exploration
experience to Trailbreaker, having been involved in significant
discoveries, including the East Ridge Zone at the Red Chris Cu-Au
porphyry mine, and the Krakatoa Zone at the Kudz Ze Kayah VHMS
deposit. Mr. Hume completed an M.Sc. degree on the structural and
mineralogical controls of gold mineralization at the Tajitos
orogenic gold deposit in Sonora, Mexico, and is registered as a
professional geoscientist in British Columbia. He brings a strong
management and technical foundation to help propel Trailbreaker’s
exciting project portfolio.
Project Generation
Trailbreaker is continually conducting project
generation, including reviewing projects that may add significant
exploration potential and fit well within Trailbreaker’s portfolio.
Project generation is primarily focused on identifying
underexplored and undervalued projects which the technical team
feels have realistic potential for significant advancement. Project
generation work is primarily focused on gold projects in British
Columbia and Yukon.
Outlook for future work
Trailbreaker is preparing for another year of
exploration across a suite of prospective projects. Surface work
and geophysical surveys will be conducted at numerous properties to
develop drill targets that could lead to significant discoveries.
As well, the technical team is planning first-pass drill programs
for several projects. Additional news on specific work programs can
be expected through the winter and spring months, as these planning
efforts solidify.
In addition to field work for 2024, the
Trailbreaker team will be attending conferences over the winter
months, including but not limited to: the AMEBC RoundUp conference
from January 22-25, 2024 in Vancouver; the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada conference from March 3-6, 2024 in
Toronto; and the Kamloops Exploration Group Conference from April
9-10, 2024 in Kamloops.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Daithi Mac GearailtPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Carl Schulze, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist with Aurora
Geosciences Ltd, is a qualified person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101 for Trailbreaker's BC and Yukon exploration
projects, and has reviewed and approved the technical information
in this release.
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or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. In
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Trailbreaker has applied several material assumptions, including
the assumption that general business and economic conditions will
not change in a materially adverse manner. There can be no
assurance that Forward-Looking Information will prove to be
accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly,
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reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect
the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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