Gold Rock

The Gold Rock Property is made up of two contiguous claims totaling 979 hectares, in an excellent and underexplored geologic belt in Northwest British Columbia. A regional prospecting program conducted by the B-ALL Syndicate Ltd. collected 4 samples returning values greater than 10 gpt Aueq with values up to 30.71 g/t Aueq. 

Mineralization on the property is on trend with the regionally significant Llewellyn fault system, that hosts the past producing Engineer mine ~40km to the SE (1920’s mine average grade 39gpt Au) to the South and the Yukon Mount Skookum project ~60km to the NW (indicated resource of 7.16 g/t AuEq) .

The Goldrock Property is strategically positioned located just 4 km off the South Klondike Highway (Hwy 2) south of the British Columbia-Yukon border, approximately 100 km southwest of Whitehorse, YT and 60 km Northwest of Atlin, BC. The region was a critical historic transportation route for prospectors of the Klondike Goldrush. En route prospectors discovered auriferous quartz veins which saw small scale adit production, two adits are found on the Goldrock property with no reported production. 

• Highly anomalous Au-Ag grades up to 68.86 gpt Au and 450.3 gpt Ag associated with quartz-sulphide veins.

• Veins are formed parallel to low-angle thrust faults present in the granodiorite body, allowing for competent vein development.

• High As-Bi grades suggest mineralization is of epi-mesothermal origin, similar to mineralization seen at the 19,000-Oz Au Engineer mine.

• Fault-shear controlled mineralization suggests that mineralization may be found in larger shear arrays at depth.

• Property is proximal to infrastructure of the Klondike Highway (HWY 2).

• Hosted by a competent granodiorite unit in a largely underexplored region.

• Historical soil sampling indicates gold-in-soil anomalies 400m Northwest of the already discovered showings. 

• Auriferous Regional Geochemical silt samples recognized in and around the property.  

The regional geology of the Goldrock property consists of a NW trending belt of metamorphic, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks of the Nisling Assemblage,  Stuhini Group, and Laberge Group respectively. The belt is bound to the west by Cretaceous aged granodiorite batholith and to the east by the Llewellyn Fault. This belt hosts numerous mineral occurrences, offering the greatest concentration in the region.  

Efforts taken by the British Columbia Geological Survey in 2017 looked to study the influence of the Llewellyn Fault on concentrating gold mineralization in the region. Work proved that the regional fault was significant in channeling Eocene magmatism and hydrothermal fluids. Prolific gold mineralization within the region is hosted within splay structures of the Llewellyn system.

This relationship is revealed in anomalous Au-As values in Regional Geochemical Survey silt samples along the trace of the Llewellyn Fault. Furthermore, BC Minfile occurrences exhibit a spatial association with occurrences focused along the NW strike of the Llewellyn Fault.

Mineralization consists of structurally controlled quartz-sulphide associated with thrust faulting in granitic rocks. Mineralization consists of quartz-pyrite ± arsenopyrite veins and breccias developed along shallowly dipping thrust faults and steeply dipping cross-cutting structures. Vein width ranges from 10 cm to over 1 m in width, with quartz textures massive, saccharoidal, vuggy, and locally brecciated.

Some fault-parallel veins extend for tens of metres and may continue at depth along stacked thrusts. The competent granitic host rocks are largely unaltered and provide a solid framework for vein development. Surface exposure is limited to creek cuts, making it difficult to fully assess the extent of veining along strike. Above incised creeks, a veneer of glacial till obscures outcrops of quartz veining. 

Mineralization at the Goldrock property shares characteristic mineralogy and geochemistry with prolific regional deposits like that of the Engineer Mine. Assays are dominated by anomalous Au-Ag-As-Bi +/- Sb values. This is interpreted to represent an epithermal - mesothermal deposit type as seen at the Engineer mine. Ore at the Engineer mine sees arsenopyrite-pyrite bearing quartz veins forming along stacked shears and thrust faults, as is expected of ore formation at the Goldrock property.  

Aiming to extend the known mineralized system and delineate future drill targets, future work on the Goldrock property, work recommended is. 

• Detailed mapping and further sampling, a good structural understanding of the property's geology is imperative to inform effective drill targets

• Chasing systems under overburden with soil and silt geochemical sampling. Review and implementation of historic soil sampling results will aid the distribution of tight 10 by 10 meter spaced soil grids to further pinpoint hidden mineralized bodies. 

• The relative gentle terrain is well inclined for a foot-based IP Survey, results will further aid the identification of mineralized systems under cover.  

• Drill targets would be aimed to intercept highest grade veins, with intent to intercept a wider array at depth along stacked thrust faults.