Mining News: Northern Neighbors: Brixton identifies another gold-silver zone at Thorn

Brixton Metals Corp. Aug. 5 posted results from an initial phase of 2016 exploration at its Thorn gold-silver project in Northwest British Columbia. A total of 891 soils and 159 rock samples were collected during this program. Most of these were collected within a previously unexplored area of the property called the Chivas zone. This sampling outlined a roughly 2,500- by 1,900-meter gold-in-soil anomaly that remains open in several directions. The highest gold-in-soil sample obtained from Chivas returned 6.39 grams per metric ton gold. From the 891 soil samples collected, 227 assayed greater than 100 parts per billion gold, 76 assayed greater than 300 ppb gold, 20 assayed greater than 1,000 ppb gold and three assayed greater than 3,000 ppb gold. Additionally, a rock grab sample collected at Chivas returned 2,240 g/t silver, 1.16 g/t gold, 9.4 percent lead and 3.15 percent zinc. Follow-up sampling was also conducted at the Outlaw, Aberlour, Trapper and Amarillo zones. A one-meter rock chip sample collected at Aberlour contained 19.39 g/t gold and 136 g/t silver. Given the success of phase-1 sampling, Brixton Chairman and CEO Gary Thompson said the company is “looking forward to further work at Thorn, including geochemical surveys, geophysical surveys, geological mapping and drilling.”

-Shane Lasley