The Zak occurrence is located south west of the Nicoamen River at an elevation of 1350 metres, approximately 3 kilometres northwest of Zakwaski Mountain.

The area is underlain by andesitic volcanic rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Spius Creek Formation (Spences Bridge Group). Granodioritic intrusive rocks of the Permian to Triassic Mount Lytton Complex outcrop to the south.

Locally, an altered granodiorite dike in volcaniclastics hosts rhythmically banded, chalcedonic quartz veins, 1 to 5 centimetres wide, in parallel shear zones. Alteration consists of kaolinite, silica, limonite and ankerite. No sulphide mineralization was reported. The zone has been traced, by hand trenches, for a distance of 75 metres.

In 2004, a float sample of iron-stained angular chalcedonic quartz, taken 600 metres northwest of the main zone, assayed 64.87 grams per tonne gold (Sample MC-R194; Assessment Report 28146).

In 2005, samples from trench DZT05-3 assayed up to 2.27 grams per tonne gold and averaged 1.77 grams per tonne gold over 3.5 metres (Assessment Report 28146).

In 2009, sampling yielded values up to 0.524 gram per tonne gold across 4.9 metres, including 3.19 grams per tonne gold across 0.2 metre (Assessment Report 31354).

In 2019, four samples (X981665, X981666, X981723 and X981725) from the Zak occurrence yielded from 1.05 gram per tonne gold with a maximum value of 3.91 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 38691).

Another zone of mineralization, referred to as the Canyon zone, is located approximately 900 metres southeast of the Zak occurrence. The zone comprises sheared and/or banded quartz veins hosted in a weakly epidote-potassium feldspar–altered granodiorite. The veins trend northwest and dip steeply southwest.

In 2018, a grab sample (18ARP027) from a 15-centimetre wide quartz vein exposed in the Canyon zone yielded 2.65 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 37567).

In 2019, five samples (X981669 through Z981673) of intrusive hosting banded quartz veining with chlorite, epidote and specular hematite, located approximately 750 metres east-southeast of the Zak occurrence and north of the Canyon zone, yielded from 0.32 to 4.46 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 38691).

Work History

During 2003 through 2018, Almaden Minerals, later called Almadex Minerals Ltd., completed programs of prospecting, geochemical (silt, soil, and rock) sampling, trenching, geological mapping and 21.0 line-kilometres of combined ground magnetic and induced polarization surveys on the area as the Zak claims.

In 2019, Independence Gold Corp and Almadex Minerals Ltd., completed a program of geochemical (rock, soil, and water) sampling and a 117.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area as the Nicoamen property.