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File Created: 21-Sep-2011 by Nicole Barlow (NB)
Last Edit:  31-Mar-2022 by Karl A. Flower (KAF)

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NMI
Name MIDAS, 3 OZ VEIN, DEL NORTE Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103P093
Status Showing NTS Map 103P14W
Latitude 055º 58' 15'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 129º 27' 46'' Northing 6202930
Easting 471116
Commodities Gold Deposit Types I01 : Au-quartz veins
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Midas showing is located on the north side of Willoughby Creek, about 32 kilometres northeast of Stewart.

Regionally, the area is underlain by Middle-Upper Jurassic Hazelton Group rocks. The hostrocks may be north-striking argillites or massive volcanic flows. Northeast, north to north-northwest and east-northeast trending faults are locally conspicuous. Locally, the property is underlain by pyroclastics with admixed epiclasts, within a northerly trending alteration zone marked by pronounced clay alteration with local areas of silicification.

In 2006, Silver Grail Resources Limited in partnership with Teuton Resources Corporation completed a series of three diamond-drill holes on the ‘3 Oz Vein zone’ of the property. The best result was in hole SDN-06-02 which yielded 2.52 grams per tonne gold over 32.4 metres. Within this intersection, a sub-interval ran 26.77 grams per tonne gold over 0.7 metre (Property File - Silver Grail Resources Ltd. (2006): News Release - Wide gold zone intersected at Midas property). In 2007, Sabina Silver Corporation conducted a nine hole, 1600 metre diamond drilling program to assess the strike and dip extent of mineralization intersected by the three diamond-drill holes under the 3 Oz Vein gold showing. The 2007 drill program results were not as promising as those obtained in 2006. Assay highlights from the 2007 drill program include 6.75 grams per tonne gold over 0.90 metre and 2810 grams per tonne silver over 1.00 metre, both from hole SDN-07-03. All other assay values were lower. No future exploration work is recommended for the 3 Oz Vein showing (Assessment Report 30156).

During 2017 through 2019, Teuton Resources completed programs of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, an airborne geophysical (ZTEM and magnetic) survey and four diamond drillholes on the Del Norte property.

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT 17660, 21535, *30156, 40173
EMPR BULL 63
EMPR FIELDWORK 1985, pp. 219-224; 1988, pp. 233-240; 1990, pp. 235-243; 2005, pp. 1-4
EMPR MAP 8
EMPR OF 1986-2; 1994-14
EMPR PF (Silver Grail Resources Ltd. (2006): News Release - Wide gold zone intersected at Midas property)
GSC MAP 1385A
GSC OF 864; 2931
Mastalerz, K., Walus, A. (2020-03-31): National Instrument 43-101 F-1 Technical Report on Del Norte Property
EMPR PFD 905345, 885376, 802780

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