The Tac showing is located near the headwaters of Tackle Creek, a tributary of the Wildhorse River, approximately 30.5 kilometres northeast of Kimberley.

Regionally, the area is contained within Mesoproterozoic siliciclastic rocks belonging to the Purcell Supergroup, specifically the Fort Steele, Aldridge, and Creston formations. They are intruded by Late Cretaceous epizonal dikes, sills, and stocks, most notably the Estella Stock. Anomalous gold values have been encountered, through-out a 75- to 100-metre-thick succession near the top of the Aldridge formation. This unit consists of immature quartz-wacke (sandstone), that has been pervasively altered and fractured. The unit is described as uniform, having a steep, westward dip, and as occurring between less permeable and less brittle argillaceous units.

Locally, mineralization occurs near the contact of argillite and quartzite in brecciated quartzite, in syenite dikes and in fault gouge zones. Typically, pyrite, sericite and iron-carbonate occur in association with the anomalous gold values (http://pjxresources.com). The best sample to date was collected from a 4 to 5 metre wide, altered syenite dike, which returned 1.95 grams per tonne gold and 0.024 per cent copper (Assessment Report 31441). The sample (T5-5) was reported to be a sliver of syenite (possibly brecciated) adjacent to a quartz vein.

Work History

In the late 1980’s. Placer Dome Inc. conducted exploration in the Tackle Creek area. Their work included soil and rock sampling with values of gold, silver, lead, and zinc (Assessment Report 20202).

In 2001, National Gold Corp collected 30 rock samples on their Tac claims in the upper reaches of Tackle Creek, trending ridge where the Tac showing occurs and a new occurrence called the Nye showing located about 1 kilometre to the southeast of Mount Bill Nye along and east-west trending ridge.

During 2005 through 2009, Ruby Red Resources Inc. completed programs of rock and soil sampling, geological mapping, trenching and a 4.5 line-kilometre ground electromagnetic (VLF) survey on the area. In 2010 and 2011, the area was explored as a part of the Dewdney Trail Gold project of PJX Resources Inc. Past exploration efforts on the showing included prospecting, soil geochemistry, rock sampling, VLF-EM, magnetic surveys, IP surveys and hand trenching.

In 2011, PJX Resources Inc. conducted geological mapping, prospecting, and rock sampling, resulting in the collection of 660 rock samples. These samples were collected from seven map areas on their Dewdney Trail property called Jacleg, Lewis Creek, Trail Creek, Upper Tackle Creek, Tackle Creek, Upper Spirit Creek and M1 (Figure 1 Assessment Report 32868). Samples were collected in the upper reaches of Tackle Creek and in the vicinity of the Tac showing.

In 2015 to 2019, PJX Resources Inc. conducted geological mapping and rock geochemistry sampling on the Dewdney Trail Property, including the Tackle Creek area (Assessment Reports 36112, 36649, 38859).