The Gold Core occurrence is located approximately 1.9 kilometres east-northeast of the south end of Dillard Lake and 7 kilometres east-southeast of the south end of Missezula Lake.
The area east of Dillard Lake is primarily underlain by andesitic to basaltic flows and pyroclastics of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Eastern Belt, Bulletin 69). These volcanics are intruded by small bodies and dikes of diorite and syenite that may be comagmatic with the volcanics.
Locally, minor lead-zinc mineralization occurs in quartz carbonate–altered zones exposed in various roadcuts over a north-south distance of approximately 430 metres.
Work History
During 1980 through 1983, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, soil sampling and ground magnetic and electromagnetic surveys on the area as the Toba claims.
In 1987, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. conducted reconnaissance soil sampling in the area subsequently staked as Dill 1 claim. This sampling identified several areas of anomalous gold and copper and scattered anomalies of silver, lead, zinc and arsenic.
The 1988 program, which focused on gold, consisted of soil sampling, prospecting and rock sampling within the area of the Dill 1 claim and to the east of the property boundary. A selected sample (D-R32) of carbonate- and silica-altered volcanic with disseminated sphalerite, galena and pyrite analyzed 1.912 per cent zinc, 0.162 per cent lead, 8.8 grams per tonne silver and 0.0101 per cent copper, whereas a sample (D-R2), taken from an outcrop located approximately 450 metres to the south of the previous sample, yielded 1.96 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 18410).
In 1989, two BQ-sized diamond drill holes, totalling 152.44 metres, were drilled on the Gold Core property. This drilling intersected mainly agglomerates of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group. Two sections of drillcore from drillhole GC89-1 were sent for analysis and yielded up to 0.341 gram per tonne gold over 0.76 metre (Assessment Report 19335). Also at this time, Fairfield Minerals Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, trenching and ground geophysical surveys on the area.
In 1999, exploration consisted of drilling two AQ-sized diamond drill holes (GC99-2 and GC99-2), totalling 183.53 metres. The most significant mineralization encountered was carbonate-altered zones or silicified zones with quartz-carbonate veining and/or breccia with pyrite and traces of galena. None of these zones gave anomalous gold or silver values; however, several sections, such as those from 69.3 to 77.09 metres in drillhole GC89-1, gave weakly anomalous arsenic (12 to 84 parts per million), copper (123 to 246 parts per million), lead (632 to 1495 parts per million) and zinc (1375 to 4650 parts per million) values (Assessment Report 25992).
In 2007, John Kerr completed a two-man, nine-day soil and reconnaissance sampling program on the claims. The purpose of the program was to follow up irregular stream anomalies indicated from the 2006 field program by completing detailed soil traverses over the anomalous areas. The results of analysis indicated the presence of anomalous gold and copper in rock, silt and soil samples on the claim block. A chip sample (G-16) from an outcrop of oxidized and altered granite yielded 0.670 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 29817).
On August 31, 2011, Fjordland Exploration Inc. signed an option agreement with private vendors to purchase 100 per cent interest in the 2200-hectare Dillard claims. Later that year, Fjordland completed a program of prospecting and rock sampling. A subcrop sample (DRS-12) of oxidized quartz with pyrite and epidote assayed 0.125 per cent lead and 0.253 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 32558).
Fjordland Exploration Inc.'s ground geophysical and geological surveys completed in 2012, along with work compiled from previous exploration, resulted in the identification of several anomalies on its 2600-hectare Dillard copper-gold property that were ready for drilling in 2013. The 2012 geophysical surveys led to the identification of coincident copper-gold soil and induced polarization anomalies in two areas measuring approximately 2000 by 800 metres and 1500 by 1000 metres. Several new showings of copper and gold mineralization were also discovered in these recently logged areas (V STOCKWATCH, October 18, 2012).
In 2013, Fjordland Exploration completed a 293.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey, a 45.3 line-kilometre ground magnetic and induced polarization survey and seven diamond drill holes, totalling 2636.1 metres, on the Dillard property.
In 2014, Fjordland Exploration Inc. completed a program of geological mapping, soil sampling, trenching and 14 diamond drill holes, totalling 5305.0 metres, on the Dillard property. The following year, a program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock sampling was completed on the property.
