“Drilling at Newman Todd continues to deliver gold even as we step towards the northern boundary. These results have aided us significantly in our reinterpretation of the structures controlling mineralization within the NT Zone and have helped with the new modeling, which is directing our current drilling,” Bill Paterson, Trillium’s vice president of exploration, stated in a news release.
“The 2020 drilling can be considered a success in that it has returned significant high-grade gold results as well as validating our understanding of the NT Zone, and has laid the foundation for future drilling to target the structural and veining controls,” Trillium CEO Russell Starr added.
Prior drilling on the NT Zone from 2013 and earlier had mostly focused on testing the NT Zone by targeting the footwall with drilling toward the southeast, now known to be subparallel to gold mineralized veining and structures, potentially missing high-grade intersections or undercutting much of the targeted zone.
Newman Todd is a highly prospective target with 41% of the 165 historic drill holes having intervals of greater than 20 g/t gold over various lengths. In addition, nearly all drilling has been conducted to depths of less than 400 metres.
As the Red Lake Camp is famously known for high-grade gold mineralization at depth, Trillium said it will continue to test various drill orientations in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the mineralization and structural controls and test the depth potential of the NT Zone.
Shares of Trillium Gold surged nearly 12% by midday Thursday following the latest drill results. The gold junior has a market capitalization of C$33.7 million.
