Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V) has announced the completion of its maiden drill program at the Swan Zone, a copper-gold-silver (Cu-Au-Ag) porphyry target within its 100%-owned Atsutla Gold Project in northwestern British Columbia. The program, part of a larger initiative that also targeted the Highlands Zone, consisted of two holes totaling 801 meters, testing a strike length of 1,000 meters and a vertical extent of 395 meters.
The Swan Zone is defined by a 1.5 km by 1.5 km multi-element soil geochemical anomaly coinciding with a 2.1 km by 1.4 km chargeability high from a 2024 induced polarization survey. Rock grab samples from the zone have returned grades up to 11.7 g/t gold, 212 g/t silver, and 0.81% copper. The drilling was designed to test this porphyry target, which is hosted in the Cretaceous Glundebery batholith, distinct from the Highlands Zone's Jurassic Christmas Creek batholith, located 26 km away.
The Highlands Zone, a high-grade vein-hosted gold target, was also drilled in the same program, with four holes totaling 883.4 meters. This zone has veins containing coarse visible gold with assays up to 630 g/t gold and 1,894 g/t silver. The recent drilling at both zones marks the culmination of five years of target development.
Daithi Mac Gearailt, President and CEO, commented, "This was a well-executed drill program that provided us with an excellent opportunity to finally test two quality targets that we have been developing for the past five years. This was a first-pass, exploratory program, and we achieved our goals while remaining within budget." He also thanked the drill contractor, Empire Drilling, and the Trailbreaker team for their hard work.
The Atsutla Gold Project is centered over the regional-scale Teslin-Thibert fault system, which marks the contact between the Quesnel and Cache Creek terranes. Since discovery in 2020, Trailbreaker has outlined five significant zones of gold mineralization across a span of 26 kilometers. These include the Highlands Zone, Christmas Creek Zone, Snook Zone, Willie Jack Zone, and the Swan Zone.
The company has submitted 1,000 drill core samples, including standards and blanks, to Bureau Veritas' prep lab in Whitehorse, Yukon, for analysis. Assay results are expected to be released following data compilation and verification.
Trailbreaker Resources is a mining exploration company focused on British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Canada. The company maintains a portfolio of quality mineral properties and has an experienced management team with a track record in exploration and development.
Carl Schulze, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist with Aurora Geosciences Ltd, is the qualified person for Trailbreaker's BC and Yukon exploration projects and has reviewed and approved the technical information in this release.
For more information about Trailbreaker's projects, visit Trailbreaker Resources' website.
