BRALORNE NORTH
Located less than 1km from Gold Bridge, B.C., and 3km from Bralorne Mine, Bralorne North covers >2,400 hectares of land containing 2 prospects and 5 showings. Highlights include rock samples up to 144.3 g/t Au and 631.7 g/t Ag at the Adit Zone of the Ranger prospect.
Following up on successful drilling on Endurance Gold’s Reliance property to the north, Wild West conducted a drone mag survey and rock sampling in 2021. The drone mag survey shows the continuation of Endurance’s Royal and Steep Creek shear zones through Bralorne North. Rock sampling confirmed historical high grades at the Ranger prospect with 2021 samples returning up to 85.5 g/t Au, 300 g/t Ag, 30% As, 0.93% Pb, and 0.16% Sb.
TARGET: Mineralized Shear Zones
BACKGROUND
The Royal shear is the focus of Endurance Gold’s drilling and hosts their Imperial, Crown, Diplomat, Senator, Eagle, and Eagle South zones. Recent drilling at Eagle South (1.5km northwest of Bralorne North) returned 15.7 g/t Au over 24.8m. The Royal shear continues through the northeast corner of Bralorne North at the LJ occurence. Previous work at the LJ has consisted of soil sampling, mag, and trenching. Historical chip samples across the zone returned values of up to 18.8 g/t Au and 52.1 g/t Ag over 40cm. This area has not been drilled despite a recommendation to explore the zone down-dip and to test for extensions to the south under a scree slope from which blocks of massive stibnite and arsenopyrite were collected.
The Steep Creek shear zone runs northwest from the trio of lakes to Carpenter Lake. This zone contains the Ranger prospect where historical rock sampling has returned values of up to 144.3 g/t Au and 631.7 g/t Ag at the Adit Zone. The Ranger prospect was discovered by D.C. Ault in 1945 when he found a hard rock source to high-grade float in the area. Bralorne Mines Ltd. immediately optioned the ground and attempted 3 drill holes - all of which were lost in intensely sheared ground. Newmont later optioned the ground in 1983-84 and Levon Resources worked the claims in the late 1980s. Work consisted of soil sampling, mapping, airborne surveys, and trenching. Results indicated that the Adit Zone …'needs to be trenched and drilled’ (Jim Miller-Tait, 1988). To date, the only drill holes at the occurrence are the initial 3 lost by Bralorne in 1945.
A historical compilation has identified a 3rd shear zone striking roughly east-west through the Property - the Truax zone. The Truax zone runs from the Gray Rock Mine (east of Bralorne North) through the Truax Prospect. The Truax Prospect, discovered in the 1930s, has been explored by soil sampling, an airborne survey, and trenching. Historical rock samples from within the trenches ran up to 8.57 g/t Au, 3,020 g/t Ag, 17.75% Sb, and 15.13% Pb.
Reports
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Bralorne North Assessment Report - 2021
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Bralorne East Assessment Report - 2021
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Bralorne North Assessment Report - 2020
