Tribag Zone
The Tribag Zone boasts multiple mineralized breccias and hosts the past-producing Tribag Mine.
The former Tribag Mine, operated by Teck Resources, was described as a porphyry style copper deposit, consisting of four breccia zones/targets: Breton, West, East and South. Reported production of 1.2 million tons at 1.5% Cu from 1967-1974 was predominantly from the Breton Breccia.
2022 Copper Road Exploration
The Company has to date completed the initial 3D compilation and modelling work for the Tribag and East Breccia Zones and finished the planned airborne geophysical survey. Based upon this exploration work, a series of drill targets were chosen for testing in 2022. The diamond drilling program of these targets located at the Breton and East Breccia bodies commenced in the middle of April 2022.The Company has to date completed the initial 3D compilation and modelling work for the Tribag and East Breccia Zones and finished the planned airborne geophysical survey. Based upon this exploration work, a series of drill targets were chosen for testing in 2022. The diamond drilling program of these targets located at the Breton and East Breccia bodies commenced in the middle of April 2022.
As at the end of September 2022, Copper Road completed 3,000 metres of drilling consisting of 8 diamond drillholes at the Tribag Mine Zone. The drilling program was designed to test the continuity of the significant zones of copper mineralization of the Breton and East Breccia pipes. Vectoring of drill holes was based on the historical assay models generated by SRK Consulting (East Breccia and Breton Prospects, 3D Modeling support, January 24, 2021).
All 8 holes drilled at the Breton and East Breccias intersected significant intervals of near-surface mineralization that proved continuity, depth, and additional mineralization outside of historical assay models (see drill results in the tables below). The drilling established near-surface copper mineralization with accompanying silver, molybdenum and rhenium content. A 9 m high-grade zone at depth at East Breccia (@ 0.6% Cu, 6.83 g/t Ag, 0.15% Mo, 0.56 g/t Re) indicates the potential for high-grade mineralization related to a feeder structure.
Future Exploration at the Tribag Zone
- Breton Breccia: 300m+ drill holes based on historical assays to test for high-grade copper at depth in the heart of the Breton Breccia
- East Breccia: additional drilling to delineate further near-surface copper/molybdenum/silver/rhenium
- Creek Zone: exploring for larger intrusive source of mineralization at the Tribag Mine Zone
- Explore additional untested area targets: Mitchell Lake, and additional resistivity lows similar to West and Breton breccias