TDG Gold Identifies New Copper-Gold Porphyry Target in Saunders Area, Baker Complex - Seite 2

Steven Kramar, TDG's VP Exploration, commented: "Historical exploration was very limited outside of the Baker Mine footprint and its immediate vicinity. Our new Trident target within the Saunders area¹ has never been drill tested and represents a compelling, copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry opportunity located within the ~42 sq.km Baker Complex and that's also within 5 km of our existing infrastructure."

Foto: Accesswire

Figure 2 - Cross Section through Black Gossan & Saunders.

Saunders Geological Summary
The Saunders area¹ within the Baker Complex comprises several historical prospects (Figure 1), with limited past exploration focused on epithermal Au and silver ("Ag"). There has been little follow-up and no drilling despite widespread, coincident geophysical and base/precious metal geochemical anomalies consistent with the possible presence of a poorly exposed to shallowly buried large porphyry system.

The Saunders area¹ lies at the intersection of several regional-scale structural zones and coincides with very strong airborne electromagnetic and magnetic anomalies typically associated with intrusions in this part of the Toodoggone Belt. Alteration observed by past operators included high aluminous-high sulphidation assemblages, with minerals such as pyrophyllite, alunite, diaspore and clays in large gossans as well as multiple exposures of dikes and small stock like-bodies exhibiting porphyry style alteration and copper + molybdenum mineralization. Widespread Au-Ag mineralization is well documented in the target area. These mineral assemblages are often located at the tops of porphyry systems. TDG's 2022 airborne hyperspectral survey confirmed the presence of these assemblages and expanded the known footprint of these assemblage over a broad area coincident with the catchments and headwaters of the highly anomalous LDS stream sediment sample sites (news release Feb 28, 2024).

Much of the higher elevation areas within the target¹ footprint are overlain by interpreted post-mineralization volcanic rocks, as illustrated in the attached figures. However, the results of the high-density LDS survey sampling smaller catchments above and below the post-mineral volcanic cover contacts were effective in outlining prospective target areas¹ in the underlying package.

Foto: Accesswire

Figure 3a - Northern Cross Section through Black Gossan & Saunders.

Foto: Accesswire

Figure 3b - Central Cross Section through Black Gossan & Saunders.