A 4,000-ft. diamond drill program on the Brandywine property, 25 miles north of Squamish, B.C., has encountered gold mineralization.
La Rock Mining (VSE) is testing the extension of the Dave’s Pond zone, discovered in 1993 when drilling returned 72 ft. of 0.22 oz. gold per ton from hole 93-4 (drilled at an angle of minus 45). Hole 93-5 (drilled from the same collar at minus 60) returned 25 ft. of 0.046 oz. gold plus 4.31 oz. silver.
Analysis of the 1993 drill data led the company to believe it was dealing with a shear zone structure trending in a northwesterly-southeasterly direction (115) and dipping 75 to the south. A follow-up program in 1994 consisted of 10 holes totalling 3,152 ft. Drilling was carried out along 15, at angles of 45 and 60, selected results of which included 8 ft. of 0.35 oz. for hole 94-3; 25 ft. of 0.021 oz. for 94-4; 6 ft. of 0.39 oz. for 94-7; and 10 ft. of 0.27 oz. for 94-10.
The 1995 drill program is based on the structure having a crescent moon or banana shape. While the first four holes are reported to have overshot the mineralized zone, hole 95-5 (drilled 200 ft. southeast of discovery hole 93-4 at minus 90) intersected 30 ft. averaging 0.64 oz. over several intervals between a depth of 103 to 133 ft., as well as 10 ft. of 0.24 oz. between 203 and 213 ft.
Hole 95-6 (which stepped out a further 50 ft. to the southeast and which was drilled at an angle of minus 90) returned 27 ft. of 0.69 oz. from a depth of 66 to 93 ft., and 40 ft. of 0.75 oz. between 118 and 158 ft. Drilling continues to step out to the southeast.
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