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Soil sampling, geological mapping and prospecting, along with initial diamond drilling of 843.7 m in 2 holes completed in Sitka's first phase of exploration at the newly acquired Pukelman intrusive target.
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Visible gold and abundant sheeted quartz veining were observed in initial drill holes completed at the Pukelman intrusion with assays pending.
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East-Southeast trending zone of sheeted quartz veining and brecciation with visible gold identified at the Contact zone, located immediately south of the Pukelman intrusion, with surface rock samples returning up to 67.9 g/t Au.
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Sheeted quartz veining with arsenopyrite and pyrite identified on surface within the Pukelman intrusion with rock samples returning up to 1.08 g/t Au.
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1,354 soil samples were collected in the area between the Blackjack and Eiger deposits and the Pukelman intrusion significantly extends the gold-in-soil anomaly and yields up to 1645.8 ppb Au (1.65 g/t Au).
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 31, 2024) - Sitka Gold Corp. (TSXV: SIG) (FSE: 1RF) (OTCQB: SITKF) ("Sitka" or the "Company") is pleased to report on recently completed exploration at the Pukelman reduced-intrusion related gold target at its road accessible, 431 square kilometre RC Gold Project ("RC Gold" or the "Project") located in Yukon's prolific Tombstone Gold Belt. The Pukelman intrusion target is one of several high-quality targets located within the Clear Creek Intrusive Complex (CCIC), a cluster of known gold-bearing intrusions, which is now controlled entirely by Sitka with the recent acquisition of claims encompassing the southern portion of the CCIC (see news release dated June 24, 2024). Assay results are currently pending for recently completed diamond drilling at the Blackjack, Rosghobel and Pukelman intrusive targets (see Figure 1).
Sitka Samples up to 67.9 g/t Gold from Surface Rock Samples and Drills Visible Gold at Its Recently Acquired Pukelman Intrusive Target at the RC Gold Project, Yukon