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Golden Sky Minerals Identifies Large 3km x 1km Copper Soil Anomaly on the Rayfield Property, British Columbia
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golden Sky Minerals Corp. (AUEN.V) (the “Company” or “Golden Sky”) is pleased to announce the re
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golden Sky Minerals Corp. (AUEN.V) (the “Company” or “Golden Sky”) is pleased to announce the results of the 2021 soil program conducted on its 100% owned Rayfield Property (“the Property”) in British Columbia. The program consisted of 1,337 B-horizon soil samples that encompassed an area of 26 km2 (~4km x 6.5km). This program was designed to create a comprehensive database for surficial geochemistry and to outline any soil anomalies on a regional scale. In addition to the soil samples, a total of 27 rock samples were collected and submitted for both geochemical and lithogeochemical analysis. This first-pass soil program successfully delineated a large copper-in-soil anomaly (>100 ppm Cu) that extends >3.0 kilometres (north to south) and up to ~1.0 kilometre wide (east to west). Within this anomaly are several soil samples that assayed up to ~4,000 ppm Cu (0.400% Cu) (Figure 1). “We are very pleased with the early success of this extensive soil program on the Rayfield Property,” stated Cameron Dorsey, VP Exploration of Golden Sky. “A broad copper-in-soil anomaly has now been defined with similar geological, geochemical, and geophysical characteristics that are commonly associated with other alkalic porphyries in the Quesnel Terrane. We are very excited to get boots back on the ground for exploration in 2022.” The Rayfield Project is located in the Quesnel Trough, British Columbia’s primary copper-producing belt, which hosts Teck Resources’ Highland Valley Mine, Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley Mine, Centerra Gold’s Mount Milligan Mine, and Kodiak Copper’s MPD Project (see Figure 2). The Rayfield Copper-Gold Project is located approximately 20 kilometers east of the Town of 70 Mile House, British Columbia, and is accessible year-round by well-maintained service and logging roads extending from BC Highway 97. Rayfield Property 2021 Fieldwork Highlights: Elevated copper-in-soil anomalies were identified adjacent to, and overlying, several geophysical magnetic and radiometric anomalies (Figure 1). These geophysical characteristics are similar to those signifying other alkalic copper-gold porphyry systems in the Quesnel Terrane. The elevated copper grades from the 2021 soil program may indicate a mineralized porphyry system at depth. Surficial geology varies across t...