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Skeena Resources Announces High-Grade In-Pit Extension of 21A West Zone Intersecting 7.91 g/t AuEq Over 17.20 metres
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 17, 2022 / Skeena Resources Limited (TSX:SKE)(NYSE:SKE) ("Skeena" or the "Company") is pleased to announce additional dril
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 17, 2022 / Skeena Resources Limited (TSX:SKE)(NYSE:SKE) (\"Skeena\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce additional drilling results from the 21A West Zone delineation program as part of the recently completed 2022 regional and near mine exploration campaigns at the Eskay Creek gold-silver Project (\"Eskay Creek\" or the \"Project\") in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. Analytical results and reference images from the recently completed drill holes are detailed in this release as well as on the Company's website. Assay Results Extend 21A West Zone Further to the South In an area previously modeled as barren waste rock, exploratory drill hole SK-22-1131 intersected high tenor gold and silver mineralization in Rhyolite facies rocks starting at 14 metres vertically below surface averaging 7.73 g/t Au, 16.8 g/t Ag (7.91 g/t AuEq) over 17.20 m with notable high-grade subintervals including 9.47 g/t Au, 13.7 g/t Ag (9.62 g/t AuEq) over 4.02 m and 14.61 g/t Au, 31.3 g/t Ag (14.96 g/t AuEq) over 5.20 m. This drill hole is situated within the proposed open-pit and 35 metres along trend to the south of previously reported 2022 drill hole SK-22-1031, which intersected 2.21 g/t Au, 4.6 g/t Ag (2.27 g/t AuEq) over 50.00 m. Additional near surface Rhyolite mineralization has also been encountered by the exploratory drill hole SK-22-1103, grading 3.08 g/t Au, 32.9 g/t Ag (3.45 g/t AuEq) over 21.80 m and 4.52 g/t Au, 84.7 g/t Ag (5.46 g/t AuEq) over 9.75 m, located within the proposed open-pit and 35 metres to the south of SK-22-1131. Due to a lack of historical drilling, this area of the 21A West Zone was considered barren waste rock for both the 2022 Resource Estimate and Feasibility Study. The recently discovered feeder-style mineralization that occurs within the Feasibility Study pit will be incorporated into the future resource and economic updates for Eskay Creek through incorporation of the 68,543 metres of exploration drilling completed since September 2021. As highlighted in the cross-section below, drill holes SK-22-1103, SK-22-1104 and SK-22-1131 have successfully contributed to the continued expansion and validation of the 21A West Zone discovered in late 2021. The 21A West Zone remains open for expansion both down-dip and along strike. About Skeena Skeena Resources Limited is a Ca...