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Sun Summit Announces Selection of Consultant to Complete Mineral Resource Estimate on the Buck Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2023) - Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sun Summit Announces Selection of Consultant to Complete Mineral Resource Estimate on the Buck ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2023) - Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SMN) (OTCQB: SMREF) is pleased to announce that the Company has engaged Sue Bird, P.Eng., of Moose Mountain Technical Services (MMTS), to complete the initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the Buck Main zone of the Buck Project, located in central British Columbia.MMTS is a leading and highly experienced group of qualified professional geologists, and mining engineers who provide independent consulting services to the mining and exploration sectors, including resource estimation. Sue Bird is a Principal and Vice President of MMTS, and a geological and mining engineer of long standing in the mining industry with extensive experience on projects from scoping studies to operations of both open pit and underground mines. Ms. Bird is currently focused on resource modelling with relevant expertise on similar projects in British Columbia with epithermal gold-silver systems. \"We are excited to engage Sue Bird and the technical expertise of MMTS to complete the initial Mineral Resource Estimate on the Buck Main zone,\" stated Sharyn Alexander, Sun Summit's President. \"Preparation and disclosure of a mineral resource estimate is a key milestone for the Company as it is the first time a mineral resource has been reported from the extensive geological modelling and compilation work completed over the past three years. The spatial distribution of the mineral zonation, and various styles of mineralization, suggest the current drilling represents the upper level of a potentially much larger system, still open at depth and along strike, and indicates potential to significantly expand the project mineralized footprint. We look forward to announcing results from the resource estimation in the first quarter of 2024 and expect the results will provide impetus to continue to drill out the Buck Main system.\"Buck Main DetailsSun Summit has drilled over 34,000 metres in 98 diamond drill holes at Buck Main since 2020 exploring the extents of the mineralized zone, successfully intersecting significant intercepts of broad, near-surface, bulk tonnage-style disseminated gold-silver-zinc mineralization, as well as zones of significant high-grade gold-silve...