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Taranis Details What Lies Under Thor - A Lamprophyre Intrusive and Related Alteration That Has Direct Affiliation with Calc-Alkaline Epithermal Deposits
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[{"type":"text","content":"Taranis Details What Lies Under Thor - A Lamprophyre Intrusive and Related Alteration That Has Direct Affiliation with Calc-Alkaline Epithermal DepositsWe are B.C.'s best silver opportunity! ESTES PARK, CO / ACCESS Newswire / December 29, 2025 / Taranis Resources Inc. (\"Taranis\" or the \"Company\") (TSX.V:TRO)(OTCQB:TNREF) is providing a summary of ongoing exploration results from its Thor Property. In 2024, Taranis initiated a deep drilling program under the south end of the Thor deposit that tested a number of aeromagnetic and magnetotelluric (\"MT\") resistivity anomalies that underly the Thor deposit. The source of these anomalies is now known to be lamprophyre intrusive rocks and accompanying alteration. The presence of lamprophyres at Thor, and the Silver Cup Mining District in general are indicative that the district has potential to host world-class calc-alkaline epithermal deposits similar to Cripple Creek in Colorado, and Golden Sunlight, Montana. The deposit is known to be intruded by this younger lamprophyre dyke system, and is ‘cut-off' at depth by the intrusive. The 2025 discovery of the Borr Zone on the east side of the lamprophyre dyke-alteration system indicates that the epithermal deposit remains intact at depth and open. This finding offers unprecedented potential to expand the Thor deposit at depth and is where Taranis will focus on drilling in the foreseeable future. In a larger sense, it shows as a graphic example as how modern exploration methods such as deep drilling, geophysics and geochemistry can be integrated to revitalize exploration in old mining districts and expand on previously known mineral deposits.Lamprophyre Intrusive at ThorLamprophyre intrusives have never been described before in detail within the Silver Cup Mining District, although they are known elsewhere in Southeast British Columbia (Salmo, Golden). These intrusive rocks are derived from the mantle and are commonly porphyritic and accompany intrusive breccias. The dykes are mafic in composition and have high levels of magnesium, nickel, copper and chromium. Lamprophyres at Thor are linear, steeply dipping dyke-shaped bodies that have intruded into intensely-folded lower Paleozoic-age metasedimentary and metavolcaniclastic rock units. The main lamprophyre body and the epithermal deposit clearly cross-cut the older Silver Cup A...