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Tectonic Drilling Discovers Low-Angle Pogo-Style Quartz Veining to 9.95 g/t Au over 0.75m and Intersects Visible Gold at Tibbs Gold Project
Highlights and Key Takeaways Discovery at Tibbs: Drilling at Gray Lead West confirms f...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Tectonic Drilling Discovers Low-Angle Pogo-Style Quartz Veining to 9.95 g/t Au over 0.75m and Intersects Visible Gold at Tibbs Gold ProjectHighlights and Key TakeawaysDiscovery at Tibbs: Drilling at Gray Lead West confirms for the first-time low-angle veins carrying Pogo-style gold mineralization (Au-As-Bi-W-Te geochemical signature), intersecting gneiss-hosted quartz-sulphide veins with visible goldPogo Analogue: Tibbs exhibits high-angle veining (Gray Lead) adjacent to newly discovered low-angle veins (Gray Lead West), both carrying high-grade Pogo-style gold mineralization confirmed by drillingAll key elements of the Pogo Exploration Model are now present at Tibbs further validating the application of the ModelSee Pogo-Tibbs comparison table below and geological cross-section hereFour stacked, low-angle, Pogo-style quartz vein horizons discovered at the Gray Lead West target, with highlights including:9.95 g/t Au over 0.75m at 223.00m down hole and 7.64 g/t Au over 0.60m at 342.70m down hole in diamond hole TBDD21-0122.21 g/t Au over 3.04m at 120.40m down hole in Reverse Circulation hole TBRC21-003Veins are interpreted to dip gently (~20-30 degrees) to the west, are blind to surface, and are believed to correlate along trend with an upper structure in hole TBDD21-012, defining nearly 700m of potential trendVisible gold intersected in TBRC21-001, 450m west of hole TBDD21-012 returning 1.37 g/t Au over 3.05mIn light of Tectonic's previous \"gold nugget effect\" news release (see here), Tectonic is now processing this hole and other drill holes containing visible gold via metallic screen fire assayConsistent with the Pogo Geological Model, Gray Lead West is interpreted to connect to the immediately adjacent Gray Lead vein, an interpreted high-angle feeder zone. Gray Lead exhibits 250m of mineralized strike, is drill tested to only 120m vertical, and open in all directionsHigh drilling density at Pogo indicates that vein mineralization rapidly pinches and swells over short (~20 to150m) distances (see Pogo East Deep Plan Map here)Potential for increased vein thickness and stacking at Gray Lead West along trend with additional drilling. Surface geochemistry and geophysical lineament analysis suggest a much larger system may be presentFor plan maps, assay sheets, drill collar information, and cross-sections relating to Tectonic's 20...