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Tower Discovers Strongly Mineralized "Thunder" Gold Zone West of Lightning; New Zone Drilled to 400 m Depth, Growing in Strength and Thickness and Gaining Significant Cu
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 1, 2023) - Tower Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TWR) ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Tower Discovers Strongly Mineralized \"Thunder\" Gold Zone West of Lightning; New Zone Drilled to 400 m Depth, Growing in Strength and Thickness and Gaining Significant CuVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 1, 2023) - Tower Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TWR) (\"Tower\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that its inaugural four-hole diamond drill test at the head of the Central Train (see February 23, 2023 press release) on the Company's Rabbit North property near Kamloops, British Columbia, between New Gold's New Afton underground Cu-Au mine and Teck's Highland Valley open pit Cu-Mo mine (see Fig. 1), has resulted in the discovery of a new shear-hosted gold zone, Thunder, that is more strongly mineralized than the Lightning Zone and blossoms with depth.New Thunder Zone DiscoveryAs planned for the current 2000 m drill program at Rabbit North (see February 2, 2023 press release) Tower drilled four exploratory holes at the head of the Central gold grain dispersal train (see Fig. 2) before moving the drill to further evaluate the Dominic Train and Lightning Zone.The four holes, Nos. RN23-039 to 042, ranged in length from 263.0 to 480.6 metres and totaled 1403.1 metres. Three holes, Nos. 039, 041 and 042, intersected a new, strongly mineralized structure that Tower has designated the Thunder Zone because its discovery so closely follows that of the Lightning Zone. The first three holes were drilled at a flat dip of -45° to determine the strike of the structure while the final hole, No. 042, was drilled at a steeper, -65° dip from the same pad as Hole 041 to determine the dip which appears to be subvertical. The Thunder Zone occurs within a shear-susceptible ash tuff horizon similar to that at Lightning but less disrupted by faulting and apparently striking south-southeast parallel to and beneath the Central Train. The three Thunder Zone intersections traced the mineralization for 200 m along strike and, remarkably, down to a depth of nearly 400 m (~1200 feet) below surface, leaving it wide open at both ends and down dip. The mineralized core sections vary in length from approximately 30 m to 130 m; most importantly, the longest intercept is also the deepest and most strongly mineralized.The Thunder Zone mineralization is characterized by much stronger veining and pyritization, in some intervals semi-massive...