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Trailbreaker Resources Acquires the Eakin Creek Property in South-Central BC, Provides Corporate Update
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V) (“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trailbreaker Resources Ltd. (TBK.V) (“Trailbreaker” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Eakin Creek property in south-central British Columbia (BC), and to provide a corporate update on the upcoming exploration plans for their Atsutla Gold project in northwestern BC. Highlights of the new Eakin Creek property Located 100 km north of Kamloops, and road accessible via Highway 24 and well-maintained forestry roads Acquired by staking and the amalgamation of historical claims and showings 100%-owned by Trailbreaker Resources with no underlying payments or royalties Covers 1,610 hectares of prospective ground that drains into placer gold-bearing Eakin Creek Lies within an underexplored portion of the Quesnel tectonic terrane that hosts many of BC’s producing copper and gold mines Property covers some of BC’s highest gold grain-count values from government-collected till samples, and includes indicators for copper-gold (Cu-Au) porphyry deposit potential Has a history of placer gold production Hosts a robust gold-in-soil anomaly with 58 samples containing greater than 100 ppb Au, up to a maximum of 2,600 ppb (2.6 g/t) Au Historic high-grade grab samples assay up to 2.60 oz/ton (89 g/t) Au Limited outcrop sampling to date has returned a 3.0-metre chip sample interval grading 3.15 g/t Au, within a 14.0-metre interval grading 0.9 g/t Au No drilling has ever been conducted on the property See below for an expanded summary and maps of the Eakin Creek property. Update on the Atsutla Gold project and planned 2022 exploration program Trailbreaker’s Atsutla Gold project is located 70 km south of the Yukon-British Columbia border and 130 km northwest of the community of Dease Lake, BC. Exploration in 2021 included the discovery of widespread high-grade gold at the Highlands zone, with grab sample assays up to 630 g/t (18.38 oz/ton) gold and 1,894 g/t (55.25 oz/ton) silver (see September 13th, 2021 news release). The program also included the identification of four gold zones: the Highlands, Christmas Creek, Willie Jack, and Swan zones (see November 1st, 2021 news release). The current claim package was recently expanded from 37,727 hectares to 40,057 hectares. Exploration in 2022 will include planning and determination of drill hole locations for a highl...