Pilot PROJECT

Mapping and Work

Detailed mapping has been carried out over the Pilot project along with soil sampling on the south end of the project area. The soil results showed a strong central copper-molybdenum-bismuth-tellerium-gold anomaly roughly 2 by 1 km is size and generally overlying the area of mapped stockwork veined intrusions. Several samples were taken for fluid inclusion analysis but most of these samples were not suitable for petrography although two of uncertain origin indicated deep high temperatures. Further work is needed on positively identified stockwork veins.

Prospecting has identified syn-mineralization porphyry intrusions, stockwork B and D veining and widespread phyllic alteration (white-mica pyrophyllite) indicating that the system is well preserved. Sufficient groundwork has been conducted at Pilot to provide a number of good drillhole targets focussing on zones of identified supergene chalcocite and high density (up to 45%) porphyry stockwork veining.  Over 80% of rock chips analysed with the TerraSpec contained pyrophyllite suggesting that the Pilot porphyry system is at a level of top of porphyry to base of lithocap in the zone of high temperature phyllic alteration.  Traces of magnetite both in stockwork veinlets and as disseminations along with secondary chlorite were also recorded suggesting lower topographic elevations beneath the sedimentary cover have exposures of upper levels of the sodic-potassic core of the system further suggesting good preservation potential.