Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSX-V:MEK) is a Canadian junior exploration company focused on exploring for gold in productive and emerging gold camps. Three of MEK’s Ontario gold projects, Ogden, Garrison and Flint Lake, fall under the corporation’s strategy to explore in proven gold districts with potential for additional discoveries.
The Ogden Gold Project – which is MEK’s flagship project – is located within the Timmins Gold Camp and has over eight kilometres of strike length along the prolific Porcupine-Destor Break, the key conduit for gold mineralization in the Timmins Camp. Ogden was acquired through an option joint venture agreement with Goldcorp (PJV) and is strategically located between Tahoe’s West Timmins Mine and Goldcorp’s Dome Mine. There are four zones of mineralization: Naybob North and South, Porphyry Hill and Thomas Ogden (TOG), with Naybob South and TOG seeing the majority of the work. Results include 210.19 g/t gold (Au) over 12.53 metres from TOG and 9.24 g/t Au over 6.61 metres from Naybob South (see corporation’s website). Mineralization one kilometre west of TOG was discovered returning an intercept of 5.06 g/t Au over 2.6 metres (see news release from March 4, 2016) with a followup hole returning an intercept of 4.96 g/t Au over 3.97 metres and a second zone assaying 1.43 g/t Au over 14.00 metres, further highlighting the exploration potential on the western portion of the property which has seen minimal work. MEK has drilled 137 diamond drill holes to date.
The Garrison Project located 35 kilometres north-northeast of Kirkland Lake is a new acquisition consisting of 10 patented mining claims between Osisko Mining and Kirkland Lake Gold (see map on the company’s website). The project hosts several historic gold showings that have not seen any modern exploration techniques over the last 30 years. Compilation of historical data has highlighted a prospective target consisting of carb-altered mafic volcanics with associated quartz stockwork and pyrite. Drill hole BM88-1 intercepted 22.09 g/t Au over 6.10 metres, including 74.63 g/t Au over 1.52 metres (Source: Project update drilling report, 1989) with additional intercepts of 3.41 g/t Au over 2.74 metres and 1.74 g/t Au over 9.33 metres further down hole. Hole BM88-5 undercut hole BM88-1 and returned an intercept of 36.12 g/t Au over 1.52 metres. The Corporation cautions that all Garrison Project data referenced in this article is historical in nature, has not been verified or validated and should not be relied upon. A grid has been completed and a ground geophysical survey consisting of induced polarization and MAG has commenced. Once this program is complete and the data has been compiled, mapping will commence to delineate priority targets for an upcoming drill program later this fall.
The Flint Lake JV is located 50 kilometres north of New Gold’s Rainy River Deposit. It lies within the western portion of the Wabigoon sub-province, which is an emerging gold camp with a number of developing projects including First Mining’s Cameron Lake Deposit located 8km east of Flint Lake. Flint Lake is a JV agreement with MEK being the operator and holds a 79.7 per cent interest, and Endurance Gold Corporation holds the remaining 20.3 per cent with the Stephen’s stock being the primary focus. At Stephen’s Lake, widespread gold occurrences are hosted within a carb-altered granodiorite with associated pyrite. Trenches were excavated to further delineate areas of gold mineralization. Results include (see corporation’s website) 1.43g/t Au over 21 metres, 1.42 g/t Au over 10 metres and 1.03 g/t Au over 20 metres from surface channel cuts. Additional trenching has taken place for the purpose of advancing this project to the drill stage with other gold occurrences still to be evaluated.
Metals Creek would like to thank the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHF) and the Ontario Prospectors Association (OPA) for the opportunity to participate in the Junior Exploration Assistance Program (JEAP).
