The TAS Project is located in the Copper Mountain Mining Camp next-door to the past-producing porphyry copper mines near Princeton, British Columbia. The TAS Project is adjacent to the Copper Mountain Mining Corporation’s property (Similco Mines).
The Copper Mountain Mining Corporation property is undergoing extensive exploration for more copper-ore mineralization around the old open pits. Deeper targets have been identified by a Titan 24 geophysical survey. Drilling of the targets has intersected new copper mineralization below the old pits.
The TAS project adjoins the Copper Mountain Mining Corporation property on its southeast claim boundary. The Camp’s Main Orebody Trend (CMOT), along with the deep-Titan 24 targets, trend towards the TAS claim.
Situated along the CMOT and associated deep-Titan 24 targets trends, the TAS Project is well positioned for the next generation of porphyry copper ore bodies to be discovered in the Camp. The TAS Project has excellent exploration potential for deep Cu mineralization that is associated with the surface showings on the TAS claim.
The TAS Project contains favourable geology, several Cu occurrences and three exploration target areas. The TAS geology is similar to the Camp geology that contain the copper orebodies. The three exploration target areas are highlighted by TAS North and TAS South Cu showings and their associated geochemical and geophysical anomalies. The targets containing porphyry-style copper mineralization:
TAS North
10.0m at 0.081% Cu, 1.62g/t AG (east-west)
11.0m at 0.113% Cu, 1.76g/t Ag (north-south)
TAS South
10.0m grading 0.324% Cu and 3.64g/t Ag (north-south)
7.0m grading 0.203% Cu and 2.17 g/t Ag (east-west)
The TAS North target is situated along the camp’s main orebody trend (CMOT) and proximal to the Oriole deposit. The Oriole deposit is located just northwest of the TAS claim on the Copper Mountain Mining Corporation claims. The Oriole deposit contains 2,651,453 tonnes grading 0.437% Cu and an associated deep-Titan 24 target. Their trend is towards the TAS claim.
The TAS Project exploration has identified three target areas for further exploration. The targets were identified in 1996 and the follow-up exploration on the targets was never carried out. The company that did the initial work was not able to raise the funds for follow-up exploration.
The TAS Project has three high priority-porphyry copper (silver-gold) exploration targets for further exploration – these have a reasonable chance for the discovery of a new Copper Mountain porphyry-type deposit.
