The Timmins Deposit is comprised of what has been previously considered three separate zones; the Timmins Main Zone (now call T1), the Ascot Zone and the Timmins South (now called T2). Spatially the three zones occur within an area 450 metres long by 180 metres wide.
All three of the mineralized settings are hosted in the earliest phase of the with the albite diorite intrusion having the maximum shearing and brecciation. The fracture systems within this earliest intrusion were the sites of auriferous quartz deposition.
The Timmins Zone is a quartz vein breccia system hosted in an older diorite intrusive
2007 drill program significantly enlarged the dimensions of the Timmins gold deposit. Results suggest Timmins 2 is essentially a structural twin of Timmins 1 and is probably larger
Auriferous quartz veining occurs throughout the T1 and T2 intrusives. Within the intrusives there are economically significant zones ranging in width from 1 to 34 metres. These higher grade zones extend laterally and to depth as indicated by the frequency of quartz veining on the stripped surface and surface trenching (Figure 3), 400m elevation (Figure 4) and 360 metre elevations (Figure 5). The apparent near vertical higher grade zones reflects as much the lack of data between the interpreted zones (no drill data, no apparent veining) as definition of the higher grade zones themselves.
The Ascot zone has been exposed by trenching along a strike length of 210 metres where the overburden cover is less than two metres thick
Fall 2008 Bulk Sample on Timmins 2 Trench
The current phase of the drill program on Timmins 2 is now completed. 14 holes have been drilled for a total of 2,226 metres (7,301 feet).
The core is currently being logged, cut, sampled and sent to Eastern Analytical Limited for standard fire assay. Results will be released when received, compiled and interpreted.
The Company has also started its rock trenching program on Timmins 2 to expose and sample the mineralized zone. The 2008 drilling has confirmed our expectations on structure and mineralization for Timmins 2. The trenching will allow bulk sampling to test the grade at surface.
