The BQ project
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Stage
Early
Deposit type(s):
Sediment-hosted Au
Description
The BQ Gold property is located in north-central British Columbia, Canada, approximately 29 km northwest of the town of Smithers. The property consists of eight BC MTO cell claims covering approximately 817 hectares. The tenures are 100% owned by Teako Minerals Corp. The property is centered on a pronounced east-west oriented set of hills underlain by a 7.0-kilometre long and 1.5-kilometre-wide felsic intrusion bound at its east and west ends by district scale northwest-directed faults. Gold mineralization identified on the property has been described by historical workers as sediment-hosted gold, generated where steep faults have intersected receptive, permeable lithologies on the fringe of felsic intrusion.
Drilling in the 2006 Zone identified two styles of gold mineralization: (1) wide intervals of low-grade gold mineralization (BQ-03: 0.77 g/t Au over 33.05 m, including 1.00 g/t Au over 20.00 m) and (2) fault controlled mineralization (BQ-08: 3.03 g/t Au over 4.00 m including 7.21 g/t Au over 1.30 m).
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
Location and Access
The BQ Gold property is located in north-central British Columbia, Canada, approximately 29 km northwest of the town of Smithers. The property straddles the traditional territories of the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’un First Nations.
Geology and Mineralisation
The wide interval of low-grade gold mineralization is associated with wide intervals of intense phyllic/argillic (sericite-quartz-carbonate-clay) alteration hosted in epiclastic and volcanoclastic rocks. The strongest alteration is principally associated with a network of carbonate-sulphide-sericite veinlets. Sulphide veins and networks mainly include pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, and minor chalcopyrite.
Elevated gold values seem to be closely associated with more abundant pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, chlorite and elevated As-Bi-Cu values, and less so with elevated Pb-Sb-Zn. Intruding this mineralized and altered stratigraphic section are sericite-altered quartz feldspar porphyry (QFP) and rhyolite stocks and dykes that follow high-angle faults. Both sphalerite- and chalcopyrite-rich veins have been intersected in drill holes.
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
Exploration History
Much of the historical exploration work has focused on the 2006 Zone, a 1-kilometre-wide corridor along the north side of the intrusion consisting of a strong coincident multi-element soil geochemistry and ground geophysical (IP) anomaly.
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
Exploration activities
Fifteen diamond drill holes (~2650 metres) were completed between 2006 and 2008 with 11 holes collared on the current property. Examples include.
- BQ-02 with 1.28% Zn over 3.50 metres (121.00-124.50m);
- BQ-03 with 7.19 % Zn over 1.60 metres (74.70-76.30m) and 0.27% Zn over 24.00 metres (143.00-167.00m). This latter intersection includes a small zone of 0.25 g/t Au, 67.9 g/t Ag, 3.16% Cu and 1.20% Zn over 0.50 metres (162.50-163.00m).
- BQ-06 with 0.38% Zn over 7.00 metres (16.00-23.00m); and,
- BQ-07 with 2.09% Zn over 4.45 metres (18.00-22.45 m)
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
Location and Access
The BQ Gold property is located in north-central British Columbia, Canada, approximately 29 km northwest of the town of Smithers. The property straddles the traditional territories of the Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’un First Nations.
Geology and Mineralisation
The wide interval of low-grade gold mineralization is associated with wide intervals of intense phyllic/argillic (sericite-quartz-carbonate-clay) alteration hosted in epiclastic and volcanoclastic rocks. The strongest alteration is principally associated with a network of carbonate-sulphide-sericite veinlets. Sulphide veins and networks mainly include pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, and minor chalcopyrite.
Elevated gold values seem to be closely associated with more abundant pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, chlorite and elevated As-Bi-Cu values, and less so with elevated Pb-Sb-Zn. Intruding this mineralized and altered stratigraphic section are sericite-altered quartz feldspar porphyry (QFP) and rhyolite stocks and dykes that follow high-angle faults. Both sphalerite- and chalcopyrite-rich veins have been intersected in drill holes.
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
Exploration History
Much of the historical exploration work has focused on the 2006 Zone, a 1-kilometre-wide corridor along the north side of the intrusion consisting of a strong coincident multi-element soil geochemistry and ground geophysical (IP) anomaly.
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
Exploration activities
Fifteen diamond drill holes (~2650 metres) were completed between 2006 and 2008 with 11 holes collared on the current property. Examples include.
- BQ-02 with 1.28% Zn over 3.50 metres (121.00-124.50m);
- BQ-03 with 7.19 % Zn over 1.60 metres (74.70-76.30m) and 0.27% Zn over 24.00 metres (143.00-167.00m). This latter intersection includes a small zone of 0.25 g/t Au, 67.9 g/t Ag, 3.16% Cu and 1.20% Zn over 0.50 metres (162.50-163.00m).
- BQ-06 with 0.38% Zn over 7.00 metres (16.00-23.00m); and,
- BQ-07 with 2.09% Zn over 4.45 metres (18.00-22.45 m)
All historical work has been documented from publicly available reports filed for assessment work and has not been verified by the Company’s qualified person.
