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The thick zones of copper-gold-silver-molybednum mineralization tapped with drilling at the Camp zone on Brixton Metals Corp.'s Thorn project in Northern British Columbia has attracted the attention of BHP Group, which invested C$13.6 million (US$10 million) to acquire a 19.9% interest in the exploration company at the end of 2022. "We are excited to welcome BHP as a major shareholder of the company and are looking forward to working with BHP in advancing the exciting Thorn...
Brixton Metals Corp. Dec. 13 announced that drills are continuing to cut nearly one-mile-thick zones of porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum mineralization at the Camp Creek target on the company's Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. Situated about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east of Juneau, Alaska, the 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) Thorn project hosts both porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and high-grade epithermal gold targets. Late last year, BHP...
Brixton Metals Corp. Dec. 1 reported that its exploration drilling continues to encounter intriguing gold mineralization at the Trapper target on the company's Thorn copper-gold project in Northern British Columbia. Lying in the northwestern corner of BC and about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east of Juneau, Alaska, the 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) Thorn project hosts both porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and high-grade epithermal gold targets. BHP Group...
Brixton Metals Corp. Oct. 18 announced the first assays from Trapper gold target on the company's Thorn copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia. Situated about 55 miles (90 kilometers) east of Juneau, Alaska, the 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) Thorn project hosts both porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and high-grade epithermal gold targets. Late last year, BHP Group Ltd. invested C$13.6 million (US$9.9 million) to acquire a 19.9% interest in...
Brixton Metals Corp. May 17 announced the start of an up to 20,000-meter drill program on the company's Thorn copper-gold project in the northern reaches of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) Thorn project, which hosts both porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targets and high-grade epithermal gold targets, has attracted the interest of one of the world's largest mining companies. Late last year, BHP Group Ltd. invested...
Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 24 reported that it has been working collaboratively with Tak'hu River Tlingit on responsible exploration of its Thorn copper-gold-silver project, which lies within an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area declared by the Northern British Columbia First Nation. Last week, Tak'hu River Tlingit announced its declaration of a roughly 18,000-square-kilometer (7,000 square miles) area centered on the Taku River watershed that is intended to protect...
Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 4 reported wide drill intercepts that indicate the growth potential of the Camp Creek porphyry copper target on the company's 2,600-square-kilometer (1,004 square miles) Thorn property in Northern British Columbia. Situated in Tahltan Territory, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) east of Juneau, Alaska, the district-scale Thorn property hosts large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and volcanic-sediment hosted gold-silver targets. The latest...
Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 12 reported additional wide bulk tonnage gold intercepts with impressive high-grade subsections from the final 2022 holes drilled at the Trapper target on the company's Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targe...
Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 drilling cut wide bulk tonnage gold intercepts with impressive high-grade subsections at the Trapper target on its Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targets such as Camp Creek about...
Brixton Metals Corp. Dec. 20 announced wide intercepts of strong gold mineralization in the Trapper target on the company's Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targets such as Camp Creek about five miles (eight kilometers) to the...
Brixton Metals Corp. Nov. 2 announced that BHP Group Ltd. has agreed to invest at least C$13.4 million to acquire a 19.9% interest in the junior exploring the Thorn copper-gold project in Northern British Columbia. "We are excited to welcome BHP, a leading global resource company, to the Brixton share register and believe their investment speaks to the strength of the Thorn Project and Brixton's geological team," said Brixton Metals Chairman and CEO Gary Thompson. Under the...
Brixton Metals Corp. Oct. 19 reported a wide section of porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum mineralization from drilling at the Camp Creek target on its Thorn project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located about 95 kilometers (60 miles) east of Juneau, Alaska, the 2,600-square-kilometer (1,004 square miles) Thorn property hosts large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and volcanic-sediment hosted gold-silver targets. The latest batch of assay results is...
Brixton Metals Corp. Sept. 27 reported additional high-grade gold, along with strong silver and copper, in additional samples collected from the Trapper target on its 1,000-square-mile (2,600 square kilometers) Thorn project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Earlier this year, Brixton discovered previously unrecognized visible gold while relogging core from 2011 drilling by a previous explorer at Trapper, a volcanic-hosted epithermal target about five miles (eight...
Brixton Metals Corp. Aug. 23 announced that visible gold has been encountered in six of the first eight holes drilled during the company's maiden drill program at the Trapper target at its 1,000-square-mile (2,600 square kilometers) Thorn gold-copper-silver project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "The discovery of visible gold in drilling is obviously exciting for us," said Brixton Metals President and CEO Gary Thompson. Earlier this year, Brixton discovered previously...
Brixton Metals Corp. July 26 announced the discovery of abundant visible gold in a previously unexplored outcrop at the Trapper target on its 1,000-square-miles (2,600 square kilometers) Thorn gold-copper-silver project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Situated about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northeast of Juneau, Alaska, the district-scale Thorn property hosts large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and volcanic-sediment hosted gold-silver targets. Located...
Brixton Metals Corp. Dec. 1 reported that 16 holes drilled at Thorn has expanded gold-silver mineralization at the Outlaw target on this project in the northwest corner of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The company says this year's drilling extended the Central Outlaw zone by 164 meters, for a new total of 600 meters of continuous near-surface gold-silver mineralization. Highlights from the 2020 drilling at Central Outlaw includes 12.4 meters averaging 0.7 grams per...
By 1898, the Klondike Gold Rush was beginning to wane and many of the roughly 100,000 people that trekked to the Yukon were seeking new regions to make their golden fortunes - moving in every direction at the merest mention of a new discovery. Many of these Klondike Gold Rushers headed west to the golden beaches of Nome whilst others would return south and discover the richest gold mining region of British Columbia, the Atlin District. Considered one of the most important... Full story
Brixton Metals Corp. July 15 reported long sections of copper-gold-silver mineralization in drill hole THN19-150, which targeted deep porphyry mineralization in the Oban zone on the company's Thorn property in northwestern British Columbia. This hole, drilled to a depth of 829 meters, extended the polymetallic mineralization at Oban 281 meters deeper than previous drilling. From a depth of 97 meters, THN19-150 cut 554.7 meters averaging 0.57 grams per metric ton gold, 0.24...
Brixton Metals Corp. July 8 announced the start of a drill program testing new near-surface, high-grade gold targets identified during a soil and rock sampling program carried out earlier this year at the company's Atlin Goldfields project in northwestern British Columbia. "We are excited to start our first ever drilling campaign at the Atlin Goldfields project," said Brixton Metals Chairman and CEO Gary Thompson. Brixton's Atlin property consists of roughly 1,000 square...
Brixton Metals Corp. April 18 announced the start of its first phase of 2019 exploration at the Atlin Goldfields project in northern British Columbia. Over the past three years, Brixton has consolidated approximately 1,000 square kilometers (386 miles) of mineral claims covering most of the Atlin gold camp. This large land package, which extends east from the community of Atlin, blankets an area that has produced more than 600,000 ounces of placer gold over the past 120...
Brixton Metals Corp. Dec. 19 announced that it has raised C$2.78 million for further exploration of Atlin Goldfields project in the Golden Triangle region of northwest British Columbia. The private placement financing involved the issuance of 4.9 million units at C15 cents each, with one unit consisting of a Brixton Metals share and one warrant, and 12 million flow-through shares at C17 each. Each warrant issue entitles the holder to acquire an additional Brixton share at...
Brixton Metals Corp. Aug. 7 said it has entered into a series of asset purchase and sale agreements to acquire a 100 percent interest in 29,608 hectares (73,162 acres) of mineral rights in the Atlin area of northwestern British Columbia, which expands its Atlin Gold property to 979 square kilometers (378 square miles. This enormous property extending east from Atlin blankets an area that has produced more than 600,000 ounces of placer gold. Brixton will acquire the claims...
Brixton Metals Corp. Oct. 31 reported initial drill results from the second phase of 2016 exploration at its 100 Thorn gold-silver project in northwestern British Columbia. Hole 132, drilled in the property''s Outlaw zone, cut two gold intercepts. Starting at surface, this hole cut 18 meters of 1.61 grams per metric ton gold and 12.3 g/t silver; and from a depth of 78 meters this hole cut 52. Hole 133, also drilled at Outlaw, cut 13 meters of 1.73 g/t gold and 7.3 g/t silver from surface. Brixton said these intercepts...
Brixton Metals Corp. announced that it has raised C$3.3 million through a private placement of units brokered by Red Cloud Klondike Strike Inc. and M Partners Inc. The money raised is planned to be used to advance the company's Thorn gold-rich polymetallic project in northwestern British Columbia and Langis silver project in Ontario, and for general working capital. The financing involved the issuance of 2.89 million units at C70 cents and 1.67 million flow-through common shar...
Brixton Metals Corp. Aug. 5 posted results from an initial phase of 2016 exploration at its Thorn gold-silver project in Northwest British Columbia. A total of 891 soils and 159 rock samples were collected during this program. Most of these were collected within a previously unexplored area of the property called the Chivas zone. This sampling outlined a roughly 2,500- by 1,900-meter gold-in-soil anomaly that remains open in several directions. The highest gold-in-soil sample...
