TDG Gold Expands 4300 Zone VMS Discovery Below Historic Hidden Creek Mine at Anyox
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – TDG Gold Corp. (TSXV: TDG | OTCQX: TDGGF) has announced significant new drill results from the recently discovered 4300 Zone, located beneath the past-producing Hidden Creek Mine at its 100% owned Anyox Project in British Columbia's Golden Horseshoe region.
Expanding Mineralization Through Strategic Drilling
To date, three diamond drill holes have successfully intercepted the newly discovered mineralization within the 4300 Zone, which remains open for expansion in all directions. The company is well-funded and has scheduled remobilization to Anyox for mid-April to commence the next phase of drilling. This upcoming program will focus on new geophysical targets identified from downhole electromagnetic surveys conducted earlier this year.
Impressive Drill Results Demonstrate Continuity
Building upon the previously reported intersection from discovery hole ANY-25-002, which intersected 2.1% copper equivalent over 25.1 metres, recently completed drill hole ANY-25-003 has intersected analogous grade and thickness. The new intersection averages 2.0% copper equivalent over 25.7 metres, representing an 80-metre step out to the south from ANY-25-002.
This development now traces the 4300 Zone over a drill-defined strike of approximately 130 metres. The zone occurs at a vertical depth of 900 metres below surface, or 700 metres down dip below the lowest level of the historic Hidden Creek Mine, which operated from 1914 to 1935.
Geophysical Surveys Validate Exploration Approach
Electromagnetic geophysical surveys have proven to be a reliable exploration tool when searching for conductive volcanogenic massive sulphide systems like those at Anyox. These surveys allow for detection of EM conductors that could potentially represent massive sulphide zones beyond existing drill holes, with results modelled as rectangular plates that provide insight into potential extent and three-dimensional geometry.
The geophysical plate models derived from the 2024 extension hole ANY-24-003 led directly to the 4300 Zone discovery, with confident correlation established between recently drilled massive sulphide intersections and the originally interpreted plate models.
New Models Indicate Further Expansion Potential
The standard practice for the Anyox drilling program involves geophysically surveying completed drill holes to gain new information that may optimize targeting success for subsequent drilling. Recently interpreted plate models derived from surveys completed on ANY-25-002 demonstrate agreement with the original 2025 plates and indicate that the conductors, which may represent mineralization, extend both down dip below current drilling and along strike to the south.
The same can be said for the ANY-25-003 plate models, which also exhibit similar geometries and conductivities as those derived from the survey of ANY-25-002. This consistency in geophysical signatures strengthens the case for continued expansion of the mineralized zone through targeted exploration efforts.
TDG Gold's systematic approach to exploration at Anyox continues to yield promising results, with the 4300 Zone representing a significant discovery beneath a historic mining operation. The company's upcoming drilling program aims to further delineate and expand this promising mineralized system.
