- Tide North Property
TENURE TYPE (s): British Columbia electronic mineral tenure OWNERSHIP: 100% owned by AUX, 1% NSR LOCATION: 15 kilometres south of Brucejack Lake mine (Pretium Resources Inc.), Stewart Camp, Golden Triangle, northwestern British Columbia STAGE: Prospect SIZE: 2,204 hectares - Precious metal (gold-silver) Eskay Creek style target: volcanic exhalative
- Located just north of East Gold and Scottie Gold along the Bowser River;
- 15 kilometres south of Brucejack Lake mine (Pretium Resources Inc.);
- 3.5 km from Tide airstrip and the Granduc road;
- Property encloses a syncline (downward fold) with rocks of the Salmon River formation at its core (Eskay Creek is located in rocks of identical age);
- The basal contact of the Salmon River formation with rocks of the Lower Hazelton group (Eskay Creek stratigraphy) contains sulphide mineralization and:
- 2014 drilling confirmed the highly carbonaceous (quiescent deposition) nature of the Salmon River formation, the presence of stratiform mineralization and consequent prospectivity for an Eskay Creek style deposit.