VMS bedrock
Volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization in the Sicker Group volcanics, the source of the historic Cu-Au-Ag-Zn ore.
A historic copper-gold-silver-zinc VMS camp near Duncan on Vancouver Island, where modern ore-sorting can recover metal from 300,000+ tonnes of acid-generating waste rock while remediating the site.
Mount Sicker is a historic volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) camp near Duncan, British Columbia. Between 1895 and 1915 (with later work to 1945), the Lenora, Tyee, Richard III, Victoria and Twin J mines shipped high-grade copper-gold-silver ore at a historic cut-off grade of roughly 8% copper.
The early operations left behind over 300,000 tonnes of acid-generating waste rock that still carries economic grades. Sasquatch is applying a no-chemical, closed-loop ore-sorting process that removes over 95% of the sulphides, recovering gold, copper, silver and zinc while remediating the environmental and physical hazards of the abandoned site.
A 528 kg ore-sorting test returned 6.43 g/t gold, 180 g/t silver, 4.92% copper and 8.7% zinc, projecting roughly 100,000 tonnes of high-grade material at a 30–40% mass pull. Once permitted, operations could be completed within one to two years.
Volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralization in the Sicker Group volcanics, the source of the historic Cu-Au-Ag-Zn ore.
300,000+ t of historic mine waste with residual grade, amenable to sensor-based sorting as a low-cost, near-surface opportunity.
A no-chemical, closed-loop process removes >95% of sulphides, producing a high-grade concentrate for off-site processing.
Property-wide grid sampling across the historic waste-rock piles (estimated 250–350 kt).
Channel sampling of exposed mineralized outcrop.
Sensor-based sorting of representative waste rock into a high-grade concentrate.
Selected results from sampling and drilling across the project's targets.
Surface, grid, channel and ore-sort samples are selective by nature and are not necessarily representative of the mineralization across the property. Historical production and results were obtained by prior operators and have not been independently verified by the Company; they are not current mineral resources. Technical disclosure reviewed and approved by a Qualified Person under NI 43-101. See SEDAR+ for details.