Vancouver, British Columbia– (Newsfile Corp. – November 28, 2022) – StrikePoint Gold Inc. (TSXV: SKP) (OTCQB: STKXF) (“StrikePoint” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the drilling results as well as reconnaissance grab sample results from the 2022 exploration program at the 100%-owned Willoughby gold-silver project, located east of the community of Stewart in British Columbia’s prolific Golden Triangle. The 2022 program was focussed on regional exploration aimed at growing the footprint of the Willoughby mineralization trend and to drill previously untested areas on the Project
Highlights of the 2022 field program at Willoughby Include:
- Newly discovered “BOD Zone” 125m to the South of the Icefall zone on the Willoughby nunataq, with best grab sample returning 156 g/t Au and 91.7 g/t Ag
- New discovered “FS Zone” 700m to the south of the Willoughby nunataq with best grab sample returning 6.48 g/t Au and 52.5 g/t Ag
- Extension of the main Willoughby showing along NNW structures with samples returning up to 53.9 g/t Au and 1,240 g/t Ag
- Drillhole W22-129 at the north end of the main Willoughby nunataq intersected 2.48 g/t Au and 4.00 g/t Ag over 4.20 metres including 11.45 g/t Au and 13.70 g/t Ag over 0.85 metres
- Drillhole W22-125, at the south end of the Willoughby nunataq intersected 1.02 g/t Au and 27.15 g/t Ag over 5.32 metres in a new zone of mineralization and alteration lying to the west of known mineralized zones.
StrikePoint’s CEO, Michael G. Allen states, “The 2022 program at Willoughby significantly expanded the known mineralized footprint on the property. Significant gold and silver grades have been established through surface sampling and drilling for approximately 2,700 meters of strike length of the Willoughby trend. Additionally, drillholes W22-125 and W22-129 identified potential new zones of mineralization west of previous drilling at either end of the Willoughby nunataq, that has only been cut by these two drillholes to date.”
2022 Willoughby Surface Sampling
At total of 84 surface grab samples were collected as part of the 2022 Willoughby property exploration program. Values returned ranged from 0.005 to 156.0 g/t Au and 0.25 to 1,240.0 g/t Ag with 27 samples returning gold values of greater than 0.1 g/t. The program targeted areas of newly exposed outcrop to the south and north of the Main Willoughby showing along the initial 1,300m long mineralized trend. Exploration surface sampling highlighted two new mineralized zones, FS and BOD zones to the south, as well as confirming mineralization at the historic Back Ridge zone, a previously underexplored area. This work extended the Willoughby mineralized trend to a total of 2,700 metres.
The BOD Zone is located at the southern most end of the Willoughby nunataq, 125 metres South of the Icefall zone. Surface reconnaissance outlined a wide area of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration at BOD that is linked to alteration associated with of north-northwest striking structures further north on the nunataq. These steeply east dipping structures are linked to bonanza grade mineralization as shown in grab sample B0017097 grading 156 g/t Au and 91.7 g/t Ag. In addition, alteration halos around these structures returned significant grades in three surface samples which average 4.02 g/t Au and 11.9 g/t Ag.
Further to the north on the Willoughby nunataq, infill sampling was completed along the southerly projection of the North Fault, confirming a 125-metre extension the north-northwest trending structure. Sample B0017066 returned 53.9 g/t Au and 1,240 g/t Ag in a fault breccia with semi massive sulphide cement, dominantly pyrite with patchy to disseminated galena.
The newly defined FS zone located at the southernmost extent of the property, approximately 700 meters to the south of the BOD zone. This area has been recently exposed due to significant ice recession. This new zone exhibits similar mineralization style to those outlined on the Willoughby nunataq, suggesting a continuation of known mineralization. Significant grades were returned from the few grab samples collected: B0017075 1.39 g/t Au and 128 g/t Ag, B0017076 3.05 g/t Au and 36.2 g/t Ag, B0017080 4.95 g/t Au and 120 g/t Ag, and B0017081 6.48 g/t Au and 52.5 g/t Ag.
| Sample Number | Easting | Northing | Au Au-AA23 ppm | Au GRA21 ppm | Ag ME-ICP61 ppm | Ag GRA21 ppm |
| B0017002 | 6203083 | 464431 | 0.151 | NC | 2.1 | NC |
| B0017010 | 6204043 | 463814 | 0.775 | NC | 51.6 | NC |
| B0017016 | 6204950 | 463860 | 3.6 | NC | 7.8 | NC |
| B0017019 | 6205224 | 463631 | 0.108 | NC | 6.2 | NC |
| B0017023 | 6205214 | 463492 | 0.102 | NC | 12.4 | NC |
| B0017025 | 6205107 | 463501 | 0.128 | NC | 2.6 | NC |
| B0017054 | 6202965 | 463464 | 0.163 | NC | 2.1 | NC |
| B0017055 | 6202967 | 463455 | 0.288 | NC | 4.3 | NC |
| B0017066 | 6203182 | 463308 | 10 | 53.9 | 100 | 1240 |
| B0017067 | 6203220 | 463308 | 0.978 | NC | 20 | NC |
| B0017077 | 6202134 | 463625 | 0.21 | NC | 2 | NC |
| B0017080 | 6202147 | 463620 | 4.95 | NC | 100 | 120 |
| B0017082 | 6202126 | 463627 | 0.141 | NC | 2.5 | NC |
| B0017081 | 6202126 | 463627 | 6.48 | NC | 52.5 | NC |
| B0017085 | 6202113 | 463629 | 0.75 | NC | 21.3 | NC |
| B0017075 | 6202113 | 463629 | 1.39 | NC | 100 | 128 |
| B0017086 | 6202113 | 463629 | 3.05 | NC | 36.2 | NC |
| B0017097 | 6202824 | 463548 | 10 | 156 | 91.7 | NC |
| B0017098 | 6202833 | 463537 | 4.42 | NC | 16.8 | NC |
| B0017099 | 6205032 | 463567 | 0.322 | NC | 1.6 | NC |
| B0017100 | 6205032 | 463567 | 0.805 | NC | 2.7 | NC |
| B0016062 | 6202920 | 463445 | 1.135 | NC | 11.8 | NC |
| B0016061 | 6202920 | 463445 | 8.96 | NC | 13.4 | NC |
| B0016064 | 6202898 | 463455 | 0.182 | NC | 3.2 | NC |
| B0016063 | 6202898 | 463455 | 0.263 | NC | 2.8 | NC |
| B0016065 | 6202909 | 463477 | 1.565 | NC | 5.6 | NC |
| B0016066 | 6202911 | 463484 | 0.279 | NC | 4.2 | NC |
Table 1: Willoughby property – Select exploration grab samples results (NAD83 Zone9)
The Company considers these to be very encouraging results, strengthening and extending the mineralization trend.
Willoughby Drilling
A total of 1,500 meters of diamond drilling was completed during the 2022 Willoughby exploration program with a focus on northern and southern extensions of mineralized zones on the Willoughby nunataq and exploratory drilling to discover new mineralization to the west of the Willoughby Trend.
The program was successful in defining new mineralization to southwest of the North zone in hole W22-129 which returned 2.48 g/t Au and 4.00 g/t Ag over 4.20 metres including 11.45 g/t Au and 13.70 g/t Ag over 0.85 metres. The mineralization outlined in this hole is at the contact between the Jurassic volcanic rock package and the Goldslide intrusive in an area strongly quartz-sericite altered with massive pyrite mineralized sections and is similar to what is seen at the Edge, Wilby, and Icefall zones. From the same drill set-up, hole W22-128 intersected 1.11 g/t Au and 20.96 g/t Ag over 9.02 metres including 2.46 g/t Au and 35.23 g/t Ag over 2.52 metres exploring extension of the mineralization to the northwest, notably towards the NN zone. Mineralized intersections consist of massive pyrite veins in a chlorite altered intrusive which is interpreted to be with the footwall alteration of the dominant structures bearing mineralization.
The remaining the three exploration holes were drilled further to the south on the Willoughby nunataq in wide areas that were previously untested. Hole W22-125 was an exploratory hole to the southwest that intersected 1.02 g/t Au and 27.15 g/t Ag over 5.32 metres in strongly altered silica-sericite lapilli tuff with semi-massive pyrite and sphalerite in an unexplored area. Hole W22-127 was an aggressive 100m step out from known mineralization at the Wilby zone, it intersected 0.82 g/t Au and 1.41 g/t Ag over 8.78 metres and 8.39 g/t Au and 11.20 g/t Ag over 1.12 metres
| Hole-ID | Zone | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) |
| W22-125 | Exploration | 113.36 | 118.85 | 5.49 | 1.02 | 27.15 |
| W22-126 | Exploration | 110.70 | 124.38 | 13.68 | 0.59 | 4.14 |
| Incl. | 116.30 | 124.38 | 8.08 | 0.62 | 3.60 | |
| W22-127 | Exploration | 189.00 | 197.78 | 8.78 | 0.92 | 1.41 |
| 206.30 | 207.47 | 1.17 | 8.39 | 11.20 | ||
| 226.29 | 227.13 | 0.84 | 2.92 | 43.20 | ||
| W22-128 | North | 154.95 | 163.97 | 9.02 | 1.11 | 20.96 |
| Incl. | 155.74 | 158.26 | 2.52 | 2.41 | 31.12 | |
| 272.65 | 273.98 | 1.33 | 1.90 | 1.40 | ||
| W22-129 | North | 35.98 | 37.37 | 1.39 | 2.28 | 217.00 |
| 224.50 | 228.70 | 4.20 | 2.48 | 4.00 | ||
| Incl. | 227.85 | 228.70 | 0.85 | 11.45 | 13.70 | |
| 252.20 | 257.00 | 4.80 | 0.88 | 0.79 | ||
| 265.78 | 267.86 | 2.08 | 1.53 | 0.50 |
Table 2: Highlight drilling intercepts at Willoughby project.
**True widths are estimated to 80% at this time.
| Hole-ID | Easting | Northing | Elevation | Azimuth | Dip | Length (m) |
| W22-129 | 463281 | 6203282 | 1753.00 | 208 | -55 | 290.00 |
| W22-128 | 463281 | 6203282 | 1753.00 | 5 | -55 | 288.00 |
| W22-127 | 463337 | 6202960 | 1640.00 | 92 | -72 | 300.00 |
| W22-126 | 463337 | 6202960 | 1640.00 | 148 | -55 | 321.00 |
| W22-125 | 463337 | 6202960 | 1640.00 | 218 | 55 | 301.50 |
Table 3: Willoughby property – Drill collar locations and orientations (NAD83 Zone 9)
Willoughby Project
The project occurs along the eastern margin of the Cambria Icefield, approximately seven kilometres east of the advanced-stage Red Mountain Deposit owned by Ascot Resources. Upper Triassic Stuhini rocks and Lower Jurassic Hazelton volcano-sedimentary rocks underlay the property, subsequently intruded by an early Jurassic-aged hornblende-feldspar porphyry, potentially comagmatic with the Goldslide Intrusive suite at the nearby Red Mountain deposit. Intrusive-related mineralized zones consist of primary pyrite with lesser pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite, and native gold. Eight gold and silver mineralized zones have been identified to date over a two-kilometre strike-length mineralized trend.
QA/QC
Samples for the 2022 drilling exploration program were all NQ-sized (47.6 mm diameter) drill core was labeled, sawn in half, with one-half placed in sealed bags, and shipped with a chain of custody controls to the laboratory. The remaining drill core is securely stored in Stewart, BC. The surface samples for the 2022 exploration program were labelled and shipped to the laboratory using industry standard chain of custody controls. The company implements a rigorous Quality Control/Quality Assurance program, including the insertion of standards, blanks, and duplicates at regular intervals in the sample stream to monitor laboratory performance.
All samples were submitted to the ALS Chemex and underwent preparation at either their Terrace and Langley facilities in British Columbia with all analytical work carried out at their North Vancouver, BC laboratory. The ALS facility is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for gold assays, and all analytical methods include quality control materials at set frequencies with established data acceptance criteria. The entire sample is crushed, split into representative sub-samples using a riffle splitter, and subsequently, 250g is pulverized. Analysis for gold is by 30g fire assay fusion with atomic absorption (AAS) finish with a lower limit of 0.005 ppm and an upper limit of 10 ppm. Samples with gold assays greater than 10ppm are re-analyzed using a 30g fire assay fusion with a gravimetric finish. Analysis for silver is by 30g fire assay fusion with gravimetric finish with a lower limit of 2ppm and upper limit of 100ppm. Samples with silver assays higher than 100ppm are re-analyzed using a gravimetric silver concentrate method. All samples are also analyzed using a 33 multi-elemental geochemical package by 4-acid digestion (ICP-AES).
Qualified Person
The Qualified Person for this news release for National Instrument 43-101 is Andrew Hamilton P. Geo, technical advisor to StrikePoint. He has read and approved the scientific and technical information that forms the basis for the disclosure contained in this news release.
About StrikePoint
StrikePoint Gold is a gold exploration company focused on building high-grade precious metals resources in Canada. The company controls two advanced-stage exploration assets in BC’s Golden Triangle. The past-producing high-grade silver Porter Project and the high-grade gold property Willoughby, adjacent to Red Mountain. The company also owns a portfolio of gold properties in the Yukon.
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STRIKEPOINT GOLD INC.
“Michael G. Allen”
Michael G. Allen
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
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