Tower Resources completes drilling at Rabbit North

Executive Summary

• Tower Resources Ltd. completed an expanded diamond drilling program at its Rabbit North property in the Kamloops porphyry copper mining district, increasing the total program from 3,000 metres to 3,213 metres before suspending operations for the holiday season.
• The program targeted two distinct zones: the Blue Sky gold trend (6 holes, 1,756 m) and the Thunder North gold zone (5 holes, 1,457 m), aiming to define the orientation of the Blue Sky trend and extend/confirm continuity of the Thunder North mineralization.
• Assay results are expected prior to the planned resumption of drilling in February; the company notes that the mineralization is orogenic in style and younger than the typical late Triassic porphyry deposits in the district.

Key Details

• Program Expansion: Total drilling increased from 3,000 m to 3,213 m due to high productivity; drilling suspended for the holiday season and expected to resume in February.
• Blue Sky Trend Drilling:
  • Six holes (RN25-063 to 068) totaling 1,756 m.
  • Holes 063-065 drilled at various angles near discovery hole RN24-055 (31.5 m of 4.15 g/t Au) to determine orientation of the contact between Durand diorite and Nicola tuff.
  • Holes 066-068 designed to follow the Durand-hosted intersection in hole 060 (6.02 m of 23.63 g/t Au) downdip and 100 m eastward toward a 560-grain till gold anomaly.
• Thunder North Zone Drilling:
  • Five holes (RN25-069 to 073) totaling 1,457 m.
  • One hole drilled west of known mineralization to verify faulting indicated by hole RN24-054, testing continuity westward as the Thunder zone (formerly Thunder South), previously intersected in RN23-041 (13.3 m of 3.28 g/t Au followed by 10.1 m of 2.16 g/t Au).
  • Four holes designed to extend the Thunder North zone eastward from hole RN25-062 (19.0 m of 4.93 g/t Au) or confirm continuity to depths greater than 150 m and fill gaps caused by crosscutting dike in hole RN23-040.
• Assay Strategy: All core except that from postmineralization Chilcotin basalt cover flows is analyzed in one- to two-metre intervals, yielding an average of 200 samples per hole. Most assays expected prior to February drilling resumption.
• Geological Context: The discovered system is described as orogenic in style and younger than the typical late Triassic porphyry copper plus or minus gold deposits of the Kamloops district.

Notable Quotes

• "Due to high drilling productivity, the program was expanded from 3,000 metres to 3,213 metres before drilling was suspended for the holiday season. Drilling is expected to resume in February as the daylight hours increase."
• "Tower's previous drilling campaigns have shown that most of the drill core is significantly anomalous in gold, reflecting the large scale and pervasiveness of the previously unknown gold mineralizing system that the company has discovered at Rabbit North..."