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Drill Results

Eagle Plains talks Yukon gold potential at Dragon Lake

By The Northwire Desk — AI Analysis Aug 18, 2025 · 14:32 EPL · 0.14 Eagle Plains Resources Ltd.
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Executive Summary

  • Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. released a detailed technical update on its 100 % owned Dragon Lake gold project, highlighting historic trenching and drilling results that show up to 2.14 g/t Au over 10.2 m and surface samples exceeding 19 g/t Au.
  • The property sits within the prolific Tintina gold belt and hosts a broad zone of intrusive‑related mineralization with soil geochemical anomalies covering ~400 × 700 m.
  • Management notes that historic results have not been independently verified but provide a basis for continued exploration work.

Key Details

  • Location & Geology
  • Dragon Lake property – 893 ha, 85 km NE of Ross River, Yukon; within Tintina gold province.

  • Mineralization associated with an elongate Tombstone suite intrusive and skarn‑type quartz veins along intrusive contacts.

  • Historical Surface Results

  • Trenching: up to 1.2 g/t Au over 15 m, 6.7 g/t Au over 4 m, 2.8 g/t Au over 6 m.

  • Chip samples (1988): 12.7 g/t Au from a 1 m sample.

  • Recent Surface Work (2010)

  • Continuous chip trenching: trace to 4.9 g/t Au over 6 m; peak 19 g/t Au over 1 m.
  • Grab sample from 1.2 m quartz vein: 19.8 g/t Au.

  • Exploration pits: up to 2.85 g/t Au and 2.25 g/t Au in anomalous zones.

  • Diamond Drilling

  • 1999 (DDH D99‑01): 2.14 g/t Au over 10.2 m (49.3–59.5 m) and 3.7 g/t Au over 1.2 m (106.6–107.8 m).

  • 2011 (DDH DR11004): up to 0.56 g/t Au over 11.54 m; three intervals of 1.57 g/t Au over 3 m.

  • Soil Geochemistry

  • Broad anomalous zone ~1.3 km × 0.35 km, with a concentrated Au‑Cu‑Bi anomaly ~400 m × 700 m.

  • Cautionary Statements

  • Historical results were reported by prior operators and have not been verified by Eagle Plains or a qualified person.

  • Past discoveries on adjacent land are not necessarily indicative of results on Dragon Lake.

  • Qualified Person

  • Technical information reviewed and approved by C.C. Downie, P.Geo., director/officer (NI 43‑101).

Notable Quotes

(No direct CEO/President quotes were provided in the release.)

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