Upper Peninisula, Michigan (Uranium) Upper Peninisula, Michigan (Nickel-Copper)
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GK Project
  GK GOLD OVERVIEW January 8, 2010 In 2003, Bitterroot owns a 100-percent interest in the GK Property, near Beaverdell, British Columbia. The property consists of 20 claim units which cover the apparent source of multi-element (Au, Ag, Cu, Zn, As) regional stream silt geochemical anomalies. Management believes the property has the potential to host large-tonnage, intrusion-related gold deposits as well as possible high-grade gold, silver, and base metal bearing veins similar to those encountered at the nearby Highland Bell mine. By 2004, Bitterroot had conducted extensive geological mapping, geophysical surveys (IP and magnetics), and detailed soil sampling at the GK property. Bitterroot also drilled 1,879 metres of core in nine holes, intercepting narrow high-grade gold veins of up to 29.6 grams Au/tonne (with 19.2 grams Ag/tonne) over 0.3 metres as well as multi-phase, mineralized hydrothermal breccias over a 106 metre-long continuous interval. In 2007, Bitterroot completed trenching and core drilling programs at GK, focusing on the Blue Jay and Hornet zones. Both zones exhibit mineralization consisting of sulphide-enriched vein-breccias and stockworks containing pyrite, arsenopyrite, quartz and carbonate, with subordinate tourmaline and chalcopyrite. The Blue Jay Zone was identified by anomalous soil geochemistry, with grab samples returning assays of up to 28 grams Au/tonne. Approximately 500 metres of trenching established zone continuity over a minimum strike length of 250 metres, open in both directions along strike and down-dip, with trench channel samples returning assays of up to 6.75 grams Au/tonne over 9 metres. A 13-hole (2,682 metre) drill program at Blue Jay intersected sulphide mineralization with several intercepts returning assays averaging 1 to 2 grams Au/tonne over widths ranging from 3 to 10 metres, including narrower intervals of somewhat higher grade. The geologically-similar Hornet Zone was discovered about five kilometres northwest of Blue Jay. Approximately 700 metres of trenching at Hornet established zone continuity over a minimum strike length of 250 metres, open in both directions along strike and down-dip, with trench channel samples returning assays of up to 22.1 grams Au/tonne over 5.2 metres. All four drill holes (746 metres) at Hornet intersected sulphide mineralization, returning more consistent and higher gold grades than drilling at Blue Jay, of up to 1.47 grams Au/tonne over 13.9 metres which included 7.13 grams Au/tonne over 2.6 metres. In 2008, Bitterroot completed follow-up programs of infill soil geochemical sampling and reconnaissance stream silt sampling at the Hornet zone. In 2009, the Company acquired strategic claims adjacent to the Hornet zone and plans to focus its exploration efforts in this area. In 2010 Bitterroot's management plans to conduct additional prospecting and soil sampling on these recently-acquired claims. Maps  GK Project - Hornet Zone - Trench Geochemistry Aug (g/T> Click to view |