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HWY 37 Project

The HWY 37 Project covers 849 km² and includes 100% owned tenures (457 km²) and a 4-year option to acquire 100% of the remaining 362km².

Since 2023, Kingfisher has assembled a dominant 849 km2 contiguous land position in the heart of BC’s Golden Triangle.  The project covers a broad area of favourable stratigraphy and fertile intrusions hosting porphyry copper-gold and epithermal gold-silver mineralization.  The project is also located within the Eskay-Rift and hosts Eskay Creek – Equivalent stratigraphy which is prospective for high-grade Au-Ag VMS systems.   

Historical exploration has outlined Williams, Mary, Hank, and Mess Creek as top priority targets. 

Location & Infrastructure

The 849 km² HWY 37 Project is located in Northwest British Columbia’s Golden Triangle. The property is approximately 125 km north of the town of Stewart and 75 km southwest of the village of Iskut. Port facilities are available at Stewart and Prince Rupert (315 km south), accessible via highways.

Both the Stewart-Cassiar Highway (37) and the 287 kV Northwest Transmission Line pass through the eastern portion of the HWY 37 project. The main areas of interest are within 9-15 km of Highway 37 and power.

Helicopter staging is available at the Burrage airstrip 4 km to the east, on Highway 37. The project is within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, with a communications agreement in place.

Regional Geology

The HWY 37 Project lies within the Stikine terrane of Northwest British Columbia and is predominantly underlain by the Stuhini and Hazelton groups. 

Mineralization spans porphyry to epithermal deposit types and is related to Late Triassic to Early Jurassic Intrusions which are also responsible for mineralization at the Schaft Ck, Galore Ck, and the Treaty Creek-KSM-Brucejack districts. The northeastern region of the project is underlain by Eskay-equivalent Iskut River Formation, favourable for VMS mineralization.  

Disclaimer

The Company notes that mineralization hosted on adjacent and/or nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the HWY 37 Project. 

Au equivalent (Eq.) values were calculated using the following metal prices: Au = $2600.00/oz, Cu = $4.00/lb, Ag = $30.00/oz, Mo = $30.00/lb, Pb = $0.95/lb, and Zn = $1.30/lb. No current or historical metallurgical work has been completed on the mineral deposits within the Project and as such recoveries are assumed to be 100%. The formula used to calculate the equivalent values for the Mary and Williams deposits is Au Eq. g/t = Au g/t + (Cu % * 1.0549) + (Ag g/t * 0.0115) + (Mo % * 7.9121). The formula used to calculate the Au equivalent values for the Hank deposit is Au Eq. g/t = Au g/t + (Cu % * 1.0549) + (Ag g/t * 0.0115) + (Pb % * 0.2505) + (Zn % * 0.3429). Au Eq. is used for illustrative purposes and do not imply that the metals are economically recoverable. 

Dustin Perry, P. Geo., the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, and has prepared and approved the technical data and information in this presentation. 

Targets

The Williams Cu-Au porphyry deposit (Minfile 104G 434) is highly prospective based on its analogous age to the nearby Mitchell deposits (4.1 Bt, 72.3 M oz Au, 11.9 B Lbs Cu; M&I contained resource)*, and that it is open laterally and at depth.  

Williams was discovered in 2017 through prospecting and first drilled in 2018 with an initial drill hole returning 377 m of 0.31 g/t Au and 0.28% Cu (HNK-18-001). The deposit drill footprint of 500 m long by 400 m wide and 500-600 m deep is within a 2.2 km long and 1.5 km wide and 1 km deep chargeable body (>25 mV/V) with values up to 212 mV/V identified by the new survey. Intercepts at Williams coincide with potassic-altered monzonite porphyry intrusion that extend to surface with abrupt grade change between intrusive host and the volcanic rocks. The Williams deposit is largely hosted in one structurally focused intrusion within a chargeability anomaly that is prospective to host numerous such bodies.  

The upper-level porphyry target area includes domains to the north and south of the Williams deposit and are interpreted as structurally-controlled, Williams-like stocks, such as 190 m of 0.49% Cu, and 0.57 g/t Au (HNK-18-13). The deeper target domain spans 1 km wide and includes the peak chargeability values (212 mV/V) where there is potential for more broad, intrusive-hosted stockwork. From regional examples, highest relative copper grades are associated with bornite typically intercepted at deeper levels where higher temperature conditions exist. The geometry of chargeability supports this exploration concept with a marked chargeable high close to surface in volcanic rocks (pyrite>chalcopyrite), a muted mid-level response in mixed intrusions and volcanic rocks (chalcopyrite>pyrite), and a broadening root zone where bornite>chalcopyrite is conceptualized in an intrusive host. Given the grade at Williams and the significant scale of the anomaly, this target area has been elevated to a top priority.  

*The Company notes that mineralization on nearby projects is not indicative of mineralization on the HWY 37 and LGM projects. 

 

Drill Hole 

From (m) 

To (m) 

Interval (m) 

Au g/t 

Cu % 

Ag g/t 

HNK-18-001 

36.0 

413.0 

377.0 

0.31 

0.28 

1.75 

Including 

97.0 

182.0 

85.0 

0.52 

0.44 

3.16 

HNK-18-002 

116.0 

416.0 

300.0 

0.22 

0.29 

2.20 

HNK-18-005 

148.0 

550.8 

402.8 

0.32 

0.28 

1.84 

Including 

148.0 

244.0 

96.0 

0.61 

0.43 

2.56 

HNK-18-007 

366.0 

603.5 

237.5 

0.17 

0.18 

2.01 

HNK-18-013 

217.3 

564.0 

346.7 

0.39 

0.33 

2.06 

Including 

217.3 

407.0 

189.7 

0.57 

0.49 

2.78 

Including 

275.0 

401.9 

126.9 

0.69 

0.56 

3.37 

HNK-18-015 

393.6 

512.0 

118.4 

0.06 

0.14 

0.82 

HNK-WZ-19-01 

233.0 

611.5 

378.5 

0.22 

0.28 

1.44 

Including 

272.0 

517.0 

245.0 

0.30 

0.38 

1.84 

Williams Drill Highlights 

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Targets

Mary Porphyry Root Zone

Between Mary and Cliff porphyry centres is a large untested resistivity anomaly coupled with flanking chargeability high domains which are coincident with low magnetism. This geophysical signature is considered to be the idealized deep level porphyry response. The resistivity body (>850 Ωm) is interpreted to reflect a potassic-altered porphyry root zone and measures 600 x 600 m in plan view and measures 800 m vertical starting from 200 m, open at termination of the 3D inversion.

District-scale vertical metal zonation from high gold values on ridges to highest copper in valleys is present throughout. A conceptual root zone is inferred to have high relative copper compared Mary due to the deeper level. The geophysical anomaly indicates that the root zone target is larger in vertical and lateral scale than Mary. The presence of low angle metal patterns at Mary suggest that the copper-rich root zone may lie lateral to the deposit, as opposed to directly below.

A comparable system at KSM (Mitchell and Snowfield deposits) grades from low copper at upper levels (Snowfield deposit), into high relative copper grades at the root zone levels at depth (Mitchell deposit). In this example, economic gold is present throughout the ~1.5 km vertical extent of the system without significant zonation in grade. Bornite zones are commonly located at depth in porphyry systems, and at Mitchell-Snowfield the highest gold and copper body is located at depth with bornite. The absence of bornite at Mary coupled with unusually high gold:copper ratios indicate significant exploration potential for a copper-rich porphyry at depths below and flanking the Mary deposit.*

*Mineralization hosted on adjacent and/or nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the Company’s property

About HWY 37

Location & Infrastructure

The 362 km² HWY 37 project is in Northwest British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, Liard Mining Division. The property is approximately 140 km north of the town of Stewart and 75 km southwest of the village of Iskut. Port facilities are available at Stewart and Prince Rupert (330 kilometres south), accessible via highways.

Both the Stewart-Cassiar Highway (37) and the 287 kV Northwest Transmission Line pass through the eastern portion of the HWY 37 project. The main areas of interest are within 9-15 km of Highway 37 and power.

Helicopter staging is available at the Burrage airstrip 4 km to the east, on Highway 37. The project is within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, with a communications agreement in place.

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