Sun Summit Strengthens Cu-Au Porphyry Potential at the JD Project, Toodoggone District: Defines an Open-Ended 8.5 km Long IP Anomaly
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) has reported significant findings from its induced polarization (IP) survey at the JD Project in British Columbia's Toodoggone Mining District. The company has identified an impressive 8.5 km long chargeability-high anomaly along the McClair Creek alteration zone, substantially enhancing the project's copper-gold porphyry potential.
The survey, covering over 31-line kilometers across eight northeast-southwest oriented lines, revealed a broad anomaly spanning 8.5 by ~2 kilometers that remains open to the north and south. Notably, only 850 meters of the anomaly has been tested by drilling, with all five historic drill holes intersecting porphyry-related alteration and mineralization.
The company is currently conducting geological mapping and prospecting surveys, with additional soil survey data being compiled to refine drill targets. The McClair Creek anomaly is strategically located 17 km north of Amarc Resources' Aurora discovery.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) ha riportato risultati significativi dall'indagine di polarizzazione indotta (IP) presso il Progetto JD nel Distretto Minerario Toodoggone della Columbia Britannica. L'azienda ha identificato un'imponente anomalia di alta carica di 8,5 km di lunghezza lungo la zona di alterazione di McClair Creek, potenziando notevolmente il potenziale porfirico di rame-oro del progetto.
L'indagine, che copre oltre 31 chilometri di linea su otto linee orientate da nord-est a sud-ovest, ha rivelato una vasta anomalia che si estende per 8,5 per ~2 chilometri e che rimane aperta a nord e a sud. In particolare, solo 850 metri di tale anomalia sono stati testati mediante trivellazione, con tutti e cinque i pozzi storici che hanno incontrato alterazione e mineralizzazione correlate alla porfidia.
La società sta attualmente conducendo mappature geologiche e prospezioni, con ulteriori dati di sondaggi sul suolo in fase di raccolta per affinare gli obiettivi di trivellazione. L'anomalia di McClair Creek è situata strategicamente a 17 km a nord della scoperta Aurora di Amarc Resources.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) ha informado resultados significativos de su encuesta de polarización inducida (IP) en el Proyecto JD, en el distrito minero de Toodoggone de la Columbia Británica. La compañía ha identificado una impresionante anomalía de alta capacidad de 8,5 km de longitud a lo largo de la zona de alteración de McClair Creek, aumentando sustancialmente el potencial porfirico de cobre-oro del proyecto.
La encuesta, que cubre más de 31 kilómetros de línea en ocho líneas orientadas de noreste a suroeste, reveló una amplia anomalía que se extiende 8,5 por ~2 kilómetros y que permanece abierta hacia el norte y el sur. Cabe destacar que solo 850 metros de la anomalía han sido probados mediante perforación, con los cinco hoyos históricos de perforación que intersectaron alteración y mineralización relacionadas con la porfiria.
La empresa está llevando a cabo mapeo geológico y prospección, con datos adicionales de sondeos de suelos en proceso de compilación para refinar los objetivos de perforación. La anomalía de McClair Creek está estratégicamente ubicada a 17 km al norte del descubrimiento Aurora de Amarc Resources.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF)가 브리티시컬럼비아 주의 Toodoggone 광맥 지구 JD 프로젝트에서 유도된 극성(IP) 탐사에서 중요한 결과를 보고했습니다. 회사는 McClair Creek 변환대에 따라 8.5km 길이의 고충전성 이상을 확인하였고, 프로젝트의 구리-금 포퍼라리(포리피리) 잠재력을 크게 강화했습니다.
약 31 선킬로미터에 걸친 8개의 동북-남서 방향선에 걸친 조사에서, 북동에서 남서로 향하는 선들에 걸쳐 8.5 x 약 2km 규모의 넓은 이상이 확인되며 북쪽과 남쪽으로 열려 있습니다. 주목할 점은 이 이상 중 850미터만이 시추로 시험되었고, 모든 다섯 개의 과거 시추공은 포르피릭 관련 변질 및 광물화를 교차했습니다.
현재 회사는 지질 매핑과 예정보다조사(Prospecting) 조사를 수행 중이며, 추가 토양 조사 데이터를 수집해 시추 대상지를 세분화하고 있습니다. McClair Creek 이상은 Amarc Resources의 Aurora 발견지에서 북쪽으로 17km 떨어진 전략적 위치에 있습니다.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) a publié des résultats significatifs de son enquête par polarisation induite (IP) sur le projet JD, dans le district minier de Toodoggone, en Colombie-Britannique. La société a identifié une impressionnante anomalie de chargeabilité élevée de 8,5 km de long le long de la zone d'altération McClair Creek, renforçant considérablement le potentiel porphyrique cuivre-or du projet.
L'enquête, couvrant plus de 31 kilomètres de ligne sur huit lignes orientées nord-est / sud-ouest, a révélé une large anomalie s'étendant sur 8,5 x ~2 kilomètres et qui reste ouverte au nord et au sud. Notamment, seulement 850 mètres de l'anomalie ont été testés par forage, les cinq forages historiques ayant croisé des altérations et minéralisations liées à la porfyre.
La société effectue actuellement des cartographies géologiques et des relevés de prospection, avec des données de sols complémentaires en cours de compilation pour affiner les cibles de forage. L'anomalie McClair Creek est stratégiquement située à 17 km au nord de la découverte Aurora d'Amarc Resources.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) hat bedeutende Ergebnisse seiner induzierten Polarisation (IP)-Untersuchung im JD-Projekt im Mining-Distrikt Toodoggone in British Columbia gemeldet. Das Unternehmen hat eine beeindruckende 8,5 km lange Hochladungsanomalie entlang der McClair Creek-Veränderungslinie identifiziert, was das kupfer- und vuole Porphyr-Potenzial des Projekts erheblich erhöht.
Die Erhebung, die über mehr als 31 Linienkilometer auf acht nordost- bis südwestlich ausgerichteten Linien erstreckt, zeigte eine breite Anomalie von 8,5 mal ~2 Kilometern, die nach Norden und Süden offen ist. Bemerkenswert ist, dass nur 850 Meter der Anomalie durch Bohrungen getestet wurden, wobei alle fünf historischen Bohrlöcher auf porphyrbezogene Verprägung und Mineralisierung trafen.
Das Unternehmen führt derzeit geologische Kartierungen und Prospektionsstudien durch, mit zusätzlichen Bodenproben-Daten, die gesammelt werden, um Bohrziele zu verfeinern. Die McClair Creek-Anomalie liegt strategisch 17 km nördlich der Aurora-Entdeckung von Amarc Resources.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) أبلغت عن نتائج مهمة من مسح الاستقطاب المستحث (IP) في مشروع JD بمنطقة مناجم Toodoggone في كولومبيا البريطانية. حددت الشركة شذوذ قدرة عالية بطول 8.5 كيلومتر على طول منطقة التعديل McClair Creek، مما عزز بشكل كبير الإمكانات porphyry النحاس-الذهب للمشروع.
المسح، الذي يغطي أكثر من 31 كيلومتراً من خطوط القياس عبر ثماني خطوط موجهة من الشمال الشرقي إلى الجنوب الغربي، كشف عن شذوذ واسع يمتد 8.5 × ~2 كيلومتر ولا يزال مفتوحاً نحو الشمال والجنوب. من الجدير بالذكر أن 850 متراً فقط من الشذوذ تم اختباره بالحفر، مع تقاطع جميع آبار الحفر الخمسة التاريخية لتعرّضها وتمايزها إلى نشاطات porphyry المرتبطة بالمعادن.
الشركة تجري حالياً رسم خرائط جيولوجية ومسوحاً استكشافياً، مع تجميع بيانات مسح تربة إضافية لتحسين أهداف الحفر. الشذوذ في McClair Creek يقع بشكل استراتيجي على بُعد 17 كم شمال من اكتشاف Aurora لشركة Amarc Resources.
Sun Summit Minerals (OTCQB: SMREF) 公布了在卑诗省 Tuodoggone 采矿区 JD 项目进行的感应极化(IP)调查的重要发现。公司在 McClair Creek 变形带发现了一条引人注目的 8.5 公里长的高电 charge异常，显著提升了该项目铜-金蚀变花岗岩(cu-au porphyry)潜力。
此次勘探覆盖超过 31 条线公里，横跨八条东北-西南方向的线，揭示出一个宽广的异常区，尺寸为 8.5 与约 2 公里，北、南方向仍有延展。值得注意的是，迄今仅有 850 米 的异常区被钻探测试，所有五个历史钻孔都穿透了与蚀变相关的花岗岩成矿现象。
公司目前正在进行地质制图和探矿调查，并整理更多的土壤调查数据以细化钻探目标。McClair Creek 的异常位于距离 Amarc Resources 的 Aurora 发现约 北方 17 公里 的战略位置。
- Discovery of an extensive 8.5 km long chargeability-high anomaly indicating strong copper-gold mineralization potential
- All 5 previous drill holes successfully intersected porphyry-related alteration and mineralization
- Strategic location 17 km north of Amarc Resources' Aurora discovery
- Ongoing geological mapping and soil surveys to refine drill targets
- Only 850 meters of the 8.5 km anomaly has been tested by drilling
- Additional IP surveying required to infill widely spaced lines
- Most of the large-scale anomaly remains untested
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 18, 2025) - Sun Summit Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SMN) (OTCQB: SMREF) ("Sun Summit" or the "Company") is pleased to report results from a recently completed induced polarization (IP) survey across the JD Porphyry Trend at the JD Project, Toodoggone Mining District, north-central British Columbia.
Highlights:
New IP data enhances the JD Porphyry Trend: New chargeability and resistivity data demonstrate strong prospectivity for porphyry-related copper-gold mineralization along the JD Porphyry trend.
Untested anomalies: Only 850 meters of the 8.5 km long chargeability anomaly has been tested by drilling, where all 5 widely-spaced holes from 2013 and 2018 intersected porphyry-related alteration and mineralization (see February 5th, 2025, news release).
Follow-up programs ongoing: Geological mapping and prospecting surveys along the McClair Creek alteration zone are ongoing. Data from recently completed soil surveys along parts of the JD Porphyry trend are being compiled and interpreted to refine drill targets.
Phase II IP Survey: a subsequent phase of closely-spaced IP survey south of the Creek Zone is newly completed and results are being integrated with the 2024 IP survey historical data and with the current 3D model of the Creek zone.
"We have now defined a broad 8.5 km long chargeability-high anomaly at JD, significantly enhancing the project's copper-gold porphyry potential along the McClair Creek alteration zone," said Niel Marotta, CEO of Sun Summit Minerals. "This impressive alteration zone transects the JD Porphyry trend, yet remarkably, only five historic drill holes have tested it. The vast majority of this large-scale anomaly remains untested and represents a high-priority area for further target definition and exploration."
The JD Porphyry Trend IP Survey
The IP survey across the JD Porphyry trend consisted of over 31-line kilometers across eight northeast-southwest oriented lines. Line spacing varied from 500 to 1,200 meters depending on design depth of earlier survey arrays (Figure 1). The 2025 survey was designed to characterise and detect subsurface sulfide mineralization associated with pronounced magnetic anomalies and strong hydrothermal alteration observed along McClair creek (see February 5th, 2025, news release). The IP survey expanded on previous surveys that defined a north-south trending, open ended, high-chargeability anomaly. New and historic data was compiled and inverted (Figures 1 and 2).
The broadly, north-south oriented >18 mv/v McClair Creek chargeability-high anomaly spans 8.5 by ~2 kilometers and is open to the north and south (Figure 2). The broad anomaly is locally spatially coincident with discrete strong magnetic-high anomalies (Figure 2) and near the Belle South target, a strong resistivity-high anomaly. The intensity of the chargeability anomaly increases with depth, particularly to the north where the anomaly increases to +40 mv/v near the Fericrete and Oxide Peak targets (Figure 1).
Besides five widely-spaced drill holes near the McClair target in 2013 and 2018 (Figure 1), no other chargeability anomaly along the 8.5 km trend has been drill tested. Results from the five McClair holes (see February 5th, 2025 news release) suggests the entire trend may also be prospective for porphyry-related mineralization.
The McClair Creek anomaly is along trend, 17 km north of Amarc Resources' Aurora discovery (Figure 3). Porphyry-related copper and gold mineralization at Aurora is spatially associated with strong coincident chargeability-high and resistivity-high anomalies centered on a magnetic-high anomaly1.
Next Steps
This new chargeability and resistivity data supports the strong prospectivity for partially concealed, porphyry-related copper-gold mineralization proximal to the McClair Creek alteration zone (Figure 1). Additional IP surveying is warranted to infill widely spaced lines and to extend the survey footprint to the north and south (Figure 3).
Data from recently completed soil surveys along parts of the JD Porphyry trend are being compiled and interpreted to refine drill targets. Data from these surveys together with results from ongoing geological mapping and prospecting along the McClair Creek alteration zone (Figure 1) will be used to inform drill targeting and testing.
Figure 1. JD Porphyry Trend, A. Map of the JD Project showing the recently acquired and compiled IP data (400m depth slice through the chargeability model). New (black) and historical IP lines (dashed) shown. Key targets are highlighted. Inset photo looking south down McClair Creek showing parts of the 10 km long McClair Creek gossan. The Belle South porphyry target is situated above the gossan on a till covered plateau, where the coincident high-chargeability and high-magnetic intensity (Figure 2b) is located, B. Sections through the chargeability 3D voxel model showing the strong-chargeability anomaly at Fericrete (A-A'), McClair (B-B') and Belle South (C-C') targets. Section lines shown in (A).
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Figure 2. JD Porphyry Trend, A. Map of the JD Project showing the recently acquired and compiled IP data (400m depth slice through the resistivity model). New (black) and historical (dashed) IP lines shown, B. Map of the JD Project showing total magnetic intensity data acquired in 2021 overlain with IP lines and key target areas.
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Figure 3. Map of the Toodoggone District showing the location of the JD Project in relation to other development and exploration projects. Data sourced from Thesis, TDG and Centerra's corporate websites. The QP has been unable to verify the information and that the information is not necessarily indicative to the mineralization on the property that is the subject of the disclosure.
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National Instrument 43-101 Disclosure
This news release has been reviewed and approved by Sun Summit's Vice President Exploration, Ken MacDonald, P. Geo., a "Qualified Person" as defined in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administrators. Some technical information contained in this release is historical in nature and has been compiled from public sources believed to be accurate. The historical technical information has not been verified by Sun Summit and may in some instances be unverifiable dependent on the existence of historical drill core and grab samples.
Community Engagement
Sun Summit is engaging with First Nations on whose territory our projects are located and is discussing their interests and identifying contract and work opportunities, as well as opportunities to support community initiatives. The Company looks forward to continuing to work with local and regional First Nations with ongoing exploration.
About the JD Project
The JD Project is located in the Toodoggone mining district in north-central British Columbia, a highly prospective deposit-rich mineral trend. The project covers an area of over 15,000 hectares and is in close proximity to active exploration and development projects, such as Thesis Gold's Lawyers and Ranch projects, TDG Gold's Baker-Shasta projects, Amarc Resource's AuRORA project, Centerra's Gold's Kemess East and Underground projects, as well as the past-producing Kemess open pit copper-gold mine.
The project is 450 kilometres northwest of the city of Prince George, and 25 kilometres north of the Sturdee airstrip. It is proximal to existing infrastructure in place to support the past-producing Kemess mine, including roads and a hydroelectric power line.
The JD Project is in a favourable geological environment characterized by both high-grade epithermal gold and silver mineralization, as well as porphyry-related copper and gold mineralization. Some historical exploration, including drilling, geochemistry and geophysics, has been carried out on the property, however the project area is largely underexplored.
About Sun Summit
Sun Summit Minerals (TSXV: SMN) (OTCQB: SMREF) is a mineral exploration company focused on the discovery, expansion and advancement of district scale gold and copper assets in British Columbia. The Company's diverse portfolio includes the JD and Theory projects in the Toodoggone region of north-central B.C., and the Buck Project in central B.C.
Further details are available at www.sunsummitminerals.com.
References
- Greig, R., Steiner, A, Dudek, N., (2024), 2023 Joy Project Assessment Report, Omenica Mining Division, Assessment Report Indexing System, Report 41856, https://apps.nrs.gov.bc.ca/pub/aris.
Link to Figures
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Niel Marotta
Chief Executive Officer & Director
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