CLIFF
Orogenic Au
Priority Drill Target

53 claims ~1100 hectares
Minfiles: 115H 048 & 115H 058


In Brief:

      • An untested, 1.7 km long gold-in-soil anomaly with soil values to 3.1 g/t Au
      • Angular quartz-arsenopyrite vein float to 7.3 g/t Au
      • Additional soil (to 6.7 g/t Au) and stream anomalies across property
      • Strong geological similarity to Juneau Gold Belt (7 Moz Au production)
      • Located in an active placer district

The Cliff property was staked in 2011 by 18526 Yukon Inc.  Historic exploration by prospector JP Ross returned stream sediment values of up to 480 ppb Au and a gold-in-soil anomaly of up to 850 ppb Au. 18526 conducted additional prospecting along with three grid and contour soil sampling programs (~700 samples), returning several large anomalies, including one area with a sample of 6.73 g/t Au in soil, and another with a 1.7 kilometer stretch of anomalous soil samples averaging 117 ppb Au. Contrary to an initial assessment of Ross's finds, these anomalies appear to be in-situ, and not glacially deposited. Quartz arsenopyrite vein material found in schists in 2013 assayed 7.3 g/t Au, and altered granodiorite material also ran high in gold.

The Cliff property sits in the Ruby Range placer gold district, which has produced well over 50,000 ounces of gold since 1991 without an obvious hard rock source. The project is underlain by the Cretaceous Kluane schist and an exposure of the Paleogene Ruby Range batholith. These units correspond in age, lithology and structure to the Gravina belt and Taku terrane of the Juneau Gold Belt to the southeast, which has produced some 7 million ounces of gold since its discovery.

The Cliff property is situated 17 km from a road-accessible airstrip, 32 kilometers from a 30 MW hydroelectric station, and 42 kilometers from the town of Haines Junction. 18526 Yukon Inc. owns the Cliff claims 100%, with no underlying interests or royalties.  A brief field program of infill geochemical testing, prospecting and geological mapping could quickly produce quality drill targets.