
The Meister zinc-lead-silver
property is located 90 kilometers west of Watson Lake, Yukon
Territory and 14 kilometers northwest of Kilometer 1110 on the
Alaska Highway. A four-wheel drive road originating from the
Alaska Highway provides access to the property. The entire claim
group is underlain by a folded, faulted and metamorphosed sequence
of Lower Cambrian or earlier sedimentary rocks. Mineralization
consisting of mainly zinc-silver-lead bearing oxides appears
to be related to replacement and/or fault zones at or near the
phyllite-carbonate interface.
In May 1986, a total of 2413.14 meters of NQ wireline diamond drilling
in 22 holes was completed in the
West and South Zones. In the West Zone an oxidized mineral body,
exposed over a strike length of 1000 meters was intersected at
depth in seven of the eight holes drilled. A 29.0 meter section
of oxide material from DDH 86-MR-8 assayed 3.79% zinc and 1.22
oz/ton silver and within this interval a 14.0 meter section assayed
4.57% zinc, 0.94% lead and 2.01 oz/ton silver.
In the South Zone based on
the 1986 program the best results were returned from a partially
oxidized graphitic phyllite unit where a 12.0 meter intercept
assayed 2.56% lead, 2.06% zinc and 0.05 oz/ton silver. A 5.0
meter section within this interval assayed 5.02% lead, 4.11%
zinc and 0.10 oz/ton silver.
Following the 1986 program,
additional diamond drilling was recommended for the West Zone
to test for sulphide mineralization at depth. This work was never
done but further work will be considered when zinc prices improve.