Arya Resources Ltd. (TSXV: RBZ) announced that its field crews have successfully relocated historical trenches at the Main Zone showing on its Wedge Lake Property, located 17 km northwest of Brabant, Saskatchewan. The site was originally discovered in 1929–1930 and drill-tested by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company in 1946, with historical results including 2.79% copper and 1.54 g/t gold over 7.4 metres. The company has collected grab samples from several trenches for laboratory analysis, though no analytical results are currently available. Investors in junior copper-gold exploration companies may be watching for assay results from this newly relocated showing.

Key Points

  • Arya Resources Ltd. (TSXV: RBZ) is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on Saskatchewan
  • Field crews successfully relocated historical Main Zone trenches at the Wedge Lake Property, approximately 3.9 km from the company's Twin Zone
  • Historical drilling by HBMS in 1946 reported 2.79% copper and 1.54 g/t gold over 7.4 metres; these results have not been independently verified by the company
  • Investors should watch for laboratory results from gossanous material grab samples collected during the site visit

Main Zone Relocation at Wedge Lake Property

Arya Resources field crews GPS-recorded the locations of historical trenches at the Main Zone showing, a copper-gold occurrence within the La Ronge Geological Domain near Lower Nistoassini Lake. The Main Zone is referenced in the Saskatchewan Mineral Deposit Index as SMDI No. 0459. Historical records indicate a main shear zone traced for approximately 610 metres, with sulphide mineralization exposed in trenches over approximately 320 metres. Crews collected gossanous material samples from several trenches for submission to a laboratory; the company states that no analytical results from this sampling are currently available.

Historical Drill Results and Geological Context

Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company drilled 12 holes totalling approximately 1,494 metres at the Main Zone in 1946, testing approximately 244 metres of strike length to an average depth of approximately 122 metres. Selected historical intersections include 2.79% copper, 1.54 g/t gold, 6.86 g/t silver, and 0.06% zinc over 7.4 metres, and a separate intersection of 1.85% copper, 4.29 g/t gold, 14.74 g/t silver, and 1.30% zinc over 1.2 metres. The company explicitly cautions that these results are historical, unverified, and do not constitute a current mineral resource estimate. True widths are also unknown.

Significance of Modern Reassessment for Arya's Exploration Programme

The successful relocation of the historical workings provides Arya with georeferenced reference points to reassess the Main Zone using contemporary exploration methods. The company notes that geological descriptions from later work describe altered rhyolitic volcanic rocks and sulphide-facies iron formation in the host sequence, adding geological context to the showing. The Main Zone lies approximately 3.9 km from the Twin Zone on the same Wedge Lake Property, which the company describes as part of Saskatchewan's La Ronge Gold Belt. Roger March, P.Geo., serves as the Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 for this release.