Napoleon Project
Overview
The Napoleon Project lies in the heart of the Tintina Gold Province, a region spanning 2000 kilometres that has produced more than 30 million ounces of gold.
Napoleon is located in the Fortymile Region of Eastern Alaska, which has produced an estimated 500,000 oz of placer gold. Despite this extensive placer production, no major hard rock or “lode gold” production has been documented in the district.
J2’s exploration focus, led by Technical Partner Kenorland Minerals, is testing the Napoleon Creek Intrusive, the most significant intrusive gold system in the region as a possible source for the coarse grain placer gold that is found in all drainages surrounding the property.
Location
Alaska, USA
Stage
Early
Size
5,925 ha.
J2 Interest
100%
Deposit types
Orogenic Au / Intrusion related Au
Location
The Napoleon project covers 5925 hectares of state-owned Alaska mining claims. It is located 15km northeast of the town of Chicken or 140 km from the town of Tok along the seasonal Taylor Highway. The property is accessed via a network of four-wheel-drive trails which follow the ridge tops throughout much of the project area.
Geology & Mineralization
The property is located within Alaska’s historic Forty Mile Mining District, which is part of the prolific Tintina Gold Province. The Tintina hosts significant deposits such as Donlin Creek, Fort Knox, Pogo, Livengood, Coffee Brewery Creek and Dublin Gulch.
Gold mineralization at Napoleon is related to a regional shear zone which intersects the Jurassic aged Napoleon pluton. Gold mineralization is controlled by east-west and northwest trending structures and are commonly kaolinite-quartz-carbonate altered. High-grade gold is associated with quartz-pyrite veins, with K-feldspar-sericite-pyrite altered selvedges.
Exploration History
Kennecott first staked the property in 1998 following regional compilation work that identified anomalous gold-in-stream-sediment samples reported by Phillips Petroleum in 1982. Kennecott carried out soil sampling over areas of known mineralization as well as stream sampling throughout the property. During the 1998 and 1999 field seasons, soil geochemistry and trenching led to the discovery of five target areas: Main Zone, Saddle Zone, Trench 24, Twin Peaks and Burnt Ridge. Kennecott subsequently drilled 6 diamond drill holes and 10 RC holes with highlights including 0.61m @ 38.26 g/t Au in hole NAP-3 and 9.2m of 1.8g/t Au in hole NRC4.
Teck Resources explored the Napoleon property between 2000 and 2001. Exploration included ground magnetic and induced polarization geophysical surveys, and additional soil sampling. This work was subsequently followed up with 11 diamond drill holes, returning 74m of 0.9g/t including 0.90m of 22.7 g/t Au in NP-10 and 3.0m @ 8.9 g/t Au at the Saddle Zone in hole NP2.
A total of 4759 meters over 27 holes were drilled by Kennecott and Teck resources. Average hole depth was 166m.
Between 2007 and 2009 Millrock Resources Inc. conducted additional soil and rock sampling along with a review and evaluation of existing data to generate additional drill targets. Millrock did not conduct any drilling on the property and the ground was eventually relinquished.
Northway Resources Corp. (Northway) acquired the Napoleon property in 2019. Exploration activities conducted by Northway in 2020 included a ground-based magnetometer and very low frequency electromagnetic (VLF-EM) survey and infill C-horizon soil sampling over the main target areas to help define drill ready targets.
Future Plans
In 2022 J2 completed a 2417km drone magnetic survey with LiDAR. The 50m spaced survey produced a high quality and resolution dataset that will help guide drilling on targets away from the main zone at a future date.
