Tarsis Resources finds anomalous silver in soil sampling at Rogue prospect, Yukon

Tarsis Resources (CVE:TCC) gave an update Monday on its exploratory activities on the Rogue and recently-acquired Plata East prospects in east central Yukon, Canada.
Throughout 2011, the company completed reconnaissance-style exploration, comprising of stream sediment and soil geochemical sampling, as well as prospecting and geological mapping on Rogue and some grassroots targets identified nearby.
At Rogue, stream sediment sampling yielded values ranging from 0.1 grams per tonne (g/t) of gold to 4.3 g/t silver. The samples also returned anomalous results for pathfinder elements arsenic, mercury, antimony, thallium and zinc.
Soil sampling carried out at one location on the prospect returned values ranging from 2.7 g/t to 15.9 g/t silver, averaging 7.9 g/t. Eighteen soil samples were collected, spaced 25 metres apart. Mercury values were also strongly elevated, Tarsis said, while gold values ranged from below detection to 41 parts per billion (ppb).
The company said prospecting did not identify the source of the anomalous silver values on the target, but given the soil and stream sediment response for silver, Tarsis believes further exploration is merited.
At Plata East, which is located 20 kilometers east of the Rogue prospect, 61 rock samples were collected during prospecting, with assay results returning values ranging from below detection to 0.74 g/t gold. Elevated gold samples also yielded 7.43 g/t silver, 354 parts per million (ppm) arsenic and 2.08 ppm mercury, the company said.
This Plata East target was identified through analysis of government geochemical sampling, which yielded anomalous thallium of 1.17 ppm within stratigraphy considered prospective for sediment-hosted gold mineralization. Tarsis staked 72 claims to cover the anomalous results.
Tarsis is a mineral exploration company with properties in Yukon, Canada and Mexico.