Field crews from Hardline Exploration Corp. recently completed a multi-day prospecting and sampling program at the Nicola East Project, located approximately 25 km east of Merritt, British Columbia. The program followed up on 2023 results, which included a grab sample that returned 3.04 g/t Au from a previously untested quartz vein.

During the 2024 program, 35 samples were collected from several quartz veins containing up to 3% chalcopyrite and 1% chalcocite, with visible copper oxide staining. Mineralization occurs within narrow quartz veins (<5 cm thick) showing chlorite–epidote alteration and hosted in grey-green andesitic volcanics with hornblende phenocrysts.

Crews revisited the 2023 high-grade location (sample AA001906, 687807 mE / 5555494 mN, Zone 10N) to locate additional mineralized structures nearby. Assaying was performed by ALS Laboratories (North Vancouver, ISO 9001 certified) under a 5% QA/QC protocol, including field duplicates, blanks, and certified reference materials.