Horetzky Copper Project
— British Columbia, Canada
Project Summary
- District-Scale Opportunity: The project covers 5,057 hectares across 11 mineral claims located in the Babine Porphyry Copper Belt, one of British Columbia’s most prolific copper districts.
- Established Copper District: Horetzky is located in British Columbia’s Babine Porphyry Belt, which hosts the past-producing Bell and Granisle copper mines and selected exploration projects including Burn, NAK, Morrison and Duke.
- Strategic Acquisition: Northern Lights optioned the property from veteran prospector Bernie Kreft in October 2024.
- Porphyry System: Alteration on the property follows a classic porphyry pattern, featuring a magnetic potassic core that grades outward into phyllic and propylitic domains.
Investment Highlights
- Surface Copper Anomalism: Historical and recent sampling outlines widespread copper anomalism across Horetzky. The 2025 program returned rock samples up to 13,750 ppm Cu (1.38% Cu), with multiple rock samples exceeding 1,000 ppm Cu, and soil samples up to 2,150 ppm Cu.
- Multiple Exploration Indicators: Coincident geochemical and geophysical anomalies occur in a favourable geological setting, supported by strong magnetic, IP and resistivity responses.
- Historical Drilling: In 1973, Hecla Mining Company completed eight drill holes at Horetzky. All eight holes returned copper values, including 4,370 ppm Cu over 0.91 metres and 1,345 ppm Cu over 10.67 metres.
- Modern Reinterpretation: Modern inversion of historical IP/resistivity data identified anomalies that were not tested by historical drilling, providing a clearer view of the location and geometry of key responses.
Exploration Status
- Exploration Permit: The Project is covered by a five-year Multi-Year Area Based (MYAB) exploration permit, provisionally expiring March 31, 2030, authorizing geophysical surveys, surface trenching and sampling, and drilling of up to 100 holes.
- Data Consolidation: Northern Lights has digitized all datasets from a 58-year exploration history (1967-2024), consolidating geochemistry, geophysics, and assay certificates from previous operators like Rio Algom and Hecla Mining.
- 3D Geological Model: Aeromagnetic inversion modelling differentiates multiple intrusive phases and images an interpreted intrusive complex extending more than 2,500 metres from surface to the stated depth limit of the inversion.
- Integrated Interpretation: Surface geochemistry and historical drilling have been evaluated alongside re-inverted historical IP/resistivity, MobileMT and 3D aeromagnetic data. The integrated interpretation provides a stronger technical basis for refining and prioritizing future exploration targets.
