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| Where will the next critical metals discovery get made? |
| One distinct possibility is Barksdale Resources’ (BRO.V; BRKCF.OTC) Sunnyside project in Arizona.
That project sits just to the west of South32’s massive Taylor project, a Carbonate Replacement Deposit composed of 138 million tonnes of 3.53% zinc, 3.83% lead and 77 g/t silver.
It’s world-class...one of the world’s largest and richest undeveloped deposits. |
| Consider this: South32 bought Arizona Mining, the company that discovered Taylor, in 2018 for C$1.8 billion. The all-cash deal made Arizona Mining one of the big winners of the 2010s for investors. |
| Fast forward to today, and South32 has committed to spending more than US$2 billion to build a mine at Taylor, and Barksdale’s Sunnyside project shows signs of hosting the porphyry heat engine that gave birth to the CRD-style mineralization at Taylor. |
| As you’re about to see, Barksdale has multiple targets to test at Sunnyside that could host the kind of large, critical-metals-rich deposit that, if and when it is outlined, could absolutely catapult the company’s share price. |
| Backstopped by a great project in Mexico with a large copper resource, Sunnyside will see drilling this fall that could grab the market’s attention, making now the time to take a hard look at Barksdale Resources. |
| Bordering A Giant |
| The proximity of the porphyry outlined at Sunnyside to Taylor is made clear by the map below. |
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| Barksdale’s Sunnyside project lies next to South32’s massive Taylor deposit (138 million tonnes of 3.53% zinc, 3.83% lead and 77 g/t silver). |
| Part of South32’s overall Hermosa project, Taylor is projected to have a 28-year mine life and to produce an average of 111,000 tonnes of zinc, 138,000 tonnes of lead and 7.3 million ounces of silver annually.
This is truly a world-class metals deposit — and it’s literally right on Sunnyside’s doorstep. The underground development South32 will conduct to mine Taylor will add value to the deeper targets Barksdale has traced at Sunnyside. |
| A Target-Rich Environment |
| A second, cross-section map shows the location of the Taylor deposit in relation to the Sunnyside porphyry. |
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Barksdale’s Sunnyside porphyry is one of a number of targets directly on strike from the massive Taylor deposit. |
| As you can see, this porphyry lies just west of the tail end of Taylor. Again, assuming South32 mines its deposit all the way down to its deepest level, it may well provide ready access to any deposit outlined on this porphyry. |
| And, as the map makes clear, the Sunnyside porphyry isn’t the only target that Barksdale has on the project. |
| Other low-lying-fruit is available, including a chalcocite manto, an upper porphyry target and extensions of both Taylor and South32’s Peake Prospect. |
| All of this potential could soon be realized, as Barksdale plans a fall 2025 drill program that will test the chalcocite manto and the upper porphyry target. |
| Given the quality assays past exploration has produced for these targets, this drilling could generate some impressive results in its own right. |
| Backstopped By A Large
Copper Resource In Mexico |
| Of course, it always helps to have more than one iron in the fire when it comes to exploration.
And, in addition to the huge upside at Sunnyside, Barksdale also controls a large copper resource at its San Javier project in northern Mexico. |
| San Javier hosts 419.2 million pounds of measured and indicated copper and 31.6 million pounds of inferred copper.
Barksdale has the option to earn a 100% interest in San Javier from Tusk Exploration for total consideration of just C$5.5 million. |
| Barksdale’s tiny, C$16 million market cap doesn’t come close to accounting for the upside at Sunnyside, which means that this sizeable copper resource essentially comes as a bonus for shareholders in the company. |
| An Undervalued Gem
With A Big Catalyst Directly Ahead |
| The next big catalyst for Barksdale Resources will come when its drill program begins in a few months at Sunnyside. |
| Sunnyside has already proven its potential for market-moving results, with historical intercepts of 17 meters of 17% zinc+lead, 337 g/t silver and 1.3% copper and 38 meters of 15% zinc+lead, 229 g/t silver and 0.2% copper. |
| Given Sunnyside’s considerable upside and its location next to one of the larger mining development projects in the U.S. (and adding in the big copper resource at its San Javier project), Barksdale Resources’ current trading levels suggest a big re-rating could be in the offing.
That makes now the time to begin conducting due diligence on this high-potential, critical metals story. |
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