The Red Rock project is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA. To view a map of the Red Rock area please click here

Option Agreements:
The Company has entered into an option agreement with Nevada Eagle Resources LLC, for the acquisition of the Red Rock Property, which comprises 140 unpatented mining claims approximately 70 miles southwest of Tonapah, Nevada along the northeast flank of the White Mountains. The property is subject to an existing Underlying Agreement between Nevada Eagle Resources LLC and Nevada Gold Ventures, a company wholly at arms length both to Nevada Eagle Resources LLC and Escape.

The Company has the option to earn a 100% interest by making annual US $100,000 payments to Nevada Gold Ventures with an annually increasing buy out privilege. Further, the Company would be required to complete a series of obligations to Nevada Eagle Resources LLC which include annual cash payments over a five year period, totaling US $350,000; incurring exploration expenditures totaling US$2.5 million over a five year period and by issuing a cumulative 1,500,000 treasury shares over a five year period. Significant exploration work on the Red Rock Property has been completed by Newmont Gold, Amselco Minerals, Curran Corp., Cambior Inc., Phelps Dodge Corp., and Romarco Minerals Inc.

Geology
The project is a low sulphidation epithermal, bonanza gold-silver vein system. Low sulphidation geological models include several well known world class deposits such as, Midas, Sleeper, Hishikari and El Penon. Results have been encouraging but exploration of the property is challenging due to the depth of gravel overburden, and erratic gold distribution within the target area. Exploration has been limited to shallow holes to date (no more than 600 feet below surface) The Company plans to complete a comprehensive re-evaluation of the project in preparation for a multiphase core drilling program and to evaluate the feasibility of extending the existing decline for a proposed underground drill program.

The presence of high grade gold and silver bonanza veins by previous operations is demonstrated by these previously published news releases.


This information has been published on SEDAR by previous explorers and is reported for historical purposes only. The Company has not evaluated the historical exploration program for it’s compliance with NI 43-101.

Geophysics
Escape Gold Inc. completed a Titan 24 deep IP geophysical survey of portions of the Red Rock Property. The survey was conducted by Quantec Geosciences in July of 2007. The survey was modified from a standard Titan 24 survey, the dipole spacing was reduced to 50 meters for better resolution of small structures. The Titan 24 survey measured IP (Induced Polarization) data, electrical resistivity and magnetotelluric resistivity.

Reviewing the available geologic information on the Red Rock property, it became apparent that the high grade gold and silver mineralization was likely controlled by structures oriented North 30° East. Quartz veins, andesite dikes, and faults, all with this orientation can be seen and mapped on portions of the Red Rock property. These quartz veins, dikes, and faults are associated with gold mineralization. The Discovery area is covered with between 75 and 150 meters of alluvium preventing direct observation and measurement of these structures in the Discovery area.

The Titan 24 geophysical survey was able to delineate North 30° East structures in the Discovery area. Below is an example, line DZ5N. A series of 4 semi-parallel lines cross the discover zone in a nearly east to west orientation (see below).

Line Location Map

All four lines indicate horst and graben structures oriented North 30° East.  They are especially evident in the data collected along line DZ5N (see below).

DZ5N
Interpretative DC resistivity section

Interpretative MT section

Interpretative IP section

These three interpretive sections from line DZ5N show the general geology of the discovery zone. The magnetotelluric (MT) survey shows the layering or stratigraphy best in the discovery zone. The alluvium that mantles the area clearly evident and the thickness of the alluvium matches depths encountered in drilling. There is locally a thin layer of felsic volcanic tuff beneath the alluvium, and is also apparent in the Titan survey data. Beneath the younger rock units, the older Ordovician Palmetto formation can be seen. The Palmetto formation is the main host rock for gold and silver in the discovery area.

Notice that while the general stratigraphy is clear in the MT survey, structures, like faults are more apparent in the IP survey. The faults that bound the horsts and grabens are associated with the gold and silver mineralization. It is important to note that while faults can be seen in the survey, veins are still too small to be resolved in this survey.
By combining the information from the MT and IP portions of the survey, an interpretative cross-section can be made like those above. In conjunction with the other survey lines, interpretative three dimensional modeling can be made of the area.

The raw data along with field interpretation of the Titan 24 survey was used to successfully define potential targets for the drill program that is now in progress at the Red Rock project.