British Columbia’s Dolly Varden Silver Expands 2025 Drilling Program by 57%<\/p>\n
Dolly Varden Silver Corporation has significantly expanded its 2025 drilling program at the Kitsault Valley and Big Bulk Projects in northwestern British Columbia. The company announced an increase from the initially planned 35,000 meters to 55,000 meters of drilling, representing a 57% expansion of exploration activities.<\/p>\n
To support this expanded program, Dolly Varden has mobilized a fifth drill rig to the project site. According to Shawn Khunkhun, president and CEO of Dolly Varden Silver, the company’s recent financing success has positioned it to accelerate exploration efforts.<\/p>\n
“With the strong support of our shareholders in the recently completed financing, Dolly Varden is well positioned to significantly expand its exploration drilling based on a strong start to the season, enabling us to test key exploration targets and continue expanding the high-grade silver zone at the Wolf Vein,” Khunkhun stated in a recent press release.<\/p>\n
The expanded program will focus heavily on the Wolf vein, where ongoing exploration continues to yield promising mineralized intercepts. Geological interpretations from structural and alteration studies indicate that the Wolf vein shows increasingly robust mineralization toward the southwest. This trend corresponds with a higher-temperature alteration zone approaching the projected intersection with the Central Valley\/Moose Lamb fault system, a major structure that connects with the Torbrit Silver Deposit.<\/p>\n
To date, approximately 17,000 meters of drilling have been completed in the 2025 program. Beyond the Wolf vein, exploration efforts have included drill testing of multiple regional targets, including the Moose, Chance, and Red Point prospects, reflecting the company’s broader exploration strategy across its consolidated land position in the Golden Triangle region.<\/p>\n
The company has implemented directional drilling techniques for this year’s program, allowing multiple intercepts to be drilled from a single “mother hole.” This approach reduces the total volume of new core required. While the program is reported as 55,000 meters based on the full length of each hole, the actual new meters drilled is expected to be approximately 41,000 meters, providing significant operational efficiency while maintaining exploration effectiveness.<\/p>\n
Concurrent with the expanded drilling program, Dolly Varden’s geological team has intensified fieldwork across its consolidated land position, which now totals approximately 100,000 hectares. This extensive area includes prospective Hazelton formation rocks, a key host lithology in the region known to support high-grade silver and gold deposits. The ongoing mapping and sampling in underexplored areas aim to generate new drill targets for future programs in late 2025 and into 2026.<\/p>\n
The Big Bulk Project, located 10 kilometers east of the Torbrit deposit, is currently being tested with a dedicated drill rig. This area is considered prospective for copper-gold porphyry mineralization, with potential for mineralization styles similar to other significant deposits in the region, including Red Mountain, KSM, and Red Chris. This represents a broadening of Dolly Varden’s exploration focus beyond its historical emphasis on high-grade silver and gold targets to include base metals exploration.<\/p>\n
The Kitsault Valley Project, which combines the Dolly Varden and Homestake Ridge projects, encompasses 163 square kilometers and hosts numerous historic high-grade silver mines. These include the past-producing Dolly Varden, Torbrit, Porter Idaho, Mountain Boy, and Esperanza operations.<\/p>\n
Situated within British Columbia’s mineral-rich Golden Triangle, the project lies within the same structural and stratigraphic belts that host other prominent deposits in the region, such as Eskay Creek and Brucejack. The Golden Triangle has seen renewed exploration interest in recent years as new infrastructure developments have improved access to this historically productive mining district.<\/p>\n
Beyond the high-grade epithermal-style silver and gold mineralization that has been the company’s primary focus, the property’s geological setting suggests potential for porphyry and skarn-style copper and gold systems, particularly at the Big Bulk target area.<\/p>\n
Trading on multiple exchanges (TSXV:DV, NYSE American:DVS, FSE:DVQ), Dolly Varden Silver’s expanded exploration program positions the company to potentially increase its resource base in one of Canada’s premier mining jurisdictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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