Fairchild Gold Corp. (TSXV: FAIR | FRA: Y4Y) has renamed its Copper Chief Project, Nevada Titan. This name change reflects the district-scale exploration potential of its projects in Nevada following its recent expansion of the project to 24 km2 (Figure 1).
Copper Chief remains the name of a high-priority target within the Nevada Titan Project, but it is only one of numerous historic mines and exploration targets contained within the expanded claim package (Figure 1).
Source: Fairchild Gold Corp.
We recently acquired 300,000 shares in Fairchild as part of its C$810,000 non-brokered private placement at C$0.06 per share. Fairchild intends to use the money raised to commence a programme of geophysical surveys and expand field work at the Nevada Titan Project.
47-million-ounce Walker Lane Mineral Belt
The Nevada Titan Property is located on the eastern edge of the Walker Lane Mineral Belt, which is estimated to have produced over 47 million ounces of gold and 430 million ounces of silver.
Walker Lane is known for hosting numerous deposits, including large epithermal gold mines such as Kinross Gold’s Round Mountain Mine, which has produced 16.6 million ounces of gold and has a total resource base of 4.9 Moz Au.
The area also contains large porphyry copper deposits such as Freeport McMoRan’s Bagdad Mine, where mining began in 1882, and despite mining continuing for over 142 years, still has a resource base of 2.4 billion tons at an average grade of 0.35% copper.
Nevada Titan Project Geological Setting
The Nevada Titan Project is focused on what is believed to be a copper-gold skarn system with porphyry affinities. Granodiorite and diorite bodies intruded limestones and dolostones of Devonian and Carboniferous age.
The carbonate host rocks were fractured by Triassic-Cretaceous age faulting, creating the 7.5 km long, northeast-trending Ironside Fault System.
Several episodes of polymetallic mineralisation took place in the rocks covered by the Nevada Titan Project
May 2025 Sampling Programme
Sampling completed last month, saw 160 samples taken across the Copperside, Smithsonite, Azurite, Shenandoah, and Fitzhugh Lee Mines, as well as other previously unmapped adits. This sampling adds valuable data to the extensive historic database that the company has been compiling into a large regional digital model and assessing to define and prioritise targets ahead of the next phase of exploration.
Fairchild plans to continue to evaluate, refine and prioritise the numerous potential areas it has generated to date, paving the way for a maiden drilling campaign later this year.
Copperside Historic Mine
The Copperside historic mine area is an emerging skarn target; recent sampling returned surface copper mineralisation, with widespread malachite (Figure 2), chrysocolla, and iron oxides hosted in altered breccias and limestone.
Source: Fairchild Gold Corp.
The presence of a copper-mineralised intrusive body, dipping 50° west, was confirmed, and recent mapping extended the scale of the skarn-style alteration by over 100 meters to the west, indicating that Copperside is not an isolated copper showing, but the surficial expression of a much larger skarn system.
Azurite Historic Mine
Sampling at the historic Azurite Mine has returned brecciated and altered rocks with strong malachite and chrysocolla mineralisation (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Malachite and Chrysocolla Sample from the Azurite Target
Source: Fairchild Gold Corp.
Associated with the copper oxides is visible silicification and carbonate veining, suggesting near-surface supergene enrichment.
Fitzhugh Lee Historic Mine
Located near the centre of the Nevada Titan property, the Fitzhugh Lee Mine is a historic copper mine with altered intrusive rocks containing visible copper oxides, including malachite and chrysocolla (Figure 4).
Source: Fairchild Gold Corp.
Recent mapping has identified an extension of the heavily brecciated zone to the northeast, with mineralisation open along strike and at depth, suggesting the Fitzhugh Lee system may be more extensive than previously recognised.
Final Thoughts
Fairchild Gold Corp.’s rebranding of the Copper Chief Project to Nevada Titan underscores its expanded vision for this 24 km² district-scale exploration opportunity within the prolific Walker Lane Mineral Belt.
With recent sampling and geophysical surveys enhancing the understanding of high-priority targets like Copperside, Azurite, and Fitzhugh Lee, the company is well-positioned to advance its exploration efforts.
As Fairchild refines its extensive dataset and prepares for a maiden drilling campaign later this year, the Nevada Titan Project holds significant promise for uncovering a major copper-gold skarn system, potentially adding substantial value for shareholders and contributing to the region’s rich mining legacy.
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