Poorman Anticline Gold Project
The Poorman Anticline claims consists of 112 unpatented lode-mining claims (1,432 acres), and approximately 74 acres of mixed surface and mineral rights parcels covering a total of approximately 1,507 mineral acres in the western portion of Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA. More specifically the claims lie within the Black Hills Meridian, Township 4 N, Range3E covering portions of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, and 17, and Township 5 N, Range2E covering a portion of Section 36, and Township 5 N, Range3E covering portions of Sections 30 and 31.
Dakota Gold staked the Poorman Anticline Property between February 2019 and August 2021 and maintains 100% ownership of the property. There is no known encumbrance of any kind and there are no known private surface rights owners within the bounds of the claims with all surface rights under the control of Dakota Gold. Annual claim maintenance fees total $18,480.
Access to the northern end of the project is gained by traveling southwest from the City of Lead on Highway 85/14A and turning onto the Kirk Road and traveling approximately 1.5 miles east. Alternately, the area can be accessed by traveling approximately 3.6 miles southwest of Lead on Highway 85/14A, turning on to County 205 south for 0.5 miles to Brownsville Road and traveling 0.8 miles east and turning north traveling approximately 2.3 miles on the Englewood Road.
The Poorman Anticline is the southwestern-most extension of the Homestake iron-formation host in the Homestake District. Gold mineralization was discovered underground on the 2,600- and 4,100-foot levels in the far western extents of the Homestake Mine in the 1950s and 60s with little known historic follow-up exploration in the Poorman Anticline closer to surface. Dakota Gold's targeting in the Poorman Anticline is based on the presence of the Homestake iron-formation host and projected intersections with important shear fabric that is known to have conducted fluids necessary to the deposition of gold mineralization in the northern extents of the structural corridor. In addition, data from the Homestake historic database indicate there were iron formation hosted gold occurrences identified on the property by field work done in the 1960s-70s.
Data compilation and reconnaissance field work is scheduled for 2024.