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Highlights
Drilling at the high-grade 2750N Zone continues to expand footprint of the near surface mineralization
The latest resource drill holes along strike from 2750N have intersected wide intervals of visual copper mineralization, including: ST22-07 has intersected 43.5m of mineralization including 15.5m of breccia and massive copper sulfides over multiple intervals
ST22-08 has intersected 30m of mineralization including 13m of breccia and massive copper sulfides over multiple intervals
The copper mineralization within the 2750N Zone remains open along strike and at depth
'Drilling at the 2750N Zone continues to impress the team, with thick intervals of copper mineralization near the surface in every drill hole,' stated
2750N Zone: Expanding the Mineralized Footprint
Drill holes ST22-07 and ST22-08 have been completed at the 2750N Zone and have successfully intersected further thick zones of breccia and massive sulfides (mostly chalcocite) hosted within much broader intervals of vein and fracture style copper mineralization.
A total of 997 metres (m) of drilling has been completed to date on the shallow and high-grade 2750N Zone, with the drilling continuing to confirm the outstanding continuity and thickness of the ore system. The latest drill holes have failed to close off the mineralization which remains open along strike to the east and west, and at depth.
The mineralization encountered within the latest drill holes is visually similar to the previous drilling with chalcocite being the dominant mineral, and with chalcopyrite, bornite, cuprite and minor oxides being present within certain intervals.
The potential for further mineralization and extensions to the 2750N Zone is supported by strong copper anomalism in soils and rock chips along an extensive strike of the known mineralization. Massive chalcocite has been mapped in outcrop on the western margin of the 2750N Zone, with assays of rock chips up to 62% copper. The geochemical footprint defined by soil and rock chip sampling extends for over 1 kilometre (km) along the main strike of the 2750N Zone.
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