C3 Metals Inc. announced the 2022 exploration program at the company's Jasperoide Project is well underway with a larger drill rig expected on site early February to replace a smaller capacity rig. A Hybrid Controlled Source Audio-Magnetotelluric (Hybrid CSAMT) survey test was completed over the Montaña de Cobre and the Cresta Verde zones, which has identified probable feeder structures linked to a potential causative copper-gold porphyry system at depth. The larger drill rig has the depth capacity to test these targets.

The existing rig will continue drilling on the Montaña de Cobre zone to further extend and evaluate the oxide copper-gold deposit delineated to date until it is changed out. Survey highlights: Newly acquired Hybrid CSAMT geophysical data indicates a potential causative intrusion at depth central to mineralization at the Montaña de Cobre and Cresta Verde zones Strong resistivity features are identified at the intersection of the regional-scale Benoni and Constancia Faults which transect the large-scale Las Bambas and Constancia copper mines respectively 3D geophysical modelling highlights a potential cluster of intrusive bodies linked to mineralizing fault conduits confirming earlier geological models for Jasperoide The Hybrid CSAMT survey has been extended to rapidly cover the entire area permitted for exploration and drilling over the next month. A second deeper capacity drill rig is being mobilized to site to test these compelling concealed copper-gold porphyry and stacked skarn targets.