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This phase of the diamond drill program is expected to consist of four holes, totalling approximately 1,600 metres. The drill holes are designed to evaluate the potential for additional high grade gold mineralization in steeply dipping hydrothermal breccia structures that extend beneath the current silver and gold mineral resources, which are predominantly oxides hosted in volcanics, and into the basement rocks. The deeper portion of the drill holes are also designed to test the continuity of a copper-gold sulphide body beneath the Oculto high sulphidation system, which may be linked to a porphyry that would have been the driver of mineralising fluids.
The proposed drill holes are shown on Figure 1 and discussed in more detail below.
Figure 1 - Plan Map of Oculto Showing Recent and Proposed Drill Holes
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Main Breccia
Proposed hole DDH 20-002 is targeting the Main Breccia 50m east of hole DDH 20-001, which obtained very high grade gold, silver and copper intercepts starting at a vertical depth of about 238 metres from surface (including 15 metres of sulphide mineralisation grading 5.10% copper, 2.35 g/t gold and 658 g/t silver - seenews release dated
Figure 2 - Section Showing Proposed Hole DDH-20-002 Targeting the Main Breccia
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Note: Only selected drill intercepts are highlighted in the diagram.
West Breccia
Proposed hole DDH 20-003 is targeting the West Breccia 50m east of holes DDH 19-001 and DDH 19-002 (seenews release dated
AdditionalStep-Out Targets
Proposed hole DDH 20-004 will target a mineralised zone located 150m east of the other holes, beneath a cluster of gold intercepts. This hole will test the possibility of additional breccia hosted mineralisation north and east of the Main and West breccia zones.
Proposed hole DDH 20-005 will target the Main Breccia extension 50m west of the intercept in hole DDH 20-001.
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The 80 km2Diablillos property is located in the Argentine Puna region - the southern extension of the Altiplano of southern
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