Rugby Mining Limited reported that field work is underway at its Salvadora project in Chile in preparation for first quarter 2022 core drilling. The current program includes airborne magnetics, mapping and talus sampling along the non outcrop portions of the 7 km long alteration system. Salvadora is located 40 km south of Barrick?s El Indio gold mine in the south of the El Indio gold belt that hosts +44 Moz of gold and 875 Moz of silver. The Salvadora project was brought into Rugby through the acquisition of Proximo Resources. The exploration target is a high-grade silver-copper-gold ore deposit. The Salvadora hydrothermal alteration halo is large, suggesting excellent ore potential. During 2020-2021, exploration work comprised road rehabilitation, geological mapping, geochemistry, alteration analysis and remote sensing satellite studies. 218 surface rockchip and continuous channel samples were collected from veins and mineralized exposures within the two main areas of the project. Much of the system is covered by talus (scree) such that artisanal mining on the vein focussed entirely on the limited sites of vein exposure. Follow-up exploration started in October 2021. Given the extensive talus cover, it is essential to do additional broad-spaced work ahead of drill targeting. To that effect Rugby has engaged New-Sense Geophysics who are currently flying an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey over the entire property. The Company has also prospected and sampled the talus cover between the artisanally mined outcrop areas, with results expected in the coming weeks. The talus sampling program will be very useful as the exploration team reported visible copper oxide mineralization in talus, well away from artisanal activity. The current program will significantly expand knowledge of what appears to be a complex system. Drilling is expected to commence early in January 2022.