American West Metals Limited (ASX: AW1) has received further outstanding visual results for diamond drill holes completed at the Storm Copper Project on Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada.
“In addition to our exciting discovery of a new copper system announced this week, the shallow drilling at the 2750N Zone has also continued to deliver spectacular results,” Managing Director, Dave O’Neill, said.
“We have now extended the strike and mineralised footprint of the thick, near surface copper at the 2750N Zone to over 200m.
“Every drill hole we have completed at the 2750N Zone has intersected wide intervals of copper with mineralisation open along strike and at depth. This is the best outcome we could hope for and shows that we are well on our way to defining a significant volume of copper here.
“The drilling has emphasized the strong continuity and expansion potential of the 2750N Zone where we are aiming to define a shallow copper resource that can support a low cost, low-footprint direct shipping ore (DSO) mining operation.
“The success at the 2750N Zone bodes well for the potential of several other near-surface high-grade zones already identified by previous drilling. “We look forward to reporting further information and assay results in the coming weeks.”
2750N ZONE: EXPANDING THE MINERALISED 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 sulphides (mostly chalcocite) hosted within much broader intervals of vein and fracture style copper mineralisation.
A total of 997m 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 mineralisation which remains open along strike to the east and west, and at depth. The mineralisation 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 mineralisation and extensions to the 2750N Zone is supported by strong copper anomalism in soils and rock chips along an extensive strike of the known mineralisation. 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 1km along the main strike of the 2750N Zone.
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