Near Mine Sampling Provides Zambian Promise
Castillo Copper Limited (ASX:CCZ) has identified eight follow up targets from a systematic infill soil sampling programme at the Mkushi Project in Zambia’s copper-belt.
A total of 702 infill and QAQC samples were collected from the Mkushi Project. Holistically, including the previous work, some 1,899 samples have been collected across two campaigns. The infill samples were analysed using a portable XRF analyser similar to the previous samples from earlier fieldwork.
The results have confirmed and demarcated sharp boundaries for eight copper anomalous areas. Encouragingly, the anomalies have strike lengths ranging from 1.5km to 4.2km in a NE-SW copper anomalous corridor, which extend known mineralisation compared with the January 2020 campaign.
Managing Director Simon Paull said the anomalies are in line with NE-SW trending structures which host the known “Mushiwemba Copper Mine” which is owned and operated by Shi & Yan Mining Development Group.
“It is pleasing to be able to simultaneously progress exploration programmes in Zambia and Australia,” Mr Paull said.
“While the next phase of work in Zambia is geophysics for our Luanshya and Mkishi properties, we are currently actively drilling the Big One Deposit within the Mt Oxide Project.
“Importantly, we are getting solid results out of Zambia and now have eight priority targets across the Mkushi Project that we could be test-drilling in 2021.”
Castillo is preparing to undertake a ground IP survey to identify geophysical anomalies and delineate potential targets at the Mkushi Project.
Once the IP survey results are finalised and reconciled with findings from the soil sampling campaigns, the Zambian geology team will look to refine test-drilling targets.
