Oroco Resource Corp. (TSXV: OCO, OTC: ORRCF) has continued to grow the North Zone with additional assay results from its drilling campaign at the Santo Tomas property in north-western Mexico
The latest quality controlled the drill results are from Holes N013 and N014 in the North Zone deposit. Assay results through the first fourteen drill holes (10,293 m of drilling) are now received and a total of 20 holes have been completed in the North Zone to date.
The 2021-2022 drill programme has now spanned 1100 m of strike length along the core of the North Zone mineral deposit. The drill programme is proceeding well with the targeted mineralisation intersected at the anticipated depths and intervals in most drill holes.
The company is pleased that its drilling results continue to confirm the following:
- Copper grades in holes N009 through N014 are comparable to the historical drilling reported on each related cross-section, Results to date continue to confirm the geological conclusions and the 2009 Grade shell Model contained in the 2019 Technical Report.
- Holes N013 and N014 indicate that the Grade shell remains confirmed in its structural strike and dip. However, importantly, the hanging wall mineralisation is wider and nearer surface than first modelled from historical drilling. Targeting areas westward at shallow depths for the broader response in the 3D IP model under the Santo Tomas ridge is therefore confirmed.
“These drilling results continue to support and guide our exploration campaign and will help the focus on defining the Santo Tomas North Zone” said CEO, Richard Lock.
North Zone Drilling
Drill Holes N001 to N014 test the North Zone deposit perpendicular to its structural attitude.
Over the span of the drilling to date, drill holes N011 southward for 700 m to N010 establish the tenor the higher-grade portion of the North Zone. Two diamond drill rigs are presently working on the North Zone, testing extensions northward, southward, and down-dip.
- Northward: Drill hole N013 tests to the northwest and down-dip of drill hole N011.
- Southward: Drilling has stepped out 350 m south of the previously reported drill hole N010 in an area concealed beneath a blanket of limestone and post-mineralisation volcanic beds. Two drill holes to the south are completed, and a third is in progress.
- Down-dip: Drill hole N014 tests down dip of N012 and N007.
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