Intersects 1,067m Of 0.60% CuEq From Surface At Warintza
Solaris Resources Inc. (TSXV: SLS) has intersected a wide zone of copper in its ongoing diamond drill programme at the Warintza Project in south-eastern Ecuador.
Highlights from recent drilling include:
- The two latest holes have returned long intervals of high-grade mineralisation, well beyond the 200m average depth-extent of historical drilling informing the Warintza Central resource, and extended mineralisation to the north and northeast
- Hole SLS-07 returned 1,067m of 0.60% CuEq (0.49% Cu, 0.02% Mo, and 0.04 g/t Au), including 700m of 0.70% CuEq (0.58% Cu, 0.03% Mo, and 0.04 g/t Au) from surface, bottoming in mineralisation far beyond the 150m depth of the corresponding historical hole
- Hole SLS-08 stepped out approximately 100m further to the northeast of hole SLS-07 and was drilled to the north, returning 454m of 0.62% CuEq (0.51% Cu, 0.03% Mo, and 0.03 g/t Au), including 140m of 1.05% CuEq (0.90% Cu, 0.03% Mo, and 0.05 g/t Au), further extending mineralisation in this direction
Vice President of Exploration, Jorge Fierro, said that to date, 14,500 metres have been drilled at Warintza Central in 16 holes. Drilling is ongoing with five rigs at Warintza Central and one rig at Warintza West
“Our drilling continues to demonstrate major extensions of mineralisation to depth at Warintza Central with these latest results extending our drilling footprint to the north and northeast,” Mr Fierro said.
“The pace of drilling has now ramped up aggressively with six rigs operating, which will lead to a commensurate increase in the pace of results being reported as assays are returned from the lab.”
Warintza Central is presently defined by a pit-optimized Mineral Resource estimate of 124 Million tonnes of Inferred Resources grading 0.70% CuEq² (0.56% Cu, 0.03% Mo and 0.1 g/t Au), based on historic drilling totalling less than 7,000m and averaging less than 200m in depth.
The resource is open laterally and at depth and is one of five main targets set within the 5km x 5km cluster of copper porphyries identified on the Warintza property, all of which show a similar surface expression to Warintza Central.
