Western Metallica Makes Copper Discovery on Caña Brava Porphyry Project in Peru
Western Metallica Makes Copper Discovery on Caña Brava Porphyry Project in Peru
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TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Western Metallica Resources Corp. (TSXV: WMS) ("Western Metallica" or the "Company") is pleased to report on a recent discovery at Luz Maria, one of two prospects within the Company's Caña Brava Project, where recent geochemical and drone-borne magnetometry surveys have confirmed a ~2.7 km by ~1.5 km potassic and phyllic alteration, typical of Andean Cu-Mo porphyry systems, associated to magnetic anomalies and consistent copper grades up to 700 ppm Cu (0.07% Cu) and 600 ppm Mo (0.06% Mo). The discovery at Luz Maria, coupled with the confirmation of the size and grades of the Caña Brava 1 prospect, is a major development for the Company. Further target definition work and initial scout drilling is currently being planned by the Company's technical team to test this new discovery located in one of the world's premier porphyry belts.
多伦多,2024年1月22日(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)——西部金属资源公司(TSXV:WMS)(“Western Metallica” 或 “公司”)很高兴地报道了最近在Luz Maria发现的一项发现,这是该公司Can'a Brava项目的两个前景之一,最近的地球化学和无人机载磁强测量证实了约2.7千米的钾和叶酸变化是安第斯铜钼斑岩系统的典型特征,与磁异常和稳定的铜品位有关,铜品位高达700 ppm(0.07% Cu)和 600 ppm Mo(0.06% Mo)。在Luz Maria的发现,加上对Canãa Brava 1勘探区规模和等级的确认,是该公司的一项重大进展。该公司的技术团队目前正在计划进一步的目标定义工作和初步的侦察钻探,以测试位于世界主要斑岩带之一的这一新发现。
Highlights of the Luz Maria Discovery
Luz Maria Discovery 的亮点
- Cu-Mo porphyry target defined by a ~2.7 km by ~1.5 km phyllic and potassic alteration footprint.
- Consistent anomalous grades up to 0.07% Cu and 0.06% Mo from multi-phase intrusions.
- Large coincident magnetic anomaly extending under the sedimentary cover.
- 铜钼斑岩目标定义为约2.7千米的叶绿和钾蚀变足迹约1.5 km。
- 来自多相入侵的持续异常品位高达 0.07% 的铜和 0.06% 的钼含量。
- 大型重合磁异常延伸到沉积层下方。
Discussion of the Caña Brava Project field work completed during Q4-2023
讨论 Q4-2023 期间完成的 Can'a Brava 项目实地工作
Luz Maria, located on the South-Eastern sector of the Caña Brava Project, is a well-preserved porphyry target with multiple mineralized intrusion events and an estimated ~2.7 km by ~1.5 km potassic and phyllic alteration footprint, comparable to other porphyry deposits in Peru such as Southern Copper's Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo deposit. During Q4-2023, the Company's geologists collected 126 rock chip and 46 diamond-sawn channel samples with variable lengths between 1 and 1.5 meters of continuous samples. Results from representative channel samples from outcrops at the bottom of a creek confirmed that at least three intrusion phases host Cu and Mo-sulfide mineralization averaging 500 ppm Cu and 200 ppm Mo as well as anomalous Cu, averaging 300 ppm, from the quartz sandstone. The possible lateral extensions of these intrusions are covered by both sedimentary units and Quaternary colluvium.
Luz Maria 位于 Canãa Brava 项目的东南部,是一个保存完好的斑岩目标,有多个矿化入侵事件,估计约为 2.7 km x 1.5 km 的钾和叶状蚀变足迹,与秘鲁的其他斑岩矿床(例如南方铜业的 Michiquillay Cu-Au-Mo 矿床)相当。在 Q4-2023 期间,该公司的地质学家收集了 126 个岩屑和 46 个钻石锯开槽样本,连续样本长度在 1 到 1.5 米之间。来自小溪底部露头的代表性河道样本的结果证实,至少有三个入侵阶段含有铜和钼硫化物的矿化,平均为500 ppm Cu和200 ppm Mo,以及来自石英砂岩的异常铜,平均为300 ppm。这些入侵可能的横向延伸部分被沉积单元和第四纪积层所覆盖。
The Caña Brava 1 prospect, located on the Northwestern sector of the project, is a well-preserved ~1 km by ~1 km sized porphyry target characterized by a distinctive leached zone with goethite and hematite box works. Western Metallica collected 35 rock chip samples at Caña Brava 1 and confirmed grades up to 0.4% Cu from the sedimentary rocks, and average 500 ppm Cu from the intrusive rocks.
Canãa Brava 1勘探区位于该项目的西北部,是一个保存完好的约1 km x 1km大小的斑岩目标,其特征是具有针铁矿和赤铁矿箱体工程的独特浸出区。Western Metallica在Canãa Brava 1收集了35个岩屑样本,并证实了沉积岩中铜的品位高达0.4%,侵入性岩石的平均铜品位为500 ppm。
Western Metallica also announces positive results from the preliminary processing and qualitative interpretation of the recently acquired unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) magnetic survey covering approximately 58 km2. The UAV magnetic survey has identified two zones of high susceptibility, likely intrusive stocks, with zones of demagnetization around the intrusives. The geophysical results at Luz Maria, consistent with field mapping, confirm the potential for a large porphyry Cu-Mo cluster under the sedimentary and colluvial cover, providing valuable targets for further exploration. The company is now planning a follow-up IP/Resistivity survey to further define the porphyry centres and drill targets.
Western Metallica还宣布了对最近获得的覆盖约58千米的无人驾驶飞行器(UAV)磁力测量的初步处理和定性解释的积极结果2。无人机磁场测量发现了两个高敏感区域,可能是侵入性储存,侵入物周围有消磁区域。Luz Maria的地球物理结果与实地测绘一致,证实了在沉积和堆积层覆盖下形成大型斑岩铜钼团簇的潜力,为进一步勘探提供了宝贵的目标。该公司现在正计划进行后续的IP/电阻率调查,以进一步确定斑岩中心和钻探目标。
Figure 1 - Caña Brava Project: drone-borne RTP magnetic anomaly map showing the alteration footprints
over Caña Brava 1 and Luz Maria.
图 1-Canåa Brava 项目:显示变化足迹的无人机载的 RTP 磁异常地图
胜过 Canía Brava 1 和 Luz Maria。
Gregory Duras, Western Metallica's CEO and Director, commented, "We are very excited with this new discovery in what is elephant country for porphyry exploration. The Western Metallica team is focused on delivering value through the exploration and development of our Peruvian assets, as we advance our overall quality pipeline of attractive and underexplored copper and gold assets. The encouraging initial data received from the Q4-2023 work at Caña Brava coupled with the Company's technical expertise and strong cash position to advance operations through 2024, puts us in a prime position to unlock the untapped potential of this newly-acquired copper project and create accretive value for our shareholders."
Western Metallica首席执行官兼董事格雷戈里·杜拉斯评论说,”我们对在大象之乡斑岩勘探的这一新发现感到非常兴奋。Western Metallica团队专注于通过勘探和开发秘鲁资产来创造价值,同时我们正在推进具有吸引力且未开发的铜和黄金资产的整体质量管道。从 Can'a Brava 的 Q4-2023 工作中获得的令人鼓舞的初步数据,加上公司的技术专长和强劲的现金状况,可以将运营推向2024年,这使我们处于最佳地位,可以释放这个新收购的铜矿项目尚未开发的潜力,为股东创造增值价值。”
Western Metallica's 2024 exploration program will focus on confirming the presence of a large porphyry system at Caña Brava. Environmental baseline studies supporting the drill permitting process have now been completed at Luz Maria. The recent geophysical work, which outlined several highly-prospective porphyry targets at Caña Brava, coinciding with Cu-Mo anomalies at both Luz Maria and Caña Brava 1, will allow the Company to prioritize areas for the drill program planned for late 2024. The initial work at the Caña Brava Project also highlights similarities to neighboring large emerging copper discoveries such as Hudbay's Llaguen Cu-Mo deposit, located approximately 15 km east of Caña Brava. The Llaguen deposit hosts shallow mineralization over a 1.3-km strike length, with shallow high grade mineralization, and has an indicated mineral resource estimate totalling 271 million tonnes at 0.33% Cu ().
Western Metallica的2024年勘探计划将侧重于确认卡纳布拉瓦存在大型斑岩系统。支持钻探许可程序的环境基线研究现已在Luz Maria完成。最近的地球物理研究概述了卡纳布拉瓦的几个极具前景的斑岩目标,恰逢卢兹玛丽亚和卡纳布拉瓦1号的铜钼异常,这将使该公司能够优先考虑计划于2024年底进行的钻探计划的区域。卡纳布拉瓦项目的初步工作还凸显了与邻近大型新兴铜矿发现的相似之处,例如位于卡纳布拉瓦以东约15公里处的哈德贝的Llaguen铜钼矿床。Llaguen矿床的走向长度为1.3千米的浅层矿化,具有浅层的高品位矿化,预计矿产资源总量为2.71亿吨,铜含量为0.33%()。
Figure 2 – Luz Maria Prospect: map showing the outcropping intrusions, with the average Cu and Mo grades, coincident magnetic anomalies, and other possible intrusion centres below the sedimentary and colluvium cover.
图 2 — Luz Maria Prospect:显示露头入侵的地图,包括平均铜和钼品位、重合的磁异常以及沉积物和堆积层下方的其他可能的入侵中心。
Background
背景
Western Metallica holds the option to acquire 100% of the mineral claims, rights and interests in two Cu-Mo projects located in Northern Peru: Caña Brava and Turmalina (refer to press release dated August 10th, 2023). Both projects are in a prolific Cu-Mo metallogenic belt, extending from Northern Peru into Ecuador, which has seen notable exploration success and hosts world class discoveries and deposits such as La Granja (First Quantum), Cañariaco (Alta Copper), and Rio Blanco (Zijin Mining Group). The Company ́s projects are well located in proximity to industrial ports and major paved roads, and each project is comprised of large mineral concessions conducive to future project scalability. The Caña Brava Project is a highly prospective 5,700-hectare copper-molybdenum property located in the La Libertad Department of northern coastal Peru, only 35 kilometers inland from the Peruvian coast and at an elevation of 1,500 metres in the western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes.
Western Metallica拥有收购位于秘鲁北部的两个铜钼项目的100%矿产主张、权利和权益的选择权:Canía Brava和Turmalina(参考8月10日的新闻稿第四,2023)。这两个项目都位于多产的铜钼成矿带,从秘鲁北部一直延伸到厄瓜多尔,那里的勘探取得了显著成功,拥有世界一流的发现和矿床,例如拉格兰哈(第一量子)、卡纳里亚科(阿尔塔铜)和里奥布兰科(紫金矿业集团)。该公司的项目地理位置优越,靠近工业港口和主要铺设道路,每个项目都由大型矿产特许权组成,有利于未来项目的可扩展性。Canãa Brava项目是一个极具前景的5,700公顷铜钼矿产,位于秘鲁北部沿海的拉利伯塔德省,距秘鲁海岸内陆仅35公里,位于秘鲁安第斯山脉西部山脉的海拔1,500米。
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
质量保证和质量控制
Sample preparation and analyses will be conducted according to standard industry procedures. Rock samples are crushed, split, and pulverized prior to analysis of Gold by fire assay and Atomic Absorption and multi-elements by ICP-AES after four acid digestion. Analytical performance is monitored by means of certified reference materials (CRMs), coarse blanks, coarse and pulp duplicate samples. Samples are prepared and analysed in SGS lab in Lima, Peru.
样品制备和分析将根据标准行业程序进行。岩石样品经过粉碎、分裂和粉碎,然后通过火分析和原子吸收分析金,在四次酸消化后由ICP-AES分析多元素。通过认证的参考材料 (CRM)、粗糙的空白、粗糙的和纸浆的重复样品来监控分析性能。样品在秘鲁利马的SGS实验室进行制备和分析。
Qualified Persons
合格人员
The technical and scientific information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Giovanni Funaioli, Eur.Geol., Vice President Exploration of Western Metallica, who is a "Qualified Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Giovanni Funaioli is an employee of the Company and is not considered independent under NI 43-101.
本新闻稿中的技术和科学信息已由Western Metallica勘探副总裁Giovanni Funaioli先生审查和批准,他是《国家仪器43-101——矿业项目披露标准》定义的 “合格人员”。乔瓦尼·富奈奥利先生是公司的员工,根据NI 43-101,他不被视为独立人士。
About Western Metallica Resources Corp.
关于西方金属资源公司
Western Metallica is an Ontario registered company with its head office in Toronto, Ontario, trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under symbol WMS. Western Metallica is in the business of mineral resource exploration and development, and holds the options to acquire a 100% interest in two copper projects in Peru; Caña Brava, in La Libertad Province, and Turmalina, in Piura Province. Western Metallica is also advancing its 100% owned Nueva Celti Copper Property in the Ossa Morena belt in Andalusia, Spain, and three other Spanish gold projects in the "Navelgas Gold Belt" in Asturias, Spain (Penedela, Valledor and Sierra Alta).
Western Metallica是一家在安大略省注册的公司,总部位于安大略省多伦多,在多伦多证券交易所风险交易所上市,股票代码为WMS。Western Metallica从事矿产资源勘探和开发业务,并持有收购秘鲁两个铜矿项目100%权益的选择权:拉利伯塔德省的卡纳布拉瓦和皮乌拉省的图尔马利纳。Western Metallica还在推进其位于西班牙安达卢西亚奥萨莫雷纳地带的100%拥有的新凯尔蒂铜矿产以及位于西班牙阿斯图里亚斯的 “纳维尔加斯金带”(佩内德拉、瓦莱多和塞拉阿尔塔)的其他三个西班牙黄金项目。
Further information of the Company can be found at:
公司的更多信息可以在以下网址找到:
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
关于前瞻性陈述的警示说明
The TSXV has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release. Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
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This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-statements." Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
本新闻稿包含构成 “前瞻性陈述” 的声明。此类前瞻性陈述涉及已知和未知的风险、不确定性和其他因素,这些因素可能导致公司的实际业绩、业绩或成就或发展与此类前瞻性陈述所表达或暗示的预期业绩、业绩或成就存在重大差异。
Although the Company believes, in light of the experience of its officers and directors, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors that have been considered appropriate that the expectations reflected in this forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. When used in this press release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. The forward-looking statements and information in this press release include information relating to the planned drill program and the development of the Company's projects and other mining projects and prospects thereof, the impact of the management additions on the Company; and the potential and economic viability of the Caña Brava and Turmalina Projects. Such statements and information reflect the current view of the Company. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information.
尽管公司认为,根据其高管和董事的经验、当前的状况和预期的未来发展以及其他被认为适当的因素,这些前瞻性信息中反映的预期是合理的,但不应过度依赖这些预期,因为公司无法保证这些预期会被证明是正确的。在本新闻稿中使用时,“估计”、“项目”、“信念”、“预测”、“打算”、“期望”、“计划”、“预测”、“可能” 或 “应该” 等词语的否定词或其中的此类变体或类似术语旨在识别前瞻性陈述和信息。本新闻稿中的前瞻性陈述和信息包括与计划中的钻探计划、公司项目和其他采矿项目及其前景的发展、管理层增加对公司的影响以及Cana Brava和Turmalina项目的潜在和经济可行性有关的信息。此类陈述和信息反映了公司当前的观点。可能导致实际结果与这些前瞻性陈述和信息中设想的结果存在重大差异的风险和不确定性。
By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
就其性质而言,前瞻性陈述涉及已知和未知的风险、不确定性和其他因素,这些因素可能导致我们的实际业绩、业绩或成就或其他未来事件与此类前瞻性陈述所表达或暗示的任何未来业绩、业绩或成就存在重大差异。
The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.
本新闻稿中包含的前瞻性信息代表了公司截至本新闻稿发布之日的预期,因此,在该日期之后可能会发生变化。读者不应过分重视前瞻性信息,也不应像其他任何日期一样依赖这些信息。如果管理层的信念、估计或观点或其他因素发生变化,公司没有义务更新这些前瞻性陈述。
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CONTACT: For more information please contact: Western Metallica Resources Corp. Gregory Duras Chief Executive Officer Email: gduras@westernmetallica.com Investor Relations Email: info@westernmetallica.com
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