Edge Copper Corporation (TSX: EDCU) has reported assay results from eight additional diamond drill holes completed as part of its ongoing approximately 54,000-foot drilling programme at the Company’s 100%-owned Zonia Copper Project in Arizona. These results bring the total number of holes reported from the current programme to 45.
The principal result is from hole ZND0030, drilled in the central part of the deposit beneath several shallow historical holes. It returned 140 ft grading 0.45% total copper (CuT) from 0 ft, including 80 ft grading 0.63% CuT from 20 ft. A separate interval returned 340 ft grading 0.30% CuT from 400 ft, including 165 ft grading 0.40% CuT from 410 ft.
ZND0030 adds two broad copper intervals in an area previously tested mainly by shallow historical holes. The deeper mineralised zone in this hole demonstrates that oxide copper mineralisation extends over approximately 550 ft of vertical extent in the central area of the deposit.
Drill Hole Highlights
- ZND0030 returned 140 ft grading 0.45% CuT from 0 ft, including 80 ft grading 0.63% CuT from 20 ft, plus an additional interval of 340 ft grading 0.30% CuT from 400 ft, including 165 ft grading 0.40% CuT from 410 ft.
- ZND0060 returned 248 ft grading 0.30% CuT from 553 ft, including 156 ft grading 0.37% CuT from 598 ft. The reported oxide and mixed mineralisation is on the northwestern margin of the deposit, beyond the current PEA design pit.
- ZND0034 returned 465 ft grading 0.26% CuT from 0 ft in the northern part of the deposit, including 160 ft at 0.33% CuT from 105 ft.
- ZND0039 returned 623 ft grading 0.23% CuT from 2 ft, including 125 ft grading 0.34% CuT from 195 ft in the northern part of the deposit.
- ZND0041 returned 540 ft grading 0.22% CuT from 0 ft, including 70 ft grading 0.36% CuT from 105 ft, in the northern part of the deposit.
Together, the eight holes reported add broad intervals of copper mineralisation in the central and northern deposit areas and at the northwestern margin, reinforcing the continuity and scale of the Zonia copper system from near surface to depth. The results include both higher-grade zones and broad intervals of resource-grade mineralisation and will inform updates to the Company’s geological and Mineral Resource models. See attached image for drill hole locations and Appendix A for complete drill hole details and significant intercepts.
“These are encouraging oxide copper results for Zonia,” said Gil Clausen, Chair and CEO of Edge Copper. “ZND0030 returned two substantial intervals in the central deposit area, including 140 ft grading 0.45% CuT from surface and 340 ft grading 0.30% CuT at depth. Holes ZND0034, ZND0039 and ZND0041 also returned broad intervals in the northern area of the deposit. We are incorporating these assays into our geological and Mineral Resource models as drilling continues and we work toward an updated Mineral Resource estimate.”
Image: Drill hole plan location map.
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