Great Southern Copper delivers high-grade results at Aurelia prospect, Chile

Highlights of the programme:

• 76 rock chip assay results received with grades up to 6.76% Cu.
• 17 samples (22.4%) report assay grades above 1% Cu.
• High-grade Cu+Au-Ag mineralisation hosted in skarn altered volcanics and sediments.
• Mapping indicates multiple mineralised skarn horizons with strike length up to 2 km.
• Samples from local artisanal mines grade up to 7.33% Cu.
• Prospect within 12 km of Pucobre’s El Espino deposit (123 Mt @ 0.66% Cu and 0.24 g/t Au).
• Aurelia becomes the fourth prospect, after Victoria, to add to the pipeline of potential drill targets at Especularita, with drilling expected to commence soon at the Abundante and Teresita prospects.

Next steps:

• Soil sampling is currently on-going to help map out mineralised target horizons.
• Further exploration at Aurelia, including drone magnetics and petro-chemical surveys, is being planned to assist the company’s understanding of the copper mineralisation trends and to help plan for potential scout drilling next year.
• In addition, the company will continue to enhance its concession holding in the prospect area.

Sam Garrett, Chief Executive Officer of Great Southern Copper, said: “Our boots-on-ground exploration at Aurelia has delivered yet another high-grade copper target into our prospect pipe-line at Especularita. Being a replacement-type deposit, the Aurelia prospect further highlights the optionality in deposit style that the Especularita project enjoys as a whole. High copper grades and potential for scale combine to make this a very exciting target for the company and we look forward to advancing our exploration here towards drill-testing.”

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