Solaris outlines broad porphyry deposit in first follow-up holes at Warintza West discovery
Published by Will Owen,
Editor
Global Mining Review,
Solaris Resources Inc. has reported assay results from the first series of holes following up on the discovery of Warintza West, within its Warintza Project, in southeastern Ecuador.
Highlights:
Warintza West is one of four discoveries made to date within the Warintza porphyry cluster and is located 1km west of the Warintza Central Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) reported in April. The discovery was reported with the results of SLSW-01 – these follow-up holes fan out in all directions, outlining a broad porphyry deposit of at least 900 m x 600 m and still open and lies adjacent to and not included within the MRE. Follow-up drilling to test the further extent of the deposit is planned after priority drilling at Warintza Central aimed at expanding the starter pit and higher-grade resource expansion potential at Warintza East.
- SLSW-07 (drilled north) returned 686 m of 0.46% CuEq within a broader interval of 912 m of 0.41% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-02 (drilled vertically) returned 246 m of 0.47% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-09 (drilled west) returned 202 m of 0.45% CuEq within a broader interval of 444 m of 0.36% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-08 (drilled northwest) returned 78 m of 0.56% CuEq within a broader interval of 812 m of 0.32% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-04 (drilled northeast) returned 264 m of 0.44% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-10 (drilled southwest) returned 220 m of 0.41% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-03 (drilled southeast) returned 102 m of 0.39% CuEq within a broader interval of 911 m of 0.24% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-05 (drilled northeast) returned 272 m of 0.38% CuEq within a broader interval of 570 m of 0.30% CuEq from near surface.
- SLSW-06 (drilled east) returned 732 m of 0.32% CuEq from near surface.
- Drilling at Warintza West confirms the interpretation of a broad porphyry deposit that remains open in all directions, with assays pending from a series of three additional holes testing the zone further to the west, east and south.
- Step-out drilling is planned targeting high-grade surface sampling.
Jorge Fierro, Vice President, Exploration, comments:
“We’re pleased to be able to report the results of follow-up drilling on our Warintza West discovery which outlines a significant new deposit that remains open within the Warintza porphyry cluster, adjacent to the MRE published in April. Ongoing drilling is targeting growth of the high-grade starter pit at Warintza Central and expanding our Warintza East discovery with results expected in the coming weeks, while further drilling is planned for Warintza West.”
Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/20102022/solaris-outlines-broad-porphyry-deposit-in-first-follow-up-holes-at-warintza-west-discovery/
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