Montero Mining and Exploration receive positive analysis on Avispa project
Published by Joe Toft,
Editorial Assistant
Global Mining Review,
Company geologists collected reverse circulation (RC) drill chip piles from drilling sites believed to have been completed by BHP and Quantum Pacific Exploration Chile (Quantum) on the Avispa property. Some samples returned anomalous copper (>100 ppm Cu) and molybdenum (>10 ppm Mo). Avispa is located 40 km to the west of the Chuquicamata copper porphyry deposit and is situated within the defined north-south trending Palaeocene–Eocene Cu-Mo porphyry belt and 40 km north of BHP’s Spence Cu-Mo mine and KGHM/South32’s Sierra Gorda Cu-Mo mine.
The drilling chip geochemical dataset from an area of close spaced drill holes was analysed by Fathom using proprietary software comparing it to idealised models of mineralised porphyry systems. The results show a significant coincident target modelled under the central part of the area that was processed. The success of the targeting has encouraged the company to use the Fathom analysis on other areas of the Avispa property. RC drill hole samples obtained from the rest of the property and lithological samples obtained from the San Salvador River valley provide an additional dataset for analysis by Fathom. Fathom’s analysis has been successfully used to identify existing porphyry mineralisation systems at depth such as those explored by Solgold in Ecuador.
Dr. Tony Harwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Montero commented:
“Independent modelling carried out using Fathom’s proprietary processing technology on geochemical samples, taken from drill chip piles at surface, have generated a significant copper molybdenum drill target area at depth. Avispa is being investigated for its potential to host a significant copper molybdenum porphyry deposit at depth and near other surface deposits. The company continues to evaluate other areas on the property.”
Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/28092022/montero-mining-and-exploration-receive-positive-analysis-on-avispa-project/
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