Multiple Mineralizations Encountered in Drilling at Argentina's TMT Project

According to the MiningNews.net website, ASX-listed company Belararox announced that the second drill hole at the Tambo South target of its Toro-Malambo-Tambo (TMT) project in the Andes Mountains of Argentina has intersected thick copper sulphide mineralization.

The hole is still being drilled towards the target depth of 1,300 meters as planned, with logging showing four visible copper sulphide intervals within the depth range of 104 to 640 meters.

The main ore minerals include chalcocite, covellite, chalcopyrite, and supergene chalcocite, with an estimated copper grade of 0.08%-0.4%. Minor amounts of zinc and sulphides were also observed.

Although Belararox cautioned that visual observations cannot replace sample analysis, exploration manager Jason Ward believes that the relatively continuous mineralization at Tambo South seems to indicate the superposition of porphyry mineralization with high-sulphidation epithermal mineralization.

The second hole is drilling into the simulated porphyry center.

This encouraging result is also supported by the first gold drill hole at Tambo South, which intersected 30 meters of mineralization at a depth of 102 meters with a copper grade of 0.13%, and another 30 meters at a depth of 154 meters with a grade of 0.10%.

Affected by complex geological conditions, the hole was terminated at a depth of 1,029 meters, failing to reach the target depth.

Among other targets in the TMT project, the first drill hole at the Malambo target was completed at 1,166 meters, with extensive quartz veins and visible molybdenum and trace copper sulphides.

Malambo is delineated by a large soil anomaly, similar to SolGold's Alpala and Tandayama porphyry deposits in Ecuador and the Yerington porphyry copper deposit in Nevada.

The second hole has commenced and was completed at a depth of 600 meters to validate a shallow geochemical model.

"Tambo South is a key target of the entire TMT project, located between the world-class El Indio and Maricunga metallogenic belts, making it an excellent place for copper exploration," said company manager Arvind Misra.

"These early signs indicate a large system."

The company stated that it is "searching for giant deposits in a giant metallogenic belt."

The TMT project is adjacent to the Filo del Sol (FDS) copper mine, which was recently acquired by BHP and Lundin Mining for $4 billion.

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