Drillhole FSDH107 cut 1,270 metres at 0.55% copper, 0.35 gram gold per tonne and 12.6 grams silver for 0.92% copper-equivalent from 298 metres down in the Aurora zone. This included 624 metres at 0.78% copper, 0.41 gram gold and 5.3 grams silver for 1.13% copper-equivalent from 606 metres depth.
The hole expanded the Aurora zone by 300 metres west, widening the mineralized area to at least 700 metres, the company said.
“These results show the extraordinary scale and continuity of the deposit,” he said in a news release. “With these new results, we’ve now defined continuous mineralization over 5.5 km from Tamberias in the south to Bonita in the north.”
Filo’s next steps are metallurgical tests on sulphides and more environmental studies. Also, it will drill more to define the deposit’s boundaries and high-grade zones, it said.
Emerging district
The Vicuña copper district, on the Argentina-Chile…
