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The Fortuna Gold Prospect is part of Rimfire’s tenements in the larger Fifield district, centred on its primary project area – the Sorpresa gold and silver deposit.
Currently, the Sorpresa resource is 7.9 million ounces of silver and 125,000 ounces of gold (at 0.5 g/t gold and 25 g/t silver cutoff) as an inferred and indicated mineral resource.
The latest stratigraphic drilling undertaken at the Fortuna Gold Prospect has helped establish the structure and geology in a prospective gold anomalous area which has not been drilled before.
Once the interpretation is completed, Rimfire will plan the next stages of exploration.
Simultaneously, a mapping and sampling program was conducted at the Ben Hur Copper-Gold Prospect, located 10 kilometres northeast of Sorpresa.
Initial assay results have highlighted significant copper values of up to 14.35% copper, as well as the presence of gold mineralisation (up to 3.63 g/t gold).
The next stage of exploration will focus on identifying the extent of the mineralised veins using a combination of detailed ground magnetics and soil sampling.