Tempus Resources Ltd (ASX:TMR) has begun a maiden drilling program at Montejinni Copper Project in the Northern Territory testing the extent of high-grade surface copper mineralisation and soil geochemical anomalies.
A 65 hole aircore drilling program began on July 18 at the project near Top Springs with initial results expected later this quarter.
The targets for this program were generated by Tempus through work programs in late 2018.
Copper mineralisation in sample TRC010 returning 22.99% copper
Results from a September 2018 rock chip sampling program returned high-grade copper, including 22.99%, 19.77%, 18.95% and 12.90% with elevated silver results of up to 43.8 g/t also returned.
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Soil samples collected as part of the December 2018 program were analysed using ionic terraleach process conducted by Genalysis laboratories for a suite of 58 elements, with the results assisting in the design of this current drilling program.
Tempus will provide an update as the drilling program progresses.
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Earlier this month it was confirmed the company would start initial exploration on the Rio Zarza Gold Project in a prolific gold belt in Ecuador.
The project, in the country’s south, is adjacent to and within the same district as the world-class Fruta del Norte Gold Project under development by Lundin Gold Inc (TSX:LUG), 27% owned by Newcrest Mining Limited (ASX:NCM).
Tempus will take a systematic approach involving ionic geochemistry and field mapping/sampling with the intention of refining existing targets generated by previous explorers as well as generating new drill targets.
The company will collect soil samples over the entire concession on a grid pattern of 100-metre line spacing for analysis using the ionic geochemistry method.