C3 Metals Inc said it had wrapped up a review of historic data from its Bellas Gate project that indicates good potential for porphyry and epithermal copper and gold.
Bellas Gate, which is in Jamaica, hosts over 40 known copper and gold prospects and mineral occurrences, according to the junior resource company.
Two of those prospects are advanced-stage porphyry copper-gold, while another two porphyry targets are considered “highly prospective” by C3.
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According to the historic review, 10 porphyry copper-gold and nearly 30 epithermal gold occurrences are found within a five- by three-kilometre area.
Porphyry copper-gold mineralization at the Connors and Camel Hill prospects is open at depth and along strike, C3 reported.
As well, porphyry style alteration and veining immediately adjacent to Connors and Camel Hill occurs coincident with discrete magnetic and IP chargeability anomalies, which C3 said “represents a compelling drill target for a concealed porphyry system,” according to a release.
“Without a doubt, Bellas Gate displays classic porphyry style alteration and geochemistry that one would expect to see in a well-developed porphyry district,” C3 CEO Kevin Tomlinson said in a statement.
“Historic drilling at Connors and Camel Hill intersected +100m of high grade porphyry copper-gold mineralization and both systems appear to be at a high-level. A coincident magnetic and chargeability anomaly identified below Epidote Ridge mimics that of Camel Hill and Connors, but considerably larger in size. We are very excited about Epidote Ridge and Coffee, both are extremely compelling porphyry drill targets that appear adjoined to the Camel Hill and Connors porphyry systems.”
Bellas Gate lies within a significant structural corridor in Jamaica that is host to several large deposits to the east including Romero, Pueblo Viejo and Tanama.
Tomlinson added that the firm is “extremely excited” to get to work on the property and define targets for drill testing.
The group is also in the midst of a drill program at its flagship Jasperoide copper-gold skarn and porphyry system.
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