C3 Metals Inc (TSX-V:CCCM, OTC:CARCF) has announced surface reconnaissance results from mapping and sampling at its Arthurs Seat project in Jamaica, which included assays of up to 13.8% copper and 492 grams per tonne (g/t) silver, with 11 rock samples assaying greater than 4% copper.
The junior minerals exploration company said the multiple zones of primary and secondary copper mineralization at Arthurs Seat highlight significant potential for a high-grade, intermediate high-sulphidation epithermal copper deposit.
“Additional to our drill program in progress at Jasperoide in Peru, we have commenced drilling the highly compelling Epidote Ridge copper-gold porphyry target within the Bellas Gate SEPL, Jamaica,” C3 Metals CEO Kevin Tomlinson said in a statement.
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“The discovery of widespread copper mineralization, including some exceptional high-grade samples at Arthurs Seat is a testament to the prospectivity of our Jamaica tenement package,” Tomlinson added.
C3 Metals said exploration to date at Arthurs Seat has defined a 6.8 square kilometre prospective area of copper mineralized veins and breccias interpreted to represent the upper part of an underlying porphyry system.
The company added that magnetics, mapping and detailed prospecting are continuing.
Arthurs Seat is one of four Jamaican projects owned 100% by C3 Metals and is located adjacent to its Bellas Gate property, where the company has begun a 5,000 metre drill program, C3 Metals said.
C3 Metals is also developing its flagship Jasperoide project, a high-grade copper-gold skarn and porphyry system in Peru. Drilling began in February 2021, returning high-grade copper-gold mineralization over significant thicknesses. The ongoing program has been expanded to test multiple geophysical targets.
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