Majuba Hill Copper Corp (CSE:JUBA) reported that the results from the additional soil samples collected in 2022 have “significantly increased” the size of the DeSoto and Copper Gold targets at its flagship Majuba Hill porphyry copper, silver, and gold project, 156 miles outside Reno, Nevada.
The Vancouver-based company said the results also highlight the surface footprint for the 789 Target. A total of 1,050 samples were collected to extend the previous sampling grid to the north, east, and west, it added.
The Copper Gold target was extended eastward by almost 3,000 feet (914 meters) and is still open to the east. The DeSoto target was extended westward by over 3,200 feet (975 meters) and overlaps with the Section 4 target zone. Anomalous copper, gold, molybdenum, zinc, and arsenic values were identified at the 789 Target and are open to the north and west, noted the company.
In a statement, Buster Hunsaker, consulting geologist to Majuba Hill Copper and a member of the company’s advisory board, said: "Copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, lead, and zinc have good zoning on the Majuba Hill project. The soil values indicate the very large size of the copper porphyry mineralizing porphyry system.”
He added: “Combining the 3,000-to-9,000-foot-wide anomalous zones and thick copper, silver, gold, moly, and zinc drill intercepts point to a mineral system that is typical of districts that host economic deposits. Future drilling will use these results to direct us into the highest-grade parts of the target areas."
Meanwhile, Majuba Hill CEO David Greenway said: "I am pleased to see the ongoing staged exploration results contribute to our drilling at Majuba Hill. I am very anxious to see the results from our recently completed deep core program applied to these results."
Soil highlights
Majuba Hill said that soil sampling indicates multiple metal correlations for each target zone at its property. The Copper Gold, DeSoto, and 789 Target zones have distinct metal associations suggesting several different mineralizing intrusive centers, said the company.
Tabulated soil sample highlights for the different target zones are available here.
Majuba Hill Copper is engaged in the identification and acquisition of latter stage copper and copper-silver-gold assets.
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