Azzuro Resources (ASX:AZ9) reports final assay results from its 2026 drilling program at the Red Hill Copper‑Gold Project in Mongolia.
Phase one drilling has confirmed copper‑gold volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation over approximately 550m of strike and to approximately 150m below surface, with the system remaining open to the east, west, and down‑dip.
Hole MU2610A returned 5m @ 4.92% copper (Cu), 0.94 grams per tonne gold (Au), and 5.05g/t silver (Ag) from 142.5m, including 2m @ 11.95% Cu, 1.99g/t Au, and 11.8g/t Ag from 143.9m.
The hole confirms continuity of the massive sulphide up‑dip of previously reported hole MU2501.
A new zone of ‘high-grade’ copper mineralisation was intersected in MU2609 north of the shallow gold corridor, returning 3m @ 2.4% Cu from 44m.
The program also confirmed shallow gold mineralisation approximately 85m west of MU2604, with MU2609 intercepting 10.8m @ 0.45g/t Au and 10.72g/t Ag from 7m, including 3m @ 0.84g/t Au from 12.6m.
Managing Director Gan‑Ochir Zunduisuren says the company has completed the final batch of assays on a high note.
“Not only have we confirmed mineralisation in the copper-rich massive sulphide and shallow gold zones, we have also identified additional mineralised areas for copper exploration to the north of previously identified mineralisation and a new area with gold,” Zunduisuren adds.
Drilling has intersected ‘high-grade’ mineralisation in eight of 14 holes over a strike length of approximately 550m and to an approximate depth of 150m. Gravity inversions indicate the system should extend at depth below currently reported intercepts.
Azzuro has commenced phase two drilling, focusing initially on the shallow gold zone, with a downhole electromagnetic survey underway.
Located in southwestern Mongolia, the Red Hill Project is considered prospective for VMS mineralisation and hosts a JORC 2012 exploration target of 15–30 million tonnes @ 0.71–0.90% Cu and 0.26–0.40g/t Au.
Azzuro Resources acquired 100% of the project through licence transfer completed in April 2026.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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