Corcel Exploration (CSE:CRCL) has launched a 1,500m diamond drilling program at the Yuma King Project in Arizona, targeting copper-gold mineralisation across six to eight drill sites.
CEO Jon Ward says the drilling marks a significant step for advancing Yuma King through systematic exploration.
“The initiation of drilling marks a significant and exciting step for Corcel as the company advances Yuma King systematically through surface exploration and geophysics into systematic drill testing of a large-scale copper-gold system,” Ward says.
The fully permitted phase one program aims to test zones of known mineralisation and step-out targets, with drilling targeting both copper-gold skarn mineralisation and a broader porphyry system that remains open along strike and at depth.
Corcel has also completed a 10 line-kilometre two-dimensional pole-dipole induced polarisation (IP) survey over the Yuma King West and Yuma King Mine targets, with data interpretation currently underway.
The IP survey was designed to map chargeability anomalies associated with sulphide mineralisation, define structural controls and alteration patterns, identify potential mineralised zones beneath shallow cover, and enhance targeting for current and follow-up drilling.
The company says the system remains open along strike, at depth, and across multiple target corridors.
Corcel is a mineral resource company focused on North American precious and base metals exploration.
The company has entered a long-term lease agreement to acquire the Yuma King copper-gold project, which spans 3,200 hectares comprising 515 unpatented federal mining claims in Arizona’s Ellsworth Mining District.
Edited by Amy Rotman
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