Kobrea Exploration (CSE:KBX) has expanded upon a phase one diamond drilling program at the El Perdido porphyry system in Argentina, based on the geological observation of drillcore.
To date, 1,739m has been drilled across three holes, testing the interpreted core of the system under the leached cap into the early quartz diorite porphyry and hydrothermal breccia outlined at surface, as reported.
A fourth hole is currently being drilled, targeting the zone of strong pyrite-chalcopyrite-molybdenum stockwork veining within potassically altered early mineral quartz diorite porphyry encountered in hole DD26ELP001. The hole aims to extend the mineralised zone at depth.
CEO James Hedalen says the program is continuing to advance efficiently, supported by the efforts of the company’s contractors and employees onsite.
“Geological observations from the first three holes provided valuable geological information that supports expanding the program with a fourth hole to further test and refine our understanding of the system,” Hedalen says.
The El Perdido system sits within the Western Malargüe Copper Project which covers 73,334 hectares. The project lies within the Neogene Porphyry Belt – a metallogenic belt that straddles the border between central Chile and Argentina.
Kobrea Exploration is a copper-focused explorer that seeks to develop sustainable mining to respond to the challenge that the energy transition represents for the world.
Write to Aaliyah Rogan at Mining.com.au
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