Star Copper (CSE:STCU) has mobilised a second drill rig as a scheduled component of the 15,000m drilling program at the Star Project in British Columbia, Canada.
The drilling program was initially designed to focus on first-pass and follow-up drilling across Star Main and four key exploration target areas.
Current drill scheduling now focuses activity to test a northeastern extension at the Star Main target, and is designed to evaluate the continuation of hypogene mineralisation beyond 100m to the east of historical drill hole S-025. The hole intersected 269m @ 0.42% copper and 0.198 grams per tonne gold — remaining one of the strongest historical drill holes completed within the northeastern portion of the Star system.
The planned drilling will test interpreted extensions of the mineralised porphyry corridor along strike and at depth, targeting coincident magnetic and chargeability anomalies that have never been adequately drill tested.
Star Copper believes the evidence to date represents a “compelling” resource expansion opportunity, with historical drilling, alteration patterns, and geophysical signatures suggesting the Star Main system remains open to the northeast and may extend beyond the currently defined mineralised footprint.
CEO Darryl Jones says the case for a strong hypogene system to aid in building a geologic constrained resource model points the company directly northeast of known drilling into a region that has seen little modern exploration.
“Our management, advisory, and technical teams all see a significant opportunity to not only extend the Star Main Project area but also unlock new targets to add to the overall porphyry model,” Jones says.
“Hypogene processes represent the backbone of these types of systems, and we firmly believe in the model and approach.”
Once geophysics is completed, Star Copper will begin drill testing additional high-priority targets to bring the nested porphyry model to the forefront which will advance its efforts towards a maiden resource valuation.
Star Copper is a Canadian mineral explorer focusing on discovering and advancing large-scale copper–gold systems in British Columbia.
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