Super Copper (TSX:CUPR) has intersected visible copper mineralisation in all four initial holes of its maiden drilling program at the Cordillera Cobre Project in Chile’s Atacama region.
The company logged copper sulphides in three of the four holes at the El Alto target, with chalcocite recorded in two holes and covellite in another. Visible copper minerals were intersected at multiple depths ranging approximately 30–581m.
The deepest completed hole, DH26CC-003, recorded 10 separate copper occurrences across a 593.2m interval. Similar native-copper-bearing tuffs around 356–360m in another two holes provide a geological marker for testing favourable host horizons between drill holes.
CEO Zachary Dolesky says “the geological picture is taking shape”.
“We have copper sulphides in three holes, copper at multiple depths, and similar copper-bearing volcanic units in separate holes,” Dolesky notes.
“That is an encouraging combination for a maiden program. The next step is to let the assays tell us which of these structures and host units carry meaningful copper grades and to focus follow-up drilling there.”
The drilling targets breccia and manto-style copper within El Alto’s volcanic sequence, interpreted as potentially distal to an iron oxide copper-gold system. According to Super Copper, most copper occurrences are associated with structurally controlled features identified through hyperspectral mapping and surface sampling.
The company has drilled approximately 2,348m across the program, with four holes completed and a fifth hole in progress. Samples from the first three holes have been submitted for assaying, with results pending laboratory validation.
Super Copper intends to integrate initial assay results with geological correlation and geophysical modelling to prioritise follow-up drilling on the most prospective structures and host units.
Super Copper is focused on acquiring, advancing, and consolidating global copper assets from early discovery through late-stage development.
Write to Paula Fabe at Mining.com.au
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