Altiplano Plans Exploration Program at the Pastillas Gold-Copper Project in the Maricunga Belt of Chile

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[{"type":"text","content":"Altiplano Plans Exploration Program at the Pastillas Gold-Copper Project in the Maricunga Belt of ChileEdmonton, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2021) - Altiplano Metals Inc. (TSXV: APN) (WKN: A2JNFG) (\"Altiplano\" or the \"Company\") plans Phase 1 of an initial surface work program at the Company's newly acquired Pastillas gold exploration project (the \"Property\"), located within the prolific Maricunga Gold Belt in the Atacama region of northern Chile. Planned work activities include bedrock lithology and alteration mapping and an extensive short-wave infrared spectroscopy (SWIR) program over the southern portion of the property to target epithermal and porphyry related alteration and mineralization. Initial review of historical data suggests that older, altered rocks exposed within late volcanics in the southern portion of the property represent a high-level expression of potential epithermal and/or porphyry mineralization. Alastair McIntyre, President and CEO, comments, \"The Maricunga Gold Belt is one the most identifiable gold districts in Chile, and we are very excited to begin our exploration program at Pastillias. Our work at Pastillas dovetails with the Company's strategy of developing near term cash flowing assets while also focusing on large scale exploration projects with the potential of identifying significant mineral resources.\"The mapping and SWIR programs will enhance Altiplano's understanding of the alteration systems identified in historical ASTER data and help characterize the alteration footprint. This work will assist with defining drill targets for Phase 2 of the exploration program. The planned exploration work involves:SWIRSWIR is used to identify important alteration minerals associated with specific temperature and pH environments, making it an ideal exploration tool for vectoring in epithermal and porphyry deposit exploration.The Company has planned a high-density SWIR grid (up to 4,000 sample sites) covering approximately 6 km2 of the 30 km2 project area over two historical ASTER anomalies (Figure 1).MappingAltiplano will complete extensive alteration and bedrock lithology mapping over the southern portion of the property that will follow up on limited historical work that identified evidence of advanced argillic and steam-heated type alteration (Figure 2), indicative of epithermal and po...

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