Andina Copper Accelerates Exploration at Piuquenes, Argentina

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[{"type":"text","content":"Andina Copper Accelerates Exploration at Piuquenes, Argentina\n\n\n (TheNewswire)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 16 December 2025\n \n – Vancouver, British Columbia. -\n \n\n TheNewswire -\n \n\n Andina Copper Corporation\n \n\n (“Andina Copper” or the “Company”)\n \n\n is pleased to provide an update on the comprehensive\nexploration program underway at the Company’s Piuquenes porphyry\ncopper-gold discovery in San Juan, Argentina.\n \n\n\n\n This substantive 2025-26 exploration program comprising\nsystematic surface geochemistry, multiple geophysical surveys, and\ntargeted delineation drilling, is designed to significantly advance\nthe Piuquenes Central and Piuquenes East discoveries, and to define\nand test other high-priority porphyry copper-gold targets\n \n across the Company’s 2,500 ha land package immediately adjacent to\nAldebaran Resources’ PEA stage Altar porphyry copper-gold project.\n \n\n\n HIGHLIGHTS:\n \n\n\n\n Comprehensive exploration program in progress at\nPiuquenes:\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Initial 3,000 m of diamond drilling commencing early\nJanuary 2026 to test compelling new targets generated by surface\nexploration and geophysics and extensions of the Piuquenes East\nporphyry discovery\n \n\n (refer to\n \n\n\n\n 30\nApril 2025 News Release\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n 208 m @ 0.31% Cu, 0.13 g/t Au, 1.24 g/t Ag\n(from 292 m)\n \n\n\n\n - Including\n \n\n 98 m @ 0.49 % Cu, 0.16\ng/t Au, 1.26 g/t Ag\n \n\n (from 292\nm)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Large-scale soil geochemistry program comprising 600\nsamples on a 100 m x 100 m grid\n \n\n (full property coverage).\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Three complementary geophysical surveys currently being\ncompleted:\n \n\n\n\n\n\n - Drone magnetics\n \n\n (full property coverage)\n \n\n\n\n - Deep penetrating ground Magnetotellurics\n(MT)\n \n\n (full property\ncoverage)\n \n\n\n\n - Induced Polarization (IP) at Piuquenes\nEast\n \n\n\n\n President & CEO Joseph van den\nElsen commented:\n \n\n\n\n “Andina Copper is entering a\ncatalyst rich period with strong, exploration driven news flow being\ngenerated across all three of our projects. The 2025-26 field season\nis well underway at Piuquenes, exploration is continuing at pace at\nCobrasco, and follow-up exploration will shortly commence at Mantau.\nWith significant concurrent...

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