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Pampa Metals Further Extends Porphyry Copper - Gold Mineralization to the Southeast at Piuquenes Central
April 29, 2025 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, British Columbia - Pampa Metals Corp. (“Pampa Metals” or the “Company”) (CSE:PM / FSE:FIR / OTCQB:PMMCF) is pleased to
About this update from Andina Copper Corporation.
[{"type":"text","content":"April 29, 2025 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, British Columbia - Pampa Metals Corp. (“Pampa Metals” or the “Company”) (CSE:PM / FSE:FIR / OTCQB:PMMCF) is pleased to advise that drillhole PIU-08 (PIU-08) at Piuquenes Central was completed to 769.5 m downhole depth. PIU-08 was collared on the western flank of the Piuquenes Central porphyry copper-gold mineralization system and was designed to test both the western (near surface) and eastern (at depth) flanks of the system. The drill hole successfully encountered the mineralized porphyry vein system over substantial length downhole, with assays pending. Piuquenes Copper-Gold Porphyry Project – San Juan, Argentina Piuquenes Central Is a recently discovered, gold rich copper porphyry deposit located immediately adjacent to the north of Aldebaran Resources’ (ALDE:TSX-V) giant Altar porphyry copper system. Piuquenes East is a separate porphyry occurrence and standalone target within the Piuquenes-Altar porphyry cluster, drill tested by Pampa Metals for the first time in February and March 2025 (drill core assays pending). Other large porphyry copper projects in the San Juan Miocene porphyry belt include El Pachón (Glencore), approximately 30 km to the south, the operating Los Pelambres copper mine (60% Antofagasta plc) in Chile, and Los Azules (McEwen Mining) 50 km to the northeast. Corporate and exploration activity along the belt remains high, with major companies including Rio Tinto, South 32, BHP and Teck also active. Diamond Drillhole PIU-08 2025DDH (PIU-08) Drillhole PIU-08 was a significant step-out, collared 240m south west of PIU01-2024 (304m @ 0.48% Cu, 0.68 g/t Au, 3.1 g/t Ag, including 132 m @ 0.71% Cu, 0.85 g/ Au, 4.3 g/t Ag; refer 11 March 2024 News Release) and 80 m north of PIU03-2024 (801 m @ 0.40% Cu, 0.51 g/t Au, 2.87 g/t Ag, including 518 m @ 0.53% Cu, 0.73 g/t Au, 3.45 g/t Ag; refer 23 May 2024 News Release). Figure 1: Plan showing locations of Piuquenes – Altar porphyry mineralization occurrences (clusters) PIU-08 was collared on the western flank of the Piuquenes Central system at an azimuth of 100o and was designed to test both the western (near surface) and eastern (at depth) flanks of the Cu-Au porphyry system. The drill hole successfully intersected wide intercepts of classic A and B type veining over significant downhole lengths. The drillhole encou...