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Arizona Sonoran Copper Cactus East Drilling Illustrates Continuity of Grade and Thickness, Drills 270 ft of 1.77% TCu
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. & TORONTO / Aug 30, 2022 / Business Wire / Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”) releases an
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[{"type":"text","content":"CASA GRANDE, Ariz. & TORONTO / Aug 30, 2022 / Business Wire / Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”) releases an additional 7 drill holes from the Cactus East, Cactus Mine Project infill drilling program. The current drill program is designed at 125 ft (38 m) centres to generate measured mineral resources (see FIGURES 1-7). These results support the previously defined thick and high-grade intercepts outlined within the underground Cactus East resource. Cactus East is located, at depth, immediately to the northeast of the historic Sacaton pit. Inclusive of both Cactus East and Cactus West, the drilling program (60,000 ft | 18,290 m) from infill to measured is now halfway complete. A total of 16 HQ drill holes (31,817.7 ft | 9,700 m) have been drilled into the core of the Cactus East orebody, with assays pending on 9 holes. Due to the success of exploration at Parks/Salyer, with similar grades and greater thicknesses than Cactus East, the two available drill rigs have been prioritized to drilling the 500 ft spaced Exploration Target program at Parks/Salyer. Drilling to complete the infill drilling program at Cactus will resume later in the year as well as an expansionary drill program (12,000 ft | 3,660 m). Highlights: Thick and high-grade intercepts consistent with the previous wider spaced drilling intercepts and resource model interpretation have been intercepted ECE-072: 270.4 ft (82.4 m) @ 1.77% TCu, 1.66% Cu TSol (enriched) Incl. 100.0 ft (30.5 m) @ 3.45% TCu, 3.36% Cu TSol ECE-069: 247.0 ft (75.3 m) @ 1.73% TCu, 1.63% Cu TSol (oxide) Incl. 90 ft. (27.4 m) @ 2.99% TCu, 2.80% Cu TSol And. 388 ft (118 m) @ 1.24% TCu, 1.13% Cu TSol (enriched) Incl. 127 ft. (38.7 m) @ 1.91% TCu, 1.72% Cu TSol ECE-073: 344.0 ft (104.9 m) @ 1.07% TCu, 0.82% Cu TSol (enriched) Incl. 101.7 ft (31.0 m) @1.95% TCu, 1.89% Cu TSol ECE-058: 120.0 ft (36.6 m) @ 2.01% TCu, 1.96% Cu TSol (oxide) And 210.0 ft (64 m) @ 1.05% TCu, 0.76% Cu TSol (enriched) ECE-063: 317.0 ft (96.6 m) @ 0.61% TCu, 0.46% Cu TSol (oxide) George Ogilvie, Arizona Sonoran President and CEO commented, “These infill drill holes into the core of the deposit are showing consistently high porphyry copper grades with good thicknesses. Results illustrate the continuity required for an underground bulk mining scenario at Cactus East that wil...