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Aston Bay and American West Metals Announce Two More Exceptional Discoveries at the Storm Copper Project, Canada
Diamond drill hole ST23-03 has discovered a new near-surface zone of mineralization and a deeper ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aston Bay and American West Metals Announce Two More Exceptional Discoveries at the Storm Copper Project, CanadaDiamond drill hole ST23-03 has discovered a new near-surface zone of mineralization and a deeper sediment hosted copper system in an underexplored area of the Storm ProjectST23-03 intersected two zones of visual copper sulfide mineralization:76m of visual heavily mineralized breccia to massive copper sulfide (chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite) between 32m and 108m downhole2m of visual breccia and dense vein style copper sulfide (chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite) between 273m and 275m downholeThe new zone of near-surface copper has been named ‘Thunder'The deeper intersection is interpreted to correlate with the prospective sediment hosted copper horizon intersected earlier this season, and is the first recorded occurrence south of the Southern Graben FaultThe drill hole was targeting both a near-surface Moving Loop Electromagnetic (MLEM) plate and a deeper gravity anomaly close to the Southern Graben FaultThe drilling results confirm that these geophysical techniques are reliable targeting tools for copper sulfides at StormDiamond drilling continues on high-priority copper targetsTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / August 8, 2023 / Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSXV:BAY)(OTCQB:ATBHF) (\"Aston Bay\" or the \"Company\") reports two new significant copper sulfide mineralization intercepts from a diamond drill hole testing blind geophysical targets at the Storm Copper Project (\"Storm\" or the \"Project\") on Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada. The program, still underway, is being conducted by American West Metals Limited (\"American West\"), who are the project operator since entering an option agreement with Aston Bay in March 2021.Figure 1: Massive chalcocite (dark grey) and chalcopyrite (brassy) in drill hole ST23-03 from approximately 58m downhole. \"This discovery of a new, very thick, strongly mineralized intersection in the near-surface coupled with the intersection of a chalcocite-mineralized sediment hosted copper horizon at depth once again highlights the immense potential for new discoveries at Storm\" stated Thomas Ullrich, CEO of Aston Bay.\"This booming intersection of massive copper sulfides and copper sulfide-filled breccias in the near-surface has been aptly named ‘Thunder.' With clear similarities t...