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Aston Bay and American West Metals Confirm High Grade Copper and Zinc Mineralization at the Tempest Prospect, Storm Copper Project, Canada
Up to 38.2% Cu and 30.8% Zn in assays for select grab sampling of surface gossan rocks at the und...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aston Bay and American West Metals Confirm High Grade Copper and Zinc Mineralization at the Tempest Prospect, Storm Copper Project, Canada Up to 38.2% Cu and 30.8% Zn in assays for select grab sampling of surface gossan rocks at the underexplored Tempest ProspectProspective gossans have been mapped for more than 4km at Tempest, which is located 40km south of the Storm Copper targets drilled in 2023A ground electromagnetic (EM) survey at Tempest has defined a series of EM anomalies that coincide with the high-grade copper and zinc gossans, providing high-priority drill targets for the 2024 field programMagnetic data indicates that Tempest may be located on a major structural unconformity - a geological setting that is highly prospective for base metalsThe impressive results at Tempest further highlight the large-scale regional potential within the Project areaTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / November 27, 2023 / Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSXV:BAY)(OTCQB:ATBHF) (\"Aston Bay\" or the \"Company\") reports the assay results from reconnaissance sampling and new geophysical surveys from the Tempest Prospect (\"Tempest\"), located within the Storm Copper Project (\"Storm\" or the \"Project\") on Somerset Island, Nunavut. The program was conducted by American West Metals Limited (\"American West\"), who is the operator of the Project.\"It is encouraging to confirm copper and zinc mineralization from surface samples at Tempest, as this opens a new area for further exploration at Storm,\" stated Thomas Ullrich, CEO of Aston Bay.\"Gossans are zones of surface-weathered metal mineralization, and the chalcocite and sphalerite in these zones are associated with EM geophysical anomalies over a 4 km-long trend. The magnetic signature here suggests that the older underlying basement rocks are close to the surface - that contact between the metamorphic basement and sedimentary rocks is a favourable zone of permeability to potentially host mineralization, while the basement rocks themselves can be a source of metal as well.\" Figure 1: Zinc and lead-rich gossan in outcrop from the Tempest Prospect, Storm Project, Nunavut. Sample ID Y010803.COPPER AND ZINC MINERALIZATION CONFIRM OUTSTANDING EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITYThe Tempest Prospect is located approximately 40 kilometres south of the known copper discoveries at Storm (Figure 6). The area was discovered thr...