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Astra Drills 500 g/t Silver and 1.46 g/t Gold over 2.3 Metres - Extends West Feeder Along Strike at La Manchuria Project, Argentina
Highlights: West Feeder of Main Zone LMD-137: 2.3 metres grading 500 g/t silver and 1.46 g/t ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Astra Drills 500 g/t Silver and 1.46 g/t Gold over 2.3 Metres - Extends West Feeder Along Strike at La Manchuria Project, ArgentinaHighlights:West Feeder of Main ZoneLMD-137: 2.3 metres grading 500 g/t silver and 1.46 g/t gold from 115 metres including 0.5 metres grading 2,197 g/t silver and 6.23 g/t gold at 116.8 metres LMD-137: 1.0 metres grading 310 g/t silver and 0.49 g/t gold from 11.55 metresLMD-136: 3.0 metres grading 263 g/t silver and 0.95 g/t gold at 100.0 metersNewly drilled block northwest of post-mineral A fault (Figure 1) confirms a group of shallow Au and Ag-rich veins and veinlets, further opening the system along strike and at depthConfirmation of the continuous vein in the Eastern Zone, consistently mineralized with gold and silver also at depthThe Company is fully funded for a minimum of 5,000 metres of DDH drilling, for which field crews and equipment are currently being mobilizedVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 15, 2026) - Astra Exploration Inc. (TSXV: ASTR) (OTCQB: ATEPF) (FSE: S3I) (\"Astra\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the final batch of assays consisting of five DDH holes from the Phase II drill program at the La Manchuria Gold and Silver Project in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Going forward, the 5,000 metres completed to date will be referred to as Phase II and the upcoming 5,000 metre program will be referred to as Phase III. The Company will be providing a detailed summary update in the coming days to outline the results of Phase II and the plan for Phase III. Astra's CEO, Brian Miller, commented:\"High-grade mineralization continues to be intersected along strike and at depth in the Main Zone, which adds to the prospectivity of the high-grade feeder targets, and continues to expand the bulk-tonnage system near surface. The lower unit of andesite rocks, previously interpreted to be barren of mineralization, have again hosted high-grade veins, which provides more evidence that they may contain a meaningful portion of the mineralized system. Astra has completed ~7,500 metres of drilling at La Manchuria to date, which has more than doubled the near-surface footprint of the vein system which remains open in all directions. We expect continued rapid growth as we ramp up drilling in 2026.\"Astra's Exploration Director, Diego Guido, commented:The ~5,000 metre Phase II drill progr...