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Avrupa Drills 0.48% Cu over 22.9 meters - Proving Continuity of Copper-Zinc Mineralization at Sesmarias North, Alvalade Project, Portugal
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avrupa Drills 0.48% Cu over 22.9 meters - Proving Continuity of Copper-Zinc Mineralization at Sesmarias North, Alvalade Project, Portugal\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Best results of semi-massive to\nmassive sulfide mineralization include:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 22.9 meters, from 378.50 meters @\n0.48% Copper, 0.72 g/t Gold, 37.7 g/t Silver, 1.10% Lead, and 2.17%\nZinc\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, BC -\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n April 4, 2022 - Avrupa Minerals Ltd.\n(TSXV:AVU)\n \n \n (OTC:AVPMF)\n \n \n is pleased to report that recent drilling shows\nfurther, more definitive continuity of massive sulfide mineralization\nin the North sector at the Sesmarias Copper-Zinc prospect within the\nAlvalade Project (Alentejo, Portugal).  The program is a joint\nventure between Avrupa Minerals and Minas de Aguas Teñidas, S.A.\n(Sandfire MATSA) and is operated by Avrupa through the JV entity\nPorMining Lda.  To date, at Sesmarias North, the Company has\ncompleted 17 diamond drill holes, totaling 8,900 meters, on six\ndifferent fences along a strike length of 400 meters.\n \n \n \n \n Highlights of the SES21-046 results\ninclude:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Within the main mineralized zone,\nhigher grade intervals between 380.00 meters and 390.00 meters stand\nout:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6.95 meters @ 0.91 g/t Gold,\nincluding 2.95 meters @ 1.16 g/t Gold\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6.95 meters @ 50.2 g/t Silver,\nincluding 2.95 meters @ 72.4 g/t Silver\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 8.70 meters @ 0.61% Copper, including\n3.70 meters @ 0.83% Copper\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6.95 meters @ 1.48% Lead, including\n3.95 meters @ 1.87% Lead\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3.00 meters @ 3.50% Zinc, and a\nfurther 7.00 meters @2.95% Zinc\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The intercept crosses the east limb\nof the Sesmarias syncline, along with a number of smaller secondary\nfolds on the east side, but misses the hinge zone and most of the west\nlimb of the syncline (\n \n \n see SES21-044 results\n \n \n ).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Results from SES21-046 demonstrate\ncontinuity of mineralization in the gap between Sections 120 S and 350\nS.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Drilling at Sesmarias North\ndemonstrates robust copper-zinc massive sulfide mineralization over\n400 meters of strike length, open to the north and south, and is open\na...