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Avrupa Minerals Expands Landholdings in Vihanti-Pyhasalmi VMS District, Finland
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avrupa Minerals Expands Landholdings in Vihanti-Pyhasalmi VMS District, Finland\n\n\n (TheNewswire)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Vancouver, British Columbia –\nOctober 8, 2025 –\n \n\n TheNewswire -\n \n\n Avrupa\nMinerals Ltd. (TSX-V: AVU)\n \n\n is pleased to report\nthat it has acquired more exploration ground in the prolific\nVihanti-Pyhäsalmi VMS District of Central Finland through its\nFinland-domiciled partnership, Akkerman Finland Oy (AFOy).  AFOy\nexpanded its holdings in the District with a new exploration area\nreservation, KKS (VA2025-0043), that totals 18.6 km\n \n\n 2\n \n\n in area,\ncovering three historic VMS prospects:  Kurpas, Kaskela and Sirviö.\n AFOy now holds seven copper-zinc exploration permits in the\nDistrict, in various stages of granting by the Finnish government, and\none gold exploration permit in the Oijärvi Greenstone Belt.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Click Image To View Full Size\n \n\n\n\n Figure 1.\n \n\n Location of the KKS reservation area\n(orange), 15-20 kms NNW of the Pyhäsalmi Mine.  Gray areas are\nprospective volcano-sedimentary sequence units.\n \n\n\n\n The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) reviewed the\narea intermittently from 1970 to 2001.  Outokumpu discovered shallow\ncopper-zinc mineralization in 1986 at Kaskela and in 1989 at Kurpas in\nvolcanogenic massive sulfide layers extending over several 100’s of\nmeters at the prospects.  Best results from limited, shallow drilling\nreturned the following narrow intercepts:\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Prospect\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Width (m)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Cu Grade (%)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Zn Grade (%)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Kurpas\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 1.0\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 2.4\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 2.0\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 1.2\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 0.2 – 0.8\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 2-8\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Kaskela\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 5.1\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 6.1\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 1.5\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 8.8\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 0.7\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 2.4\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Table 1.\n \n\n Drilling information collected from public (translated to\nEnglish) Mineral Deposit Reports prepared by the Geolo...