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Avrupa Minerals Update on Drilling in Portugal, Kosovo and Finland
(TheNewswire) Drilling at the Sesmarias copper-zinc massive sulfide target in Portuga...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avrupa Minerals Update on Drilling in Portugal, Kosovo and 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\n\n Drilling at the Sesmarias copper-zinc\nmassive sulfide target in Portugal commenced -- initially planning for\nseven holes in the Central and North zones:\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Total 4,200 meters with the\npossibility for two additional 600-meter holes;\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Drill plan targets the hinge zone of\nthe mineralized Sesmarias synform along a strike length of 500-600\nmeters.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n At the Slivova gold-silver project in\nKosovo, up to 3,000 meters of drilling, mostly designed to upgrade the\nmineral resource estimate from Inferred and Indicated to Measured\nResources.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Planning for drilling at the\nKangasjärvi zinc-copper massive sulfide target in Finland\nunderway:\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Three holes planned, totaling 1,000\nmeters;\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Targets strong geophysical anomalism\nclose to historic zinc-copper mine and not previously\ndrilled.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Vancouver, BC –\n \n\n TheNewswire -\n \n\n August 13, 2024 –\n \n\n Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: AVU)\n \n\n is excited to announce that it will be drilling\nat all three of its joint ventured projects in the coming months.\n Drilling has already started at the Sesmarias VMS prospect in\nPortugal, and plans are underway for 3,000 meters of drilling at the\nSlivova gold-silver deposit in Kosovo.  Later in Q4, we expect to run\na three-hole, 1000-meter recon drilling program at the Kangasjärvi\nVMS prospect in Finland.\n \n\n\n\n Sesmarias VMS prospect, Portugal\n \n\n\n\n Drilling at Sesmarias commenced at the end of June.\n We are planning for seven 600-meter holes over a strike length of\napproximately 550 to 600 meters in the Central and Northern zones of\nthe Sesmarias VMS deposit (Sections 250S through 800S).  These may be\nfollowed by two further 600-meter holes, collared where necessary.\n Drilling is designed to upgrade and enhance the body of higher\ngrade, hinge zone, copper-zinc mineralization intersected in previous\nholes drilled in 2021 and during last year’s successful program (see\nprevious AVU news releases:\n \n\n June 12, 2023\n \n\n ;\n \n\n November 28, 2023\n \n\n ; and\n \n\n June 3, 2024\n \n\n ).\n \n\n\n\n The...