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Avrupa Starts Drilling on the Alvalade Copper-Zinc Project, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal
(TheNewswire) - Alvalade drilling campaign starts; initial core h...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avrupa Starts Drilling on the Alvalade Copper-Zinc Project, Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n - Alvalade drilling campaign starts;\ninitial core hole underway\n \n \n \n \n - Plan for 7 – 8,000 meters in 12\nto 15 diamond drill holes\n \n \n \n \n - Sesmarias VMS system to be tested\nfirst\n \n \n \n \n - Targets between Sesmarias, Lousal,\nand Monte da Bela Vista later\n \n \n \n \n - Helicopter-supported VTEM\ngeophysical survey to begin; will cover 75% of Alvalade license\n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire December\n10, 2020 - Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:AVU) (OTC:AVPMF)\n \n \n is pleased to announce that the Company has started drilling\non the Alvalade Project.  Originally planned for an October start-up,\ndelays due to permitting of land and water access set the program back\nfor over a month.  The drill rig is now set up at the northern end of\nthe Sesmarias massive sulfide mineralization where the Company is\ntargeting both strike-length and dip-length extensions of the\ncopper-zinc-iron sulfide zone.  Re-logging of previous Avrupa\ndrilling by company and partner geologists along the Sesmarias\ndiscovery zone is providing an enhanced look into the targeting for\nnew, additional mineralization, and the first holes will test this\nexpansion potential.  In total, we expect to drill 7-8,000 meters in\nthis initial program over the coming months.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Click Image To View Full Size\n \n \n \n \n Figures 1 and 2.\n \n \n In previous work at Sesmarias, Avrupa outlined four immediate\ntarget zones around the massive sulfide discovery, beyond downdip\ntargets along the actual mineral lenses, Lens 2, Lens 8, and Lens 10.\n To date, Lens 8 has seen the least amount of development.  The\nfirst holes in this drilling phase will be set to extend Lens 8\ntowards the area of the “Northern Deep” targets, which will be\ndesignated the Brejo area, for future reference.  Review of project\ngravity and magnetic geophysical data and re-logging of historic\ndrilling in the Brejo area are providing important vectoring\ninformation for the upcoming holes at and along Lens 8.\n \n \n \n \n In addition to the drilling, a helicopter-supported\nVTEM electromagnetic survey will commence in mid-Dece...