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New Copper and Silver Mineralization Discovered at Unkur Project
WHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 19, 2021 / Azarga Metals Corp. (" Azarga Metals " or...
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Copper and Silver Mineralization Discovered at Unkur ProjectWHITE ROCK, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 19, 2021 / Azarga Metals Corp. (\"Azarga Metals\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV:AZR)(OTC PINK:EUUNF) is pleased to announce that results from its reconnaissance geochemical exploration program have shown previously unknown areas of copper and silver mineralization on both the eastern and western limbs of the Unkur syncline on its 100% owned Unkur Copper-Silver Project (the \"Project\") located in Eastern Russia.Dr. Alexander Yakubchuk, VP Exploration said: \"These results confirm that mineralization at Unkur is more widespread than previously thought. In particular, copper and silver have now been identified on both the eastern and western limbs of the Unkur syncline. This is not surprising given the similar geological setting and scale of the nearby giant Udokan copper deposit where mineralization occurs on both sides of a synclinal structure. These new results will focus future exploration efforts to enlarge the Unkur deposit.\"The reconnaissance geochemical exploration field operations took place during October and early November 2020. The object of the program was to identify new areas of copper and silver mineralization outside of the known area of recent drilling by taking lithochemical samples just below the surface over widespread areas of the property and analyzing the -1mm fraction. Due to frost and snow on site, the original design of the program was reduced but despite this, 180 rock-chip samples and 28 channel samples were taken at 6 locations.The results of the channel sampling showed significant zones of copper mineralization at surface on the east side of the Kemen River (known as the Kemen area) as well as areas on the southwestern side of the property (Unkur SW) - see the table and map below.In the Kemen area, several lithochemical samples showed more than 0.05% copper in three anomalies extending over strike lengths of 2 km, 1.1 km, and 0.9 km (using the >25ppm Cu value), possibly at different stratigraphic levels. Copper mineralization in outcrops was also found at several locations on which channel samples were taken (see Table 1 below). This is an important finding and confirms, for the first time, that mineralization is present on the eastern limb of the Unkur syncline.In addition, new mineralization was di...