Business
Aztec 2023 Surface Exploration Program Results Enhance Drill Targeting at Cervantes Gold-Copper Project, Sonora, Mexico
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2023 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) has rec...
About this update from Aztec Minerals Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec 2023 Surface Exploration Program Results Enhance Drill Targeting at Cervantes Gold-Copper Project, Sonora, MexicoVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2023 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) has received sampling results from, and has completed, its Phase 1 2023 surface exploration program at its 100% owned Cervantes porphyry gold-copper project in Sonora, Mexico.The phase 1 program of surface roadcut sampling and detailed geologic mapping has verified the strong relationships found between the quartz feldspar porphyritic intrusive, phyllic alteration and gold mineralization. Analysis of the results has found strong exploration potential to extend the California main target zone mineralization to the west, east, south and north (onto the California North target). Quartz veinlet intensity mapping shows strong correlation to the drillhole gold grade-thickness* (see Figure 1: California Target Veinlet Intensity). Gold has a strong, positive relationship with Cu, As, Ag, Bi and W, sericite and silica. There is a contrary relationship of gold to Mo and argillic alteration. Tourmaline and secondary biotite (potassic alteration) has a yet indeterminate relationship with gold.Aztec mobilized two field crews in February and March to conduct a surface exploration program comprised of road cut sampling, Terraspec SWIR data collection and detailed geological mapping. Aztec collected 779 road cut channel chip samples of 5 meters length over 4,600 meters road distance and analyzed them for gold and multi-elements to expand and enhance geochemical and geological knowledge of the California and California North targets. View: Cervantes 2023 Phase 1 Road Cut Channel Sampling MapGeological mapping at 1:200 scale was focused on the exposed road cuts with detailed lithological, structural and alteration mapping of the California and California North targets. The surface exploration program was conducted during the regional dry season. The field teams examined roadcut outcrop exposures generated from recently constructed drill roads and recorded detailed geological mapping for the lithologies, alterations (including hand samples for later Terraspec analysis), mineralization (with veinlet intensity and types), structures and geotechnical aspects. The road cuts were continuously chip channel sampled and then surveyed to consolidate s...