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Aztec Commences 10-hole, 3000 meter Core Drill Program at its Cervantes Gold-Copper Project, Sonora, Mexico
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE/ July 27, 2022 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT:TSX-V, OTCQB:AZZTF) an...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Commences 10-hole, 3000 meter Core Drill Program at its Cervantes Gold-Copper Project, Sonora, MexicoVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE/ July 27, 2022 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT:TSX-V, OTCQB:AZZTF) announces that core drilling has commenced at the Cervantes porphyry gold-copper property in Sonora, Mexico. Aztec plans to drill the 10 hole, 3,000 m core program through September 2022 as a follow-up to the successful Phase 2 RC drill program earlier this year. The new program will test three main targets. View: Cervantes Planned Phase 3 Core Drilling PlanAt the California target, where Aztec previously discovered extensive porphyry gold-copper mineralization (drill intercepts up to 1.002 gpt gold over 165.68m), Aztec will drill 7 step-out holes and one metallurgical hole with 30m to 450m spacings to expand and better define the area of mineralization, including two 625m deep holes to test at depth the strong IP chargeability anomaly that at its top has demonstrated strong sulfides in phyllic alteration with elevated copper - molybdenum - gold values.At the California North prospect, one hole will step out to the south to test the southern continuity of the gold - copper mineralization found at CAL22-017 (0.315 gpt over 24.32m towards the California target.At the Jasper prospect, one hole will step out to the northwest to test the continuity of the broad copper - gold mineralization found at JAS22-001 (200.6m/0.117 % Cu).The primary objectives of the drilling program are to better define the open pit, heap leach gold potential of the porphyry gold oxide cap at California, evaluate the potential for deeper copper-gold porphyry sulfide mineralization underlying the oxide cap, test for northern extensions of the California mineralization at California North and northwestern extensions of the Jasper mineralization.Cervantes Project OverviewCervantes is a highly prospective porphyry gold-copper-molybdenum property located in southeastern Sonora state, Mexico. The project lies 160 km east of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico within the famous Laramide porphyry copper belt approximately 265 km southeast of the Cananea porphyry copper-molybdenum mine (Grupo Mexico). Cervantes also lies along an east-west trending gold belt 60 km west of the Mulatos epithermal gold mine (Alamos Gold), 45 km west of the La India mine (Agnico Eagle), and 40 km northwe...