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Aztec Continues to Intersect Gold Mineralization at Cervantes Project in Sonora, Mexico; Including 0.68 gpT Au over 120.0 m
Drill Results Extend the Broad California Zone Mineralization to the North with Step Out Dri...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Continues to Intersect Gold Mineralization at Cervantes Project in Sonora, Mexico; Including 0.68 gpT Au over 120.0 mDrill Results Extend the Broad California Zone Mineralization to the North with Step Out DrillingInitial Results received from an additional 5 core drill holesStep out drilling expands California Zone to the North with continued broad intercepts of gold mineralizationStep out drilling also expanded the footprint of the California mineralized Qfp intrusive complex to depth and to the SouthwestInitial gold results from 3 additional drill holes are pendingVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 15, 2022 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT:TSX-V, OTCQB:AZZTF) announces that it continues to intersect gold mineralization extending the California Zone to the North with initial assay results for five additional core holes from the recently completed the Phase 3 core drilling program at the Cervantes Project in Sonora, Mexico. The results also extend the California mineralized and altered Qfp intrusive complex to depth, toward the Southeast and Northerly directions. Results for hole CAL22-029, a step out extending the California zone to the North, returned 57.0 m grading 0.77 gpT Au.Results for drill hole CAL22-027 in the West-Central area of the California Zone returned 120.0 m grading 0.68 gpT Au. This drill hole confirms the California Zone mineralization in a gap and may be used for metallurgical testing. Drilling has also expanded the footprint of the known extents of the mineralized and altered California Qfp intrusive complex to 400 m depth and 450 m to the Southeast and 60 m to the North. Surface exposures of altered Quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusive (Qfp), the principal host for the California target's gold mineralization, that had been covered by colluvium have been found in the new drill road cut exposures for the 450 meter step-out between these recent core drill holes on the Southeast side.To-date, every hole except one, drilled at the California Zone target has intersected near surface, oxidized gold mineralization with minor copper values.LINK TO CALIFORNIA ZONE DRILL PROGRESS MAPCalifornia Zone Drill HighlightsCAL22-027 - 120.0 m @ 0.68 gpT AuCAL22-029 - 57.0 m @ 0.77 gpT AuThe primary focus of the Phase 3 Core drilling program at Cervantes is to expand the previously drilled California target, California Nort...