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Aztec Drills Broad, Shallow Gold Mineralization Expanding the California Zone at the Cervantes Project, Sonora, Mexico; Including 1.03 gpT Au over 30.4m including High Grade Intersection of 13.8 gpT Au over 1.52m
The first three Reverse Circulation (RC) drill holes from California Zone all intersected broad o...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Drills Broad, Shallow Gold Mineralization Expanding the California Zone at the Cervantes Project, Sonora, Mexico; Including 1.03 gpT Au over 30.4m including High Grade Intersection of 13.8 gpT Au over 1.52mThe first three Reverse Circulation (RC) drill holes from California Zone all intersected broad oxidized gold mineralization close to surface2023 Step out RC drilling program was designed to expand the California gold mineralization zone in multiple directionsStep out drilling is confirming and expanding the footprint of the California mineralized porphyry intrusive complex and within the adjacent sediments, both reporting additional multiple attractive high-grade gold intersectionsThe exploration program has been successful in discovering extensions and confirming the broad style of the gold mineralized California zoneVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 18, 2024 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSXV:AZT),(OTCQB:AZZTF) announces the initial gold results from the recently completed Reverse Circulation (RC) exploration drilling program conducted in Q4 2023 at the California gold zone of the Cervantes project in Sonora, Mexico. The results of the first three of the total thirteen RC drill holes, CAL23-032 to 034, continued to intersect gold mineralization in the altered California intrusive porphyry complex extending the California gold zone to the West, North and to depth.Results for hole CAL23-034, a step-out extending the California zone to the Northwest, returned 30.4m grading 1.03 gpT Au including a high-grade intersection of 13.8 gpT Au over 1.52 m. The results from all three initial RC drill holes encountered the gold mineralized and altered California intrusive complex.California Zone Drill HighlightsCAL23-034 - 30.4 m @ 1.03 gpT AuIncluding 1.52 m @ 13.8 gpT AuSection View of Hole CAL23-034 Link to Section View of Hole CAL23-034Discussion of Drill ResultsDrill hole CAL23-034 is the farthest test of the northwestern area of the California gold zone. This drill hole was designed to test observed mineralization and alteration related to the contact between Qfp intrusive and a block of quartzite sediments while targeting westerly into an airborne magnetic low that the California zone mineralization appears related to. The drill hole was lost at 85.1 m depth while drilling the gold mineralized sequence.Drill hole CAL23-34 has e...