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Aztec Intersects 0.75 gpt AuEq over 103.6m, expanding the Shallow Footprint of the Broad, Oxide Gold-Silver Zone, in First Step Out Hole of 2024 Drill Program at the Tombstone Property, Arizona USA
(TheNewswire) DH TR24-01 intersected 0.75 gpt AuEq over 103.6 m (0.59 gpt A...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Intersects 0.75 gpt AuEq over 103.6m, expanding the Shallow Footprint of the Broad, Oxide Gold-Silver Zone, in First Step Out Hole of 2024 Drill Program at the Tombstone Property, Arizona USA\n\n\n (TheNewswire)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n DH TR24-01 intersected\n \n\n 0.75 gpt AuEq over 103.6 m\n \n\n (0.59 gpt Au 12.48 gpt Ag); including\n \n\n 3.11 gpt AuEq over 15.3m\n \n\n (2.84 gpt Au 21.4 gpt Ag) and\n \n\n 11.06 gpt AuEq over\n \n\n 3.05m\n \n\n (10.63 gpt Au \n35.10 gpt Ag)\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Tombstone JV Management Committee has\napproved expansion of the 2024 RC drilling program to 3000m from\n2000m\n \n\n\n\n\n\n 10 RC holes have now been drilled with additional\nresults pending release over the next 2-4 weeks\n \n\n\n\n\n\n The 2024 drill program continues to test step out and\nfirst pass targets primarily west of the historic Contention Open pit\ntarget zone\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Vancouver, Canada – November 21,\n2024 –\n \n\n TheNewswire –\n \n\n Aztec Minerals Corp. (AZT:\nTSX-V, OTCQB: AZZTF)\n \n\n (“\n \n\n Aztec\n \n\n ” or the\n“\n \n\n Company\n \n\n ”) announces that the ongoing 2024 drilling program at the\nTombstone Property in Southeastern Arizona has intersected broad\ngold-silver oxide mineralized zones in its first two step out RC drill\nholes in the Contention Open Pit target area.  Results for hole\nTR24-01 intersected\n \n\n 103.6 m at\n0.75 gpt AuEq\n \n\n (0.59 gpt Au, and 12.48 gpt Ag);\nincluding\n \n\n 15.3 m at 3.11 gpt\nAuEq\n \n\n (2.84 gpt Au and 21.4 gpt Ag).\n \n\n Hole TR24-02 intersected 0.19 gpt Au and 8.34\ngpt Ag (0.30 gpt AuEq) over 149.4m.\n \n\n\n\n The current Contention area step-out drilling program\nis targeting shallow zones, associated with recently completed surface\nexploration and 3D geological modelling, prospective for wide oxide\ngold-silver mineralization.  The 2024 RC drilling program has now\ncompleted 10 RC drill holes (see Figure 1 below), with results from\nthe first 2 holes announced herein.  Visual observations of the\ndrilled sample materials and initial assay results continue to\nvalidate Aztec’s geological exploration model.  As a result, the\nTombstone Property JV Management Committee met last week and approved\nan\n \n\n expansion of the drill\nprogram from an initially...