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Aztec Minerals Reports Final Gold and Multi-Element Results from 2021-2022 Drilling at the Cervantes Project in Sonora, Mexico
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2022 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSXV:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) an...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Minerals Reports Final Gold and Multi-Element Results from 2021-2022 Drilling at the Cervantes Project in Sonora, MexicoVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2022 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSXV:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) announces that it has received the final results of both gold and multi-element geochemical analysis for the oriented core portion of its 2021-2022 drilling program at the Cervantes project in Sonora, Mexico.Highlights of the Final 2021-2022 Cervantes Drilling ResultsThe 2021-2022 Cervantes project drilling program consisted of reverse circulation (RC) and oriented core (diamond drilling) phases totaling 7,837.5 meters in 37 drill holes on the California Zone, California Norte, Jasper and Purisima Este targets.The 2021-2022 drilling program intercepted strong mineralization at the California Zone, California Norte and Jasper targets, and successfully expanded them.The evaluation of the multi-element ICP results resulted in the identification of Au pathfinder elements, specifically: Cu, As, Ag, Bi, and W.The relationships of these elements are expected to assist in vectoring exploration targets for potentially economic mineral grades and widths for gold and copper in a porphyry deposit model style.The multi-element ICP values support the exploration model of the California zone being at the highest portion of a porphyry system, where an overlying high sulfidation zone has been eroded away.The oriented core program of the 2021-2022 Cervantes Project drilling comprised of 2,588.5 meters in 11 oriented core drill holes, testing 3 targets (California, Jasper, California Norte). Combined with the RC drilling portion of the program, the total amount drilled at the Cervantes project in 2021-2022 was 7,837.5 meters in 37 drill holes, testing four target areas. The California Zone of near surface, oxide gold mineralization was successfully expanded in every direction and to depth, and is approaching the adjacent California Norte mineralized target.View: California Zone Longitudinal Section and California Zone Drill Progress Map2021-2022 drill results at the California Zone returned excellent intercepts of gold mineralization. The associated multi-element ICP results show strong relationships between Au and Cu, Ag, As, Bi, and W as vectoring pathfinders for the gold. Molybdenum (Mo) has a double zoning relative to Au, both ...