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Aztec Summarizes 2023 Core Drill Results from Tombstone Project, Arizona; Shallow, Broad Intersections, with Strong Lateral Continuity of Oxidized Gold-Silver, Continue to Expand the Mineralized Zones Around and Below the Contention Open Pit, Remaining Open in All Directions
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 5, 2023 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) report...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Aztec Summarizes 2023 Core Drill Results from Tombstone Project, Arizona; Shallow, Broad Intersections, with Strong Lateral Continuity of Oxidized Gold-Silver, Continue to Expand the Mineralized Zones Around and Below the Contention Open Pit, Remaining Open in All DirectionsVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 5, 2023 / Aztec Minerals Corp. (TSX-V:AZT)(OTCQB:AZZTF) reports a summary of the recently completed 2023, 7-hole, core drill program on the Tombstone project which covers most of the historic Tombstone silver mining district in southeastern Arizona.Every one of the drill holes intersected near surface, oxidized gold-silver mineralization, and all the drill holes crossed multiple historic underground workings where presumably most of the highest-grade ores were previously mined, and all drill holes bottomed in alteration and mineralization, indicating the main mineralized zones are still open to depth and laterally.The drill holes were drilled on an azimuth 103 fence pattern cutting across the NNE trending Contention target zone mineralization with approximately 50 m spacings, with inclined fans varying from near vertical to the east at -60 degrees. The 2023 drill holes are step outs of 40 to 150 metres from the 2020-21 program, in various portions of the Contention pit target zone.View: Tombstone Longitudinal Section and Tombstone 2020-2023 Drilling Plan MapDrill Highlights:Section D: Link to Section View DHole TC23-06 - 0.400 gpt gold and 30.79 gpt silver (0.779 gpt gold AuEq) over 42.1 m. This vertical hole demonstrated continuity of the mineralization between the Main and Grand Central zones, and also showed that the Contention mineralization and Qfp dikes can widen rapidly in short distance vertically. Interval is composed of siliciously and argillically altered, fine-grained quartzites, hornfels cut by quartz-feldspar porphyry and mafic dikes, faults/fissures, and hydrothermal breccias with quartz veining. Moderate to strong iron oxides, manganese oxides, orange to red color, and 1 to 5% oxidized pyrite sites. The drill hole interval exposed three mine workings.Section J: Link to Section View JHole TC23-04 - 0.12 gpt gold and 19.14 gpt silver (0.36 gpt AuEq) over 35.0 m. The drill hole was oriented to azimuth 103, -60, and was designed to test the east pit wall where a large, well mineralized quartz-feldspar body with ab...