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Battery Mineral Resources Announces Further Encouraging Drill Results from Its Punitaqui Copper Mine in Chile
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 16, 2021) - Battery Mineral Resources...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Battery Mineral Resources Announces Further Encouraging Drill Results from Its Punitaqui Copper Mine in ChileVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 16, 2021) - Battery Mineral Resources Corp. (TSXV: BMR) (\"Battery\" or \"BMR\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce further drill core assay results from the on-going 2021 exploration and in-fill drill program at the Punitaqui mine complex (\"Punitaqui\") in Chile. Punitaqui is a recently producing copper mining complex which is being developed for a potential resumption of copper-gold production in mid-2022.HighlightsAssay results from drillholes SAS-21-03, 04, 06, 07, and 08 totaling 199 samples (see Table 1) have been returned with encouraging results as follows:Drillhole SAS-21-03: 11 meters (\"m\") at 1.39% (\"Cu\") copper including 8m at 1.63% CuDrillhole SAS-21-04: 16.7m at 1.37% Cu including 11.7m at 1.64% Cu and a second interval of 9m at 1.75% CuDrillhole SAS-21-07: 3.4m at 2.10% Cu and a second interval of 4m at 1.56% CuDrillhole SAS-21-08: 5.25m at 1.39% Cu and a second interval of 3.75m at 1.85% CuCurrently, three drills are operating on-site with a fourth drill expected shortlyPreviously announced results from the current program (see Table 2) included:Drillhole SAS-21-05: 9m at 2.06% Cu and 20.5 grams per tonne silver (\"g/t Ag\").Drillhole SAS-21-01: 3m grading 1.52% Cu and 2.0g/t Ag The San Andres target is one of several historic zones within BMR's Punitaqui project area with partially delineated copper mineralization and established underground access.San Andres is the \"normal\" fault-displaced upper portion of the adjacent Cinabrio copper deposit that is part of Punitaqui. Cinabrio was operated for nine plus years by Glencore and Xiana Mining.Sample results have been received for the first eight drill holes. One hundred and twelve samples from an additional four drill holes have been submitted to ALS for geochemical analysis and more are being prepared for shipment.The San Andres drill program is designed to confirm resources identified by previous drilling programs and expand these resources north and south along strike, and also extend mineralization at depth. Battery CEO Martin Kostuik states; \"We are pleased to announce this continuation of encouraging copper intercepts from our Punitaqui drilling program. Earlier wide-spaced histori...