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Bell Copper Corp.: Assay Information and Interpretation from the Kabba Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 25, 2018) - Bell Copper Corporation (TS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Bell Copper Corp.: Assay Information and Interpretation from the Kabba ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 25, 2018) - Bell Copper Corporation (TSXV: BCU) (\"Bell Copper\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide assay information and interpretation from its Kabba porphyry copper project located in Mohave County, Arizona.To date Kennecott has assayed 5806 meters of new and historic core through drillhole K-17, which was completed in September 2017.These assays provide data from previously unassayed historic core as well as from Kennecott's initial 5-hole 2017 drill program that was completed in September. The resulting geochemical database is being utilized as part of the process for selection of potential future sites for drilling.Many of the holes from K-8 through K-17 display anomalous levels of one or more of the following elements; arsenic, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, rhenium, sulfur, tellurium, and zinc. All geochemical results continue to provide encouragement to Bell management's view that a buried Laramide porphyry copper-molybdenum system is potentially present.Of note from the initial 2017 drilling program, K-17 cut a 21-meter interval from 481 meters to 502 meters carrying 0.57 grams per tonne gold hosted in oxidized hematitic stockwork veinlets and breccia cutting dacite porphyry. Due to the fact that the gold mineralization appears to be related to a wide complex of stockwork veinlets and breccia rather than a simple vein-like structure, the true thickness of the gold-bearing interval cannot be determined from the single intersection in K-17. At this time, the Company does not intend to follow up on this particular intersection except as it relates to the larger porphyry copper target.Core samples from the December drill program have been prepared and submitted for assay analysis. Results are pending.Sampling, Assaying and Quality ControlCore samples were picked up from the drill sites near Kingman, Arizona and transported under the care of Kennecott Exploration Company to their facility in Salt Lake City for sample preparation. Tamper-evident seals were employed on containers used to ship the samples for analysis.Core was sawn lengthwise using a diamond saw and was then sampled under the supervision of staff of Kennecott Exploration Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. Core was sampled o...