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2022 Phase II Exploration Program Commences on Come by Chance Copper-Gold Porphyry Target
(TheNewswire) Vancouver, B.C. Canada – TheNewswire - September 20, 202...
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[{"type":"text","content":"2022 Phase II Exploration Program Commences on Come by Chance Copper-Gold Porphyry Target\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, B.C. Canada –\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n September 20, 2022 -\n \n \n Belmont Resources\nInc.\n \n \n (“Belmont”), (or the “Company”),\n(TSXV:BEA\n \n \n )\n \n \n ;\n \n \n (\n \n \n FSE:L3L2) is pleased to announce it\nhas begun its Phase II 2022 exploration program on its 100% owned\nCu-Au Come By Chance\n \n \n (CBC)\n \n \n Porphyry project located in southern B.C.\n \n \n \n \n Belmont geologists are currently on the CBC property\n‘ground truthing’ areas of coincident geophysical targets located\nin the central and northern portion of the property. Ground truthing\ninvolves detailed mapping and rock sampling on surface of coincident\ngeophysical anomalies. Exploration results to date shows this area to\nbe the potential core of the apparent porphyry system.\n \n \n \n \n Data from the current ground truthing survey will be\nadded to the overall CBC exploration database and 3D modeling results\nwill be utilized to more precisely vector in on and further refine the\nlocation of the porphyry to determine more definitive drill targets\nfor an upcoming Phase II drill program some time before the year\nend.\n \n \n \n \n Phase I Exploration and\nDrilling\n \n \n \n \n Exploration on the CBC to date has focused on\nidentifying a potential concealed porphyry intrusive of copper-gold\nmineralization. 2021 geophysics and a subsequent Phase I 2022 - 2,300m\ndrill program further supported the copper-gold porphyry model in\ninitially identifying porphyry style alteration, veining and\nmineralization. Phase I 2022 drilling identified:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Extensive Propylitic (chlorite, epidote, albite and\ncarbonate) alteration encountered in all six drill holes. Common to\nmost porphyry deposit types, large propylitic alteration forms as\nhalos to the core of porphyry deposits.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Extensive pyrite mineralization (up to 20%). Pyrite\nhalos are another important vector which helps in locating possible\nporphyry core.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Skarn mineralization. Skarns near porphyry deposits are\ncommonly inextricably part of the larger Cu-Au system(s).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Structural Lineaments. J...