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Camino Corp. Positive Metallurgical Results Support Mine Development Concept, to Proceed with Discovery Drilling
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 14, 2020) - Camino Corp. (TSXV: COR) (OTC P...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Camino Corp. Positive Metallurgical Results Support Mine Development Concept, to Proceed with Discovery DrillingVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 14, 2020) - Camino Corp. (TSXV: COR) (OTC PINK: CAMZF) (WKN: A116E1) (“Camino” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of metallurgical results completed by SGS Minerals S.A., in Santiago, Chile, for its Los Chapitos copper discovery located in Peru.  A series of metallurgical tests were performed that included sequential leaching, bottle roll, column, flotation and bond work index tests.  The Company continues exploration activities to target additional mantos, on multiple malachite mineralized copper outcrops identified across the property.    “At Camino Corp, we are pursuing an initial development concept for Los Chapitos envisioned as a low-capital, high-grade, open-pit SX/EW operation.” said Jay Chmelauskas, President and CEO of Camino.  “Our average copper recoveries in oxides and mixed sulphide mineralization from the metallurgical test program are consistent with results that would support a leaching operation, and we plan to pursue this potential option with further engineering, drilling and optimization studies.  The flotation tests also support the ability to concentrate our high-grade sulphide copper mineralization intersected at depth, which has positive implications for any future major sulphide resource.”“Soil and rock geochemistry completed in 2019 and our highly successful greenfield drilling campaigns in 2017 and 2018 demonstrate that there is extensive copper mineralization across our 22,000 Hectare (220 sq. km) property.” said Camino’s Lima based Exploration Manager, Dr. Owen Miller. “Los Chapitos exhibits various similarities, such as albitic alteration and breccia textures, to several major copper deposits in Chile. The shear extent of alteration and mineralization leads us to believe that new drilling has the potential to delineate a major copper deposit.”Open-Pit SX/EW Heap-Leach TestingColumn leach tests were carried out to determine the amenability to adopt low-capital solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW) in connection with any future copper mine development, similar to the dozens of open-pit coppe...