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Drilling Update: Verkhuba Copper Deposit
Drilling Update: Verkhuba Copper Deposit.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION 2014/596/EU WHICH IS PART OF DOMESTIC UK LAW PURSUANT TO THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS (SI 2019/310) (\"UK MAR\"). UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN UK MAR) IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.\n \nNOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.\n \n20 September 2023\nEast Star Resources Plc\n(\"East Star\" or the \"Company\")\nDrilling Update: Verkhuba Copper Deposit, Rudny Altai\n \nCore inspection indicative of strongly mineralised system\n \nEast Star Resources Plc (LSE:EST), which is defining mineral resources in Kazakhstan for the energy revolution, is pleased to provide an update following visual inspection and logging of core from drilling at the Verkhuba Copper-Zinc Deposit within the Company's 803.7 km² licence package in the Rudny Altai volcanogenic massive sulphide (\"VMS\") belt, Kazakhstan.\n \nHighlights:\n \n· Visual inspection combined with X-ray fluorescence (\"XRF\") readings on core confirm the presence of copper and zinc mineralisation in the first 4 holes at Verkhuba\n· Copper mineralisation identified in all holes with multiple massive sulphide intervals recognised\n· Drilling has identified large thicknesses of disseminated copper mineralisation, not previously acknowledged or assayed in historical drilling\n· Core is currently being prepared for multi-element assay including copper, zinc and precious metals (gold/silver)\n \nAlex Walker, East Star CEO, commented:\n \n\"We are encouraged by the visual core inspection from within the Verkhuba Copper Deposit, with much of the drilling correlating with anticipated mineralised zones from the historical data. Broad zones of disseminated sulphides with consistent copper and zinc readings by XRF, along with zones of chalcopyrite-rich massive sulphides, leaves very little doubt we are in a strongly mineralised system. Core is currently being prepare...