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Emerita Extends El Cura Deposit 90 Meters Westward, Intersecting 4.1 Meters Grading 3.9% copper, 3.6% lead 8.5% Zinc, 4.08 g/t gold and 96.4 g/t silver
TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerita Resources Corp. (TSX-V: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF; FSE...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Emerita Extends El Cura Deposit 90 Meters Westward, Intersecting 4.1 Meters Grading 3.9% copper, 3.6% lead 8.5% Zinc, 4.08 g/t gold and 96.4 g/t silver\n\n\n\n TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emerita Resources Corp. (TSX-V: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF; FSE: LLJA) (the “Company” or “Emerita”) announces ongoing diamond drilling results that continue to intersect high grades and significantly expand the El Cura deposit. The latest drill hole (EC080) intercepted excellent grades and extends the mineralization at least 90m further to the west. The Company has approved an additional 12,000 meters of drilling to continue the expansion drilling at El Cura. El Cura is part of Emerita’s wholly-owned Iberian Belt West project (“IBW” or the “Project”; Figure 1) which includes three identified Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposits: La Romanera, El Cura and La Infanta. Results contained in this news release are from El Cura deposit.\n \n\n A complete list of drill holes completed since the last update (News Release August 20, 2025) are included in Table 1 below. Recent highlights from the ongoing drilling campaign at El Cura include:\n \n\n\n\n Drill hole EC080: 4.1m grading 3.9% copper, 3.6% lead, 8.5% zinc, 4.08 g/t gold and 96.39 g/t silver, including a 1.4m interval grading 5.7% copper, 4.1% lead, 9.7% zinc, 3.89 g/t gold and 102.86 g/t silver.\n \n\n\n\n Drill hole EC069: 3.8m grading 1.8% copper, 2.3% lead, 6.2% zinc, 3.60 g/t gold and 70.24 g/t silver, including a 1.0m interval grading 3.3% copper, 3.5% lead, 10.1% zinc, 5.89 g/t gold and 103.50 g/t silver.\n \n\n\n\n Drill hole EC070: 2.5m grading 1.2% copper, 0.4% lead, 1.2% zinc, 4.37 g/t gold and 33.40 g/t silver, including a 1.0m interval grading 1.8% copper, 0.3% lead, 1.3% zinc, 10.05 g/t gold and 40.00 g/t silver.\n \n\n\n\n Drill hole EC077: 2.9m grading 1.0% copper, 0.2% lead, 0.1% zinc, 1.77 g/t gold and 21.24 g/t silver, including a 1.2m interval grading 2.0% copper, 0.3% lead, 0.2% zinc, 3.83 g/t gold and 23.0 g/t silver.\n \n\n\n\n Drill hole EC075: 3.5m grading 0.7% copper, 0.4% lead, 0.7% zinc, 0.67 g/t gold and 25.09 g/t silver, including a 1.1m interval grading 1.9% copper, 0.4% lead, 0.3% zinc, 1.21 g/t gold and 30.00 g/t silver.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Figure 1. IBW tenement and locations of La Rom...