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First Tellurium Mapping at Deer Horn Reinforces Copper Porphyry Profile and Provides Key Targets for September Drilling
(TheNewswire) IP Survey in September and Follow-Up Drill Campaign Will Augment Current Prog...
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[{"type":"text","content":"First Tellurium Mapping at Deer Horn Reinforces Copper Porphyry Profile and Provides Key Targets for September Drilling \n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n IP Survey in September and Follow-Up\nDrill Campaign Will Augment Current Program\n \n \n \n \n Vancouver, BC -\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n August 31, 2023 -\n \n \n Dr. Lee Groat, Consulting Geologist and Qualified Person (“QP”)\nfor First Tellurium Corp.\n \n \n (CSE:FTEL\n \n \n )\n \n \n (\n \n \n OTC:FSTTF)\n \n \n , reports that the property-wide\nmapping and sampling program at the Company’s Deer Horn property in\nwest-central British Columbia has reinforced a key porphyry alteration\nmodel and provided drill targets for the mid-September drill program.\nAs reported\n \n \n \n \n August\n16\n \n \n \n \n , the mapping and sampling have\nalready confirmed a crucial structural connection between the\nproperty’s Pond copper porphyry and gold-silver-tellurium systems.\n \n \n \n \n “The location and orientation of both the Pond and\nSaddle porphyry zones align with well-established porphyry alteration\nzone models,” said Dr. Groat. “The alteration zones observed on\nsurface indicate that a potassic zone lies in the subsurface at the\nPond area. This is one of the key markers for a mineralized copper\nporphyry.”\n \n \n \n \n Groat added: “All of this information reinforces the\npremise that Deer Horn supports a copper porphyry system in an area\nthat has never been drilled. The initial drilling in September will\ngive us further crucial information.”\n \n \n \n \n The sampling team, consisting of graduate students from\nthe University of British Columbia and the University of St. Andrews,\ncollected 130 rock samples from the property. Of the 130 samples, 119\nare in for assays and four are undergoing U-Pb zircon geochronology to\nhelp understand the age of the rocks\n \n \n and the\nsequence of geological events\n \n \n . Five samples are\nreceiving thin-section petrographic analysis, and 10 are undergoing\nX-ray powder diffraction analysis.\n \n \n \n \n “The X-ray diffraction is incredibly useful for\nsorting out mineralogy,” said Groat. “It will go a long way in\nhelping us understan...