Fitzroy Minerals Continues With 2-Rig Definition Drilling, Intercepting 92.5 metre at 0.53% Copper From 3.5 metre, as it Moves Toward a Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate and Initial Economic Study at the Buen Retiro Copper Project, Chile

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