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High-grade scout drilling results at Teresita
High-grade scout drilling results at Teresita.
About this update from Great Southern Copper Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nTHIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE UK VERSION OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO 596/2014 WHICH IS PART OF ENGLISH LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED. ON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.\n \n13 March 2024\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc\n(\"GSC\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n10-15m Wide Vein Intersected at Teresita with Grades up to 2.03g/t Au and 1.31% Cu\n \nScout RC drilling programmes confirm IRGS and Breccia mineralisation targets\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on copper-gold and lithium exploration in Chile, is pleased to announce that early results received for its scout RC drilling programmes at its Teresita and Abundante prospects confirm the high-grade Cu and Au target models.\n \nHighlights:\n· Intrusive related gold-copper system (IRGS) confirmed at Teresita with high-grade Au-Cu results intersected in quartz-sulphide veins up to 15m wide,\n· Significant results for scout RC hole ESP23RC010 include;\n§ 20m at 0.57g/t Au, 5.48g/t Ag and 0.43% Cu from 35m, including\n· 3m at 1.1 g/t Au, 8.71g/t Ag and 0.79% Cu from 39m and,\n· 3m at 1.65g/t Au, 9.03g/t Ag and 0.69% Cu from 48m\n· High grade Au and Cu, up to 2.03g/t Au and 1.31% Cu hosted in quartz-sulphide veins\n· Anomalous As-Bi-Co-Sb-Te assay grades consistent with the Au-Cu confirms IRGS style mineralisation and provides pathfinder geochemistry for follow-up exploration\n· Results highlight significance of similar IRGS high-grade Cu+Au system at Victoria prospect\n· Broad zones of anomalous copper from Abundante scout RC drilling confirms tourmaline breccia target including;\n§ ESP23RC002: 17m at 0.52% Cu from 24m\n· High grade copper up to 1.83% Cu was intersected in breccia which remains open at depth and to the west and south\n· Planning for follow-up exploration to define prospect-scale drilling now in progress\n· Assay results still pending for five drill holes at Teresita\n \nNext steps:\nThe Company will await the final results of...