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Scout RC Drilling Due to Commence at Especularita
Scout RC Drilling Due to Commence at Especularita.
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 \n05 December 2023\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc\n(\"GSC\" or the \"Company\")\n \nScout RC Drilling Due to Commence at Especularita, Chile\n \nPermitting, environmental studies and community engagement completed\n \nGreat Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on copper-gold-lithium exploration in Chile, is pleased to announce that it has completed the necessary permitting procedures to commence its proposed scout reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme at Especularita with drilling planned to commence in the first half of December 2023. \n \nHighlights\n \n· Especularita drilling programme to begin in the first half of December 2023\no At the Abundante prospect, 3-4 scout RC drillholes totalling 600-800m will target high-grade Cu mineralisation associated with tourmaline breccia-pipe hosted copper mineralisation\no Construction of access tracks and drill platforms has commenced in preparation for rig arrival\n· All permitting, environmental studies, OHS procedures and community engagement completed to enable drill programme to commence\n \nSam Garrett, Chief Executive Officer of Great Southern Copper, said: \"We are very excited that drilling at Abundante will commence imminently. The scout RC drill holes are targeting high-grade copper mineralisation and are the first step in understanding how the breccia-hosted mineralisation will develop at depth beneath the existing mine workings. The results will provide critical geological, geochemical and structural information necessary for the preparation of follow-up larger-scale drill programmes designed to vector in on potential economic mineralisation.\n \nDrilling to commence at Especularita\n \nEarthworks required for the construction of access tracks and drilling platforms (pads) has commenced at the Abundante prospect following successful regulatory permitting of the drill programme, completion of environ...