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Hercules Metals Intersects 285 m of 0.47% Copper, Including 56 m of 0.89% Copper at the Leviathan Porphyry System and Discovers New Silver Zone in Southern Flats with 10.7 m of 420.5 g/t AgEq
Leviathan Continues to Expand, while a New Epithermal Silver Discovery Unfolds in the Southern Flats ZoneA new epithermal silver-lead-zinc center has been...
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