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Turmalina Metals Commences Aggressive 2023 Exploration Program
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turmalina Metals Corp. (“Turmalina”, or the “Company”; TBX-TSXV, TBXXF-OTCQX, 3RI-FSE) is please
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Turmalina Metals Corp. (“Turmalina”, or the “Company”; TBX-TSXV, TBXXF-OTCQX, 3RI-FSE) is pleased to provide an update on exploration plans for the 2023 exploration season at the Chanape and San Francisco de los Andes Projects (“Chanape”, and “San Francisco”, collectively the “Projects”), located 87km east of Lima, Peru and the prolific San Juan Province of Argentina respectively. Positive results from drilling at Chanape and surface works at San Francisco have guided the planning of the next steps of exploration at these two projects for the Company. With seven priority targets identified at San Francisco and Chanape delivering high grades from the Company’s 2022 drill program the Company is well posed to carry out an aggressive exploration program in 2023 following its recently-completed financing. Chanape Project Highlights: Multiple mineralized breccias identified with preliminary drill testing. Only 5 of over 50 known mineralised breccias drill tested to date. Select highlights of recent drilling in Table 1 include results such as: CHT-DDH-038: 39.6 m of 3.10% CuEq from 60 m CHT-DDH-041: 48.05 m of 3.80% CuEq from 165.7 m San Francisco Project Highlights: Land position expanded to 40,340 ha (403.4 sq km): one of the largest exploration land positions in San Juan. Seven new high-priority targets identified. Recent work includes 8,406 soil samples, 1,333 m of channel samples and 7386 rock chip samples. Highlight results from recent work include (see Company news release of December 7, 2022): Tres Magos 18 rock chip samples and 50 channel samples over 1 g/t Au, including 12m @ 7.1 g/t Au and 115 g/t Ag, 3.7m @ 1.71 g/t Au and 102 g/t Ag, 3.5m @ 1.6 g/t Au and 30 g/t Ag and 3m @ 3.2 g/t Au and 186 g/t Ag; Veta Amarilla 5 rock chip samples over 1 g/t Au and 8 rock chip samples over 100 g/t Ag; Breccia Ethan 4 rock chip samples over 1 g/t Au and 12 rock chip samples over 1% Cu; Veta Rica 18 rock chip samples over 1 g/t Au, with up to 56 g/t Au. Highlight results from previous Turmalina drilling on the San Francisco de Los Andes Breccia Pipe are summarized in Table 3 and include results such as: SFDH-012: 109 m of 5.49% CuEq from 12 m in oxides SFDH-039: 72.3 m of 4.85% CuEq from 397.7 m in sulphides Mr James Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, states: “With excellent r...