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Initial Results of Metallurgical Core Drilling
Initial Results of Metallurgical Core Drilling.
About this update from Phoenix Copper Ltd. (united Kingdom)
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Phoenix Copper Limited / Ticker: PXC / Sector: Mining\n \n \n 10 November 2022\n \n \n \n Phoenix Copper Limited\n \n \n \n \n ('Phoenix' or the 'Company')\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Initial Results of Metallurgical Core Drilling at the Empire Open Pit Copper Project, Idaho \n \n \n \n Phoenix Copper Ltd (AIM: PXC, OTCQX ADR: PXCLY), the AIM-quoted USA focused base and precious metals emerging producer and exploration company is pleased to report the assay results from the first three core holes at its Empire Open Pit Copper Project, Custer County, Idaho, USA. 1,500 metres of core is being drilled with the core samples and technical information from these holes being used for further metallurgical testing, geotechnical studies, and geological modeling.\n Significant drill results from the first three holes are listed in Table 1, including the following highlights:\n \n Hole KXD21-01\n \n \n · 21.3 metres ('m') of 1.99% copper, 38.9 grammes / tonne ('g/t') silver, and 358.7 ppm molybdenum starting at a depth of 17.7 m\n \n o Including 13.4 m of 2.96% copper, 54.3 g/t silver, and 436.5 ppm molybdenum from 20.4 m\n \n o And including 9.1 m of 4.00% copper, 57.5 g/t silver, and 535.4 ppm molybdenum from 24.7 m\n \n · 11.3 m of 1.09% copper and 22.1 g/t silver starting at a depth of 53.3 m\n \n o Including 1.8 m of 1.23% copper and 16.5 g/t silver from 53.3 m\n \n o And including 1.8 m of 2.31% copper and 41.4 g/t silver from 56.7 m\n \n o And including 1.2 m of 3.52% copper and 75.0 g/t silver from 61.9 m\n \n Hole KXD21-02\n \n \n · 9.1 m of 0.27% copper, 19.6 g/t silver, 246.6 ppm molybdenum, and 255.0 ppm tungsten starting at a depth of 9.8 m\n \n o Including 3.0 m of 0.20% copper, 43.3 g/t silver and 350 ppm tungsten from 9.8 m\n \n Hole KXD21-03\n \n \n · 7.3 m of 2.17% copper, 0.195 g/t gold, 20.2 g/t silver, and 0.94% zinc starting at the collar\n \n o Including 3.4 m of 4.08% copper, 0.345 g/t gold, 24.2 g/t silver, and 1.86% zinc from 4.0 m\n \n · 1.5 m of 3.16% copper, 0.350 g/t gold, and 16.2 g/t silver starting at a depth of 10.1 m\n \n · 12.2 m of 1.05% copper, 0.339 g/t gold, and 14.5 g/t silver starting at a depth of 15.2m\n \n o Including 6.7 m of 1.26% copper and 0.519 g/t gold from 19.2m\n \n · 18.9 m of 0.79% copper, 0.316 g/t gold,...