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Royal Road Minerals Announces Regional Sampling, Mapping and Initial Scout Drilling Results from Its Santo Domingo Porphyry Copper Gold Project, San Juan Province, Argentina
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 21, 2023) - Royal Road Minerals Limited ( TSXV: RYR ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Royal Road Minerals Announces Regional Sampling, Mapping and Initial Scout Drilling Results from Its Santo Domingo Porphyry Copper Gold Project, San Juan Province, ArgentinaToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 21, 2023) - Royal Road Minerals Limited (TSXV: RYR) (\"Royal Road\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide results of initial scout drilling, regional sampling and mapping from its Santo Domingo porphyry copper and gold project in San Juan Province, Argentina. The Santo Domingo district is located 120 km east of San Juan City at an average altitude of approximately 1,200 meters above sea level. The district comprises at-least three exposed porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum occurrences (El Arriero, Divisoria and Alunita) and a vein-hosted gold and polymetallic vein system (Yvette) located within a mineral rights package covering a total area of approximately 185 square kilometers. Royal Road has entered into an option agreement with an individual titleholder to acquire 100% of the mineral rights package (see Press Release, February 15, 2023). In preparation for exploration activities at Santo Domingo, Royal Road has completed environmental impact assessments, renewed and updated environmental impact permits, deposited relevant insurances, completed social, environmental, flora and fauna and archaeological studies and acquired all necessary permits, including hazardous waste and surface water extraction. The Company has held concertation meetings with departmental and provincial officials, has conducted public audiences and established environmental and social quality control committees within its local communities. Water for scout drilling was provided by the local municipality, trucked to site and recycled at the drill rig. The Company has completed geological mapping, grid-based soil geochemical sampling, channel and select rock chip geochemical sampling and has concluded the first scout-drilling program to be conducted at Santo Domingo. Highlights are as follows:The Santo Domingo porphyry occurrence can be mapped over an area of approximately 10 square kilometers and is characterized by a discrete inner breccia-controlled porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralized system, surrounded by a copper-gold system, zoning outwards towards the east to a polymetallic vein system Initial scout drilling has served to identify d...