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Searchlight Resources Stakes Otonadah Lake Copper Zinc Deposit in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt
Historic deposit of 100,000 tonnes - 3.4 % copper & 1.5 % zinc New staking 25 km northwest...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Searchlight Resources Stakes Otonadah Lake Copper Zinc Deposit in the Flin Flon Greenstone BeltHistoric deposit of 100,000 tonnes - 3.4 % copper & 1.5 % zincNew staking 25 km northwest of Flin Flon copper, zinc, gold minesHighway 106 passes through claim blockVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 29, 2025) - Searchlight Resources Inc. (TSXV: SCLT) (OTC Pink: SCLTF) (\"Searchlight\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the staking of the Otonadah Lake and Cam copper- zinc targets, located 25 km northwest of Creighton, Saskatchewan and Flin Flon, Manitoba.During a recent Saskatchewan claim reopening, Searchlight staked Claims MC00022357 and MC00022763, covering 1,465.5 hectares within the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt, which hosts the world-class copper-zinc-gold VMS deposits at Flin Flon (Map 1). The new claims include the historic Otonadah Lake Copper Deposit and exploration shaft, described by BHP-Utah Mines Ltd. in 1992, as containing 100,000 tonnes grading 3.4 % copper and 1.5 % zinc.\"The new claims align with Searchlight's exploration strategy of generating new critical element projects by staking,\" stated Stephen Wallace, P. Geo, President and CEO of Searchlight. \"It is exciting that Searchlight was able to stake the Otonadah Lake claims with this historical copper and zinc deposit, within 25 km of the Flin Flon VMS Mines.\"The Otonadah Lake prospect consists of a thick gossan overlying sulphide replacement bodies, in garnet-biotite gneiss of the Kisseynew Group. Five long trenches expose an area 70 -150 feet wide (21.3 - 45.7 m), consisting of jointed and schistose gneiss that hosts pyrrhotite, pyrite and minor disseminated magnetite, sphalerite and chalcopyrite mineralization. Several semi-massive sulphide bodies were observed with reported chalcopyrite.The new claims also include the CAM Option Cu Showing, with 7 trenches over a strike length of 701 m, and width up to 7 m. Massive pyrrhotite, plus chalcopyrite and sphalerite, were reported in the trench dumps.The claims have excellent infrastructure and access, located 25 km from Flin Flon, a significant mining center. The Otonadah Lake prospect is located 2 km north of Highway 106, and the Cam prospect is within 200 m of the road from Highway 106 to Tyrell Lake. The claims are now part of Searchlight's Flin Flon area portfolio, which inc...