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New Mineralised Structures Found at Ontenu NE, With Assay Results up to 3.85g/t Au, 1.2% Cu, 603g/t Ag in Rock Chips
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 17, 2025) - South Pacific Metals Corp....
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Mineralised Structures Found at Ontenu NE, With Assay Results up to 3.85g/t Au, 1.2% Cu, 603g/t Ag in Rock ChipsVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 17, 2025) - South Pacific Metals Corp. (TSXV: SPMC) (OTCQB: SPMEF) (FSE: 6J00) (\"SPMC\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce rock chip assay results from recently discovered mineralized zones, at surface, at the Ontenu NE prospect within its Osena Project. The Project lies within a major NE-SW corridor known as the Kainantu Transfer Zone, which also hosts the large Kainantu Gold-Copper mine being mined by K92 Mining Ltd. Highlights:A 1m-2m (est) wide mineralised structure with sulphides and copper oxides was found in a newly discovered outcrop. Six 1m representative rock chip (channel) samples were collected along the exposed strike of the structure. Assay results include individual rock chip samples with:3.95g/t Au, 1.2% Cu and 603ppm Ag2.65g/t Au, 0.6% Cu, 337ppm Ag (repeat sample at same location as above)2.18g/t Au, 0.1% Cu, 100ppm AgAu results in these six samples ranged from 1.14g/t Au to 3.95g/t AuThe outcrop is along strike of a >600m long Au-As soil anomaly7.69g/t Au in a 10 - 30cm wide vein in a sheared conglomerate outcrop. Minor visible gold was noted at the base of the outcrop9.34g/t Au, 272g/t Ag in a creek float rock sampleOntenu NE is emerging as a potential epithermal Au-Cu target zone with:NW-SE and N-S structures similar to vein orientations at nearby K92 MineSeveral Au-As (+Cu) soil anomalies up to 1,200m longMineralised structures as described aboveMapping and sampling are ongoing (some assays pending)Trenching and reconnaissance are also continuing on the wider Ontenu Project area prior to drilling \"Our exploration only recently pivoted to Ontenu NE. Within a short time, we have found several new mineralised structures which we suspect could represent the upper levels of epithermal Au-Cu veins,\" said Timo Jauristo, CEO of the Company. \"To encounter high gold, copper and silver in some of these structures is encouraging. These results,with continuing mapping and sampling will guide our drill planning which will be targeting epithermal Au-Cu veins. We hope to start drilling within the next month. These will be the first drill holes in the Ontenu NE area.\"Figure 1. New discovery outcrop at Ontenu NE with abundant sulphide, sec...