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Alpha Copper Receives 10-Year Exploration Permit for Hopper Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Copper Corp. (CSE: ALCU) (OTC: ALCUF) (FWB: PP0) (“Alpha,” “Alpha Copper,” or the “Company”
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alpha Copper Corp. (CSE: ALCU) (OTC: ALCUF) (FWB: PP0) (“Alpha,” “Alpha Copper,” or the “Company”) a resource sector enterprise founded to create value through mineral exploration, technical development, and asset acquisition, is pleased to introduce the road-accessible Hopper copper-porphyry project to its shareholders. The Company is also pleased to report that it has been issued a Class 3 exploration permit for 10 years, which allows for drilling with up to three drills, road and trail building. The permit expires in January 2033. “The Hopper Project is a great project with a lot of exploration upside,” stated Darryl Jones, CEO of Alpha. “The Project has proven skarn horizons that are ready to build towards a maiden resource and the potential for a large porphyry zone that was proven up in the last two years and is close to discovery. We believe there is something big here and are looking forward to unlocking the project’s potential.” The Hopper is a porphyry copper project with adjacent skarn mineralization in southwest Yukon. Most of the drilling to date has focused on the skarn horizons, which are near-surface and host abundant copper, silver, gold and molybdenum mineralization. There are over eight defined skarn horizons from surface to over 400m depth. Drilling of the skarns in 2021 and 2022 has indicated high-grade mineralization is open along strike (Table 1). The porphyry target area has seen limited testing, despite many indications of a large porphyry-style hydrothermal system at surface. In 2021 drilling intersected strong propylitic, and intervals of potassic, alteration and copper mineralization from surface down to 116m depth. In 2022, drilling intersected over 300m at 0.11% Cu with intercepts of more typical porphyry-grade, including 0.348% Cu over 31.82 m (Table 2) within that interval. Hopper Copper Castle skarn zone The Copper Castle skarn zone is an area of over 1 km in strike length with over 8 skarn horizons that contain variable amounts of copper, gold, silver and molybdenum. The skarn horizons are up to 25m thick and, where prograde, contain mostly copper, whereas retrograde skarns yield higher gold grade. The skarns have been intermittently explored since the 1970s, when they were discovered from outcrop in Franklin Creek. Most of the dril...