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Surge Copper Discovers High-Grade Silver at Blackjack Intersecting 1,430 g/t Silver over 2 Metres within 46 Metres Grading 99 g/t Silver
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pl
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) (Frankfurt: G6D2) (“Surge” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce complete assay results for 1 hole from the first phase of the Company’s 2022 regional exploration program which was focused on target drilling within the 100% owned Ootsa Property in central British Columbia. Highlights Hole BJ22-01 at the Blackjack Target tested a large ZTEM geophysical anomaly and has discovered a wide zone of silver-gold-zinc-lead mineralization in addition to 3 individual high-grade silver veins Results include 66 metres grading 71.3 g/t silver including 46 metres grading 99.4 g/t silver with higher grade intercepts returning: 1430 g/t silver over 2 metres 346 g/t silver over 2 metres 180 g/t silver over 2 metres The Blackjack Target represents a very large and highly altered intrusive centre that is highly prospective for precious metal mineralization and wide open for further expansion and discovery Results for 30 additional drill holes from the Ootsa and Berg 2022 regional exploration program are pending Assay results have been received for BJ22-01 at the Blackjack Target located approximately 4 kilometres east of the Seel porphyry deposit on the Ootsa Property. Significant results are summarized in the table below. Select hole locations and orientations are shown on the drill hole map and are illustrated on the cross-section below. Blackjack Hole BJ22-01 was drilled into the Blackjack Target testing a large ZTEM geophysical conductor and has confirmed the ZTEM target is related to intense hydrothermal alteration, encountering highly altered porphyritic intrusion from 62.8 to 400 metres depth, with altered volcanic and sedimentary rocks encountered to the end of the hole at 753 metres depth. This highly altered intrusive centre could conceptually sit above a porphyry system, and provides a kilometre scale exploration target prospective for near surface epithermal gold-silver, silver-gold-lead-zinc veins and breccias, and copper-gold-moly porphyry mineralization at depth. Figure 1. Ootsa Property 2022 Drill Hole Location Map showing the Blackjack Target. Hole BJ22-01 intersected a wide zone of brecciation, veins, and faulting containing silver-gold-zinc-lead mineralization associated with quartz, iron carbonates, and c...