Torq Commences Drilling at its Santa Cecilia Gold-Copper Project in Chile

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[{"type":"text","content":"Torq Commences Drilling at its Santa Cecilia Gold-Copper Project in ChileVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 13, 2023 / Torq Resources Inc. (TSX-V:TORQ)(OTCQX:TRBMF) (\"Torq\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it has commenced its first drill program at the Santa Cecilia gold - copper project located in the world-class Maricunga belt in northern Chile, approximately 100 kilometres (km) east of the city of Copiapo. The Santa Cecilia project is located immediately adjacent to the Norte Abierto project, held by Newmont and Barrick, which is comprised of the Caspiche and Cerro Casale gold - copper porphyry deposits (Figure 1). The initial drill program at Santa Cecilia is expected to consist of a total of approximately 15,000 metres (m) over the next 14 months with a break of four months anticipated between June - September for the Chilean winter. Approximately 7,000 m of the drilling is expected to take place in 2023, with the first two drill holes planned for the northeastern flank of the Cerro del Medio target area, where mineralization from a 2012 drill hole intercepted 925.7 m of 0.21g/t gold, 0.27% copper, and 82 ppm molybdenum in a porphyry system located immediately below the epithermal gold system that was defined from 1988 - 1990 by a major mining company (Figure 2). Importantly, the mineralization intercepted in the 2012 drill hole is known to be in wall rock, and the Company is targeting a higher-grade causative intrusion.A Message from Shawn Wallace, CEO & Director:\"This is the first drill program to take place at the Santa Cecilia project in over a decade, since a discovery was made in 2012. We have the privilege of following up on historical work that defined 1.5 km of continuous vertical mineralization, starting at surface in an epithermal gold system and then transitioned into copper porphyry mineralization. There are multiple porphyry centres on this project, so this is only the beginning of a significant drill campaign that we expect to consist of approximately 15,000 m over the next 14 months. We are grateful for the support of the local community and are commited to maintaining our mutually beneficial relationship throughout the execution of the program, which includes ongoing transparent communication via an established committee. Breaking ground at Santa Cecilia has been highly anticipated, a...

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