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Torr Announces Staking of Highway Accessible Kolos Copper-Gold Project in South-Central British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 25, 2023) - Torr Metals Inc. (TSXV: TMET...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Torr Announces Staking of Highway Accessible Kolos Copper-Gold Project in South-Central British ColumbiaVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 25, 2023) - Torr Metals Inc. (TSXV: TMET) (\"Torr\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the staking of the highly prospective Kolos Copper-Gold Project (the \"Project\") totaling 13,957 hectares in south-central British Columbia. The Project is located within a prolific porphyry belt that is host to major deposits and long-lived mines including the nearby Highland Valley Copper Mine, located approximately 30 kilometres (km) to the northwest (Figure 1). The 100% owned ~140 km2 Kolos Copper-Gold Project has direct access to Highway 5, with substantial local infrastructure that would allow for low-cost year-round operation potential.The Kolos Project hosts 6 never-drilled copper and gold occurrences (Figure 2: Lodi, Kirby, Ace, Rea, Helmer, and Clapperton occurrences) that exhibit strong multi-element geochemical anomalism in historical rock and soil sampling, highlights of the Project include:District-scale opportunity with >6.5 km strike-length to copper-gold mineralization adjacent to Highway 5 with 6 road-accessible zones of strong copper-gold porphyry-related mineralization and alteration already identified at the Lodi, Kirby, Ace, Rea, Helmer, and Clapperton targets. Historical rock grab sampling from outcrop at the Kirby occurrence that yielded 4.24 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au), 11.3 g/t silver (Ag), 0.52% copper (Cu), centred within a soil anomaly of >100 parts per million (ppm) Cu measuring 1200 by 800 metres (m) that remains open to the south and southwest. From a total of 349 historical soil samples at the Kirby target 96 yielded >100 ppm Cu and 11 >200 ppm Cu, coincident with anomalous arsenic in soil. Historical rock grab sampling that yielded 4.7 g/t Au, 144 g/t Ag, and 1.0% Cu from outcrop at the Rea occurrence.Immediate initiation of 2023 field program composed of up to 2300 planned soil samples as well as rock sampling; with a focus on testing potential extensions to historical geochemical anomalies. A property-wide airborne ZTEM geophysical survey will also be conducted in October 2023.Malcolm Dorsey, President and CEO, commented, \"With the acquisition of the Kolos Copper-Gold Project our goal has been to add new strong exploration t...