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Torr Metals Reports Robust Copper-Gold Grades, Expands with Sonic Zone Discovery at Kolos Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN – Torr Metals Inc. (“Torr” or the "Company") (TSX-V: TMET.V) is pleased to announce the f
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN – Torr Metals Inc. (“Torr” or the \"Company\") (TSX-V: TMET.V) is pleased to announce the final assay results from a total of 33 rock grab samples collected during 2024 reconnaissance programs, revealing additional high-grade rock grab assays within the Kirby, Rea, and Clapperton exploration target zones as well as a new copper-gold discovery in the northern portion of the Kolos Copper-Gold Project (the “Project”), now termed the Sonic Zone (Figure 1). Located approximately 30 kilometers (km) southeast of Canada’s largest open-pit copper mine at Highland Valley, the 100% owned ~240 km2 Kolos Project is located on Highway 5 just 23 kilometers (km) north-northeast of the city of Merritt, British Columbia. Highlights: New Sonic Zone Discovery: Initial rock grab samples from the Sonic Zone have revealed anomalous copper (Cu) and gold (Au) values in outcrop within a 1,000 by 2,000 meter footprint of strong magmatic-hydrothermal alteration that aligns with the margins of a high magnetic geophysical signature, identified as a potential source monzodiorite intrusion (Figure 1). With no previous exploration recorded in this area, the discovery reinforces Torr's exploration model and suggests the potential for another large-scale cluster of anomalies comparable in scale to the already established Kirby, Lodi, Ace, and Rea targets to the south. Expansion of Exploration Targets: The potential for expanding the Clapperton Zone has been bolstered by the discovery of large angular boulders, which are interpreted as being close to their original source. These boulders returned anomalous copper values up to 816 parts per million (ppm) more than 1,000 meters east of the 2023 soil sampling grid boundaries; in an area coincident with multiple high-resistivity geophysical anomalies that are identical to that associated with the host intrusion at the main Clapperton showing (see June 13, 2024 news release). Confirmation of Multiple Areas with Strong Mineralization: The 2024 rock grab reconnaissance sampling programs have identified new sample locations and notable increases in copper (Cu) grades across multiple zones within the Project area. Out of 33 rock grab samples collected, 9 returned values exceeding 500 parts per million (ppm) Cu. This includes an outcrop sample of malach...