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Meridian Mining Announces the Discovery of Gold Mineralisation at Álamo and Reports Further High-Grade Results from Santa Helena Central
Highlights: Meridian’s exploration programme discovers new high-grade gold at Álamo: CD-852 returns 3.5m @ 2.4g/t Au, 0.5% Cu, 9.5g/t Ag & 0.7% Zn from
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[{"type":"text","content":" Highlights: Meridian’s exploration programme discovers new high-grade gold at Álamo: CD-852 returns 3.5m @ 2.4g/t Au, 0.5% Cu, 9.5g/t Ag & 0.7% Zn from 108.9m; Peak gold assay of 8.8 g/t Au over 0.4m, with robust gold grades over multiple metres; Structurally hosted gold mineralisation that remains open in all directions Located on the western sector of the 1.6km Álamo trend; Infill drill programme at Santa Helena Central returns near-surface high-grade results: CD-854: 21.2m @ 1.5g/t Au, 1.2% Cu, 45.7g/t Ag & 6.0% Zn from 71.6m; Incl. 10.7m @ 2.5g/t Au, 2.4% Cu, 76.7g/t Ag & 11.7% Zn from 73.0m; CD-853: 14.8m @ 1.5g/t Au, 1.6% Cu, 41.9g/t Ag & 5.8% Zn from 29.7m; Incl. 6.9m @ 2.8g/t Au, 3.2% Cu, 78.0g/t Ag & 10.3% Zn from 32.8m; CD-849: 11.7m @ 2.2g/t Au, 1.8% Cu, 50.3g/t Ag & 3.9% Zn from 46.4m; Incl. 5.3m @ 4.5g/t Au, 3.9% Cu, 103.7g/t Ag & 7.7% Zn from 47.4m; and Peak grades of 17.5 g/t Au (CD-840, 26.5 - 27.2m), 311g/t Ag (CD-847: 79.8 - 80.4m), 11.6% Cu (CD-833, 32.4 - 33.2m) and 22.1% Zn (79.8 - 80.4m) are among the highest ever recorded at Santa Helena Central. London, United Kingdom--(Newsfile Corp. - May 14, 2026) - Meridian Mining plc (LSE: MNO) (TSX: MNO) (FSE: N2E0) (Tradegate: N2E0) (OTCQX: MRRDF) (\"Meridian\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the discovery of gold and base metal mineralisation at Álamo (\"Álamo\"), located at the southeastern end of the Cabaçal Au-Cu-Ag VMS belt (\"Cabaçal\") and only 1km from Santa Helena's infrastructure area (Figure 1). The exploration discovery hole, CD-852, intersected 3.5m @ 2.4g/t Au, 0.5% Cu, 9.5g/t Ag & 0.7% Zn from 108.9m. It represents a newly defined mineralised position, open along strike, up-dip and down-dip, along a 1.6km Induced Polarisation (\"IP\") anomaly. The Company also reports results from Santa Helena Central's resource infill programme (Figure 1). The high-grade zones of gold-copper-silver and lead-zinc include CD-854's high-grade core of 10.7m @ 2.5g/t Au, 2.4% Cu, 76.7g/t Ag & 11.7% Zn from 73.0m. These results will be included in a future resource upgrade. Mr. Gilbert Clark, CEO, comments: \"The discovery of gold at Álamo is a tremendous result from one of our many exploration targets. The discovery hole, CD-852, is located on the western sector of...