Tertiary Minerals plc today said it would continue its focus on “the most widely used battery metal” – copper – at the company’s projects in Zambia and central Nevada, USA.
BRUNTON PASS
The company will next week begin a trenching programme at its 100%-owned Brunton Pass copper project.
The programme comprises up to 950m trenching in 11 separate trenches.
This will test areas of outcrop containing up to 6.84% copper and 1.75 grammes/tonne (g/t)
gold in separate chip samples.
It will also assess multiple copper and gold soil geochemical anomalies defined in association with extensive skarn and hornfels alteration.
And the company will also test mercury soil geochemical anomalies in areas showing additional potential for epithermal gold and silver.
SYSTEMATIC
Executive chairman Patrick Cheetham said that the company would use funds saved from termination of the Pyramid silver-gold project for the trenching programme at Brunton Pass.
“Our systematic exploration to date has highlighted multiple soil geochemical anomalies and zones of copper-skarn mineralisation that require further evaluation.
“We remain committed to exploring in both Zambia and Nevada as this project and country diversification allows us to work year-round, with exploration access in Zambia being restricted during the southern hemisphere summer wet season.”