Tertiary Minerals plc said its preliminary results from soil sampling indicated a “large open-ended copper-in-soil anomaly” at the Lubuila joint venture copper project in Zambia.
PROGRAMME
The company collected a total 450 soil samples across three separate grids targeting two untested areas of A and B, and a historical copper-in-soil anomaly at area C.
Assays indicated a large anomaly defined over 1,000m by 680m at area C, with a peak copper value of 306ppm and an average value of 125ppm Cu.
Tertiary plans to send a sample subset for traditional wet geochemical ICP analysis for data
validation and interpretation.
JOINT VENTURE
The company’s partner Mwashia Resources Ltd has the right to earn in up to 90% of four licences including the Lubuila, Mukai, Konkola West and Mushima North projects.
Lubuila is within exploration licence 27065-HQ-LEL, covering 334km², and is located 90km west of Luanshya.