Tertiary Minerals plc has received its delayed permits for soil sampling in the forest areas within Mukai and Mushima North copper licences in Zambia.
TARGETS
Target C1 in Mushima North showed a “wide, low-grade” intersection of copper mineralisation from recent resampling of core from drill hole RKN800, and sits on the margin of a gravity anomaly.
Target A1 is a 1.7km long copper soil anomaly suitable for more conventional copper belt style mineralisation for soil sampling and defining drill targets.
At Mukai, the company will focus on a boundary area next to the discovery of copper
and nickel mineralisation at the Tirosa prospect.
Tertiary said that historical soil sample anomalies suggested that the mineralisation may continue into the Mukai licence.
Executive chairman Patrick Cheetham added that mineral exploration and mining took place in forest areas, for which permits were historically readily obtained.
“From my recent visit to Zambia it is clear that that the Zambian Government is serious about its objective to increase copper production three-fold and is taking the necessary actions to ensure that all ministries and government departments are fully onboard with this objective.
“The delays we experienced seem to reflect departmental reorganisations at the relatively new Ministry for the Green Economy which oversees the Forest Department and a number of companies have reported similar delays.”