Tertiary Minerals plc announced further results of copper and gold in rock samples taken at its 100% Brunton Pass copper project in Nevada, USA.
FINDINGS
Tertiary has staked 24 mining claims with copper mineralisation across a 1km x 0.6km target area.
Rock samples taken from the northern half of the claim block contain up to 6.84% copper and 1.75 g/t gold in separate samples.
The company has completed project-wide soil sampling, drone magnetic and photogrammetric surveys.
Multiple copper soil anomalies defined are associated with extensive skarn and hornfels alteration.
Tertiary added that mercury soil anomalies and rock samples suggested additional potential for epithermal gold and silver.
Interpretation of drone aeromagnetic data will provide structural framework for mineralisation.
The company is now planning a follow-up trenching programme at the project.
PRIORITY
“Our systematic exploration at Brunton Pass has highlighted multiple zones of copper-skarn mineralisation with a possible overprint of mercury mineralisation which may represent the high levels of an epithermal system prospective for gold and silver,” said executive chairman Patrick Cheetham.
“This is shaping up as a priority target and we look forward to reporting further exploration results from this exciting prospect alongside the follow-up trenching underway at our Pyramid gold-silver project in Nevada and the recently optioned copper projects in Zambia.”