Surge Copper Corp. (TSXV: SURG) (OTCQX: SRGXF) has received positive assay results for 11 holes from the Seel Breccia Zone at the company’s 100% owned Ootsa Property in central British Columbia.
The Seel Breccia Zone is located 200m north of the East Seel deposit and is known to contain high-grade copper and silver mineralization that extends from surface along a series of steeply dipping brecciated zones.
Drilling during the northern summer programme encountered this style of breccia mineralisation in a stepout to the north of the known zone, and this release contains the first of several batches of results from follow-up exploration drilling in this area.
Highlights
Hole S21-281 intersected 46 metres grading 1.7% copper equivalent from 24 metres downhole depth, including 28 metres grading 2.0% copper equivalent and 10 metres grading 3.6% copper equivalent
Hole S21-280 intersected 23 metres grading 1.2% copper equivalent from 3 metres downhole depth, including 12 metres grading 1.6% copper equivalent
Holes S21-280 and 281 are 180 metres apart and demonstrate a substantial increase in dimensions of the known high-grade zone with assays pending from holes along strike
Leif Nilsson, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
“Delineating near-surface, high-grade mineralization is an evergreen objective in exploration, as such ‘starter zones’ can drive significant project value,” CEO, Leif Nilsson, said.
“Higher-grade breccia-style mineralization is known to occur in the periphery of the Seel porphyry system and has been encountered in multiple locations, including the Seel Breccia to the north of the Seel porphyry deposits. Drilling this summer has significantly expanded this zone and represents a potentially high-value exploration target for the Ootsa project.”
Results
Hole S21-280 was collared on the western end of the zone and intersected 23 metres grading 0.84% copper and 19.9 g/t silver (1.15% copper equivalent) from 3 metres downhole, including 12 metres grading 1.23% copper and 20.5 g/t silver (1.60% copper equivalent).
Hole S21-281 was collared 180 metres east of hole S21-280 within the same breccia zone and also returned high-grade intersecting 46 metres grading 1.24% copper and 34.0 g/t silver (1.71% copper equivalent) from 24 metres downhole, including 28 metres grading 1.50% copper and 40.7 g/t silver (2.03% copper equivalent).
Holes S21-270, 272, 273, and 274 were collared from approximately the same location in the middle of the zone, midway between S21-280 and 281, and each hit moderate zones of breccia style mineralization starting near surface.
Holes S21-275, 276, and 277 were collared along the north side of the zone along its strike length and angled back toward the south, encountering deeper portions of the zone and each intersecting moderate zones of breccia style mineralization with some narrower, higher-grade subintervals.
Holes S21-278 and S21-282 were angled obliquely against the prevailing orientation of the zone and did not intersect significant mineralisation.
The Seel Breccia is proving to be a near vertical to steeply south dipping breccia body ranging from 25 to 50 metres wide and extending to depths exceeding 100 metres from surface. Smaller parallel and irregular breccia bodies locally surround the main zone.
Mr Nilsson said these initial drill results show potential to significantly expand near surface high-grade mineralisation well beyond the zone of historical drilling, and the area is being evaluated for its potential as a high-grade starter pit.
A historical resource from 2014 on the Seel Breccia Zone located to the southeast of the current drilling outlined a zone containing approximately 1.1 million tonnes grading 0.42% copper, 12.6 g/t silver, and 0.06 g/t gold.
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