Orosur Mining Inc - Pepas
drilling continues to shine
·
Assays from
fourth hole (PEP015) received.
·
Composite
intersection of 40.2m @ 3.75g/t Au from 23.5m
including 6.8m @ 9.02g/t Au.
London, December 23rd, 2024. Orosur Mining Inc. ("Orosur" or the
"Company") (TSXV/AIM:OMI),
is pleased to announce an update on the progress of exploration
activities at the Company's flagship Anzá Project ("Project") in
Colombia.
ANZÁ Project
The Anzá Project is now 100% owned
by the Company following recent completion of a Share Purchase
Agreement (SPA), announced 28th November 2024, whereby
the Company purchased all of the shares of its previous JV partner,
Minera Monte Aguila (MMA).
The Project is located 50km west of
Medellin and is easily accessible by all-weather roads and boasts
excellent infrastructure including water, power, communications as
well as a large exploration camp.
Pepas
The Pepas Prospect is in the
northern extent of the Anzá Project (pre-acquisition) over 10km
north of the central base at APTA (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Anzá Project
- prospects
The Company began drilling at the
Pepas prospect in mid-November 2024, just prior to completion of
the MMA purchase transaction.
Drilling commenced with hole PEP012,
which was positioned to confirm previous high-grade results in hole
PEP001, PEP005 and PEP007, drilled by MMA in 2022.
Holes PEP013, PEP014 and PEP015 were
then rotated some 51 degrees Eastward from PEP012 to begin to test
what was considered by Company geological teams to the controlling
trend of SE to NW. As well as defining thick zones of
high-grade mineralisation, a target for these holes was a clearly
defined basement fault that seemed to act as a distinct marker bed
to define the trend.
Figure 2. Plan of
holes
Holes PEP013 and PEP014 both
intersected the basement fault at roughly the depth predicted, and
both recorded substantial intersections of high-grade gold
mineralisation above the basement fault.
Hole PEP015 was collared roughly 45m
to the NW of PEP014, with the same azimuth and same
objective.
From surface, hole PEP015 entered a
thick zone of soils, saprolite, intense weathering and faulting,
that appears substantially thicker and more complex than previous
holes. The hole then entered the expected mineralised zone at
a downhole depth of 23.5m, until the basement fault at
63.7m.
Figure 3. Section,
PEP015
In
this zone, a composite intersection of 40.2m @ 3.75g/t Au was
recorded.
Hole Number
|
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Interval
(m)
|
Au
(g/t)
|
PEP015
|
23.5
|
63.7
|
40.2
|
3.75
|
including
|
27.3
|
34.1
|
6.8
|
9.02
|
including
|
49.35
|
54.65
|
5.3
|
6.95
|
Table 1. Drill
Intercepts
Discussion and ongoing drilling
At this early stage, it would seem
that the NW end of current mineralised zone is more structurally
complex and slightly lower grade than the SE end, with the gold
grades encountered in PEP015 being similar to that intersected by
the initial drilling in 2022 in holes PEP001, PEP005 and
PEP007.
The unmineralized surface zone of
PEP015 is a mix of transported soil and highly weathered and
altered tuffs indicative of a hanging wall fault system. This
will need to be better defined by further drilling to examine its
potential impact.
Hole PEP016 was collared to the SW
to pierce the basement fault further down dip and to further
examine these hanging wall features. This hole has been
completed and samples are currently in laboratory awaiting
assay.
Hole PEP017 was relocated back to
the SE of the mineralised area, to test downdip of hole
PEP013.
The recent capital raising has now
provided sufficient funds such that the planned 800m drill program
will be substantially extended. Given this extension, the
drilling crews will now take a short break over Christmas before
ramping up in the new Year.
Orosur CEO Brad George commented:
"Results from the drilling at Pepas
continue to be outstanding - but as expected, there are
complexities, as there always are. One of the objectives of this
early, close spaced drilling is to identify and attempt to resolve
these complexities early. This strategy appears to be working and
thus far Pepas has exceeded all expectations."
For
further information, visit www.orosur.ca, follow on X @orosurm or
please contact:
Orosur Mining Inc
Louis Castro, Chairman,
Brad George, CEO
info@orosur.ca
Tel: +1
(778) 373-0100
SP
Angel Corporate Finance LLP - Nomad & Joint
Broker
Jeff Keating / Caroline
Rowe
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3470 0470
Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Ltd - Joint
Broker
Andy Thacker/James Pope
Tel: +44 (0)20 3657 0050
Flagstaff Communications and Investor
Communications
Tim Thompson
Mark Edwards
Fergus Mellon
orosur@flagstaffcomms.com
Tel: +44 (0)207 129 1474
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Drill Hole Details - Pepas prospect 2022/2024
Programme*
Hole ID
|
Easting (m)
|
Northing (m)
|
Elevation asl
(m)
|
Dip
(°)
|
Azimuth (°)
|
PEP-001
|
403384
|
705000
|
1001
|
-50
|
150
|
PEP-002
|
403384
|
705000
|
1001
|
-60
|
290
|
PEP-003
|
403240
|
705142
|
1001
|
-49.60
|
95.2
|
PEP-004
|
403508
|
705671
|
838
|
-59.8
|
99.8
|
PEP-005
|
403373
|
704990
|
1008
|
-49.8
|
94.6
|
PEP-007
|
403374
|
704990
|
1008
|
-69.9
|
170
|
PEP-008
|
403232
|
704803
|
971
|
-50
|
60
|
PEP-009
|
403032
|
705057
|
1055
|
-50
|
80
|
PEP-010
|
403375
|
705106
|
982
|
-50.31
|
190.4
|
PEP-011
|
403573
|
704939
|
1001
|
-50.3
|
255
|
PEP-012**
|
403415
|
704890
|
997
|
-56
|
352
|
PEP-013**
|
403413
|
704887
|
997
|
-50
|
43
|
PEP-014**
|
403400
|
704910
|
1007
|
-50
|
43
|
PEP-015**
|
403375
|
704938
|
1017
|
-50
|
43
|
PEP-016**
|
403326
|
704912
|
999
|
-50
|
43
|
* Coordinates WGS84, UTM Zone 18
** Preliminary coordinates with
handheld GPS. To be later verified by survey
About Orosur Mining Inc.
Orosur Mining Inc. (TSXV: OMI; AIM:
OMI) is a minerals explorer and developer currently operating in
Colombia, Argentina and Nigeria.
About the Anzá Project
Anzá is a gold exploration project,
comprising three exploration licences, four exploration licence
applications, and several small exploitation permits, totalling
176km2 in the prolific Mid-Cauca belt of Colombia.
Post the acquisition of Minera Monte Aguila S.A.S,
the area of the Project has increased substantially to
approximately 400km2 due to the acquisition of a number of
additional applications that were owned by Minera Monte Aguila
S.A.S.
The Anzá Project is currently wholly
owned by Orosur via its subsidiaries, Minera Anzá S.A. and Minera
Monte Aquila S.A.S.
The project is located 50km west of
Medellin and is easily accessible by all-weather roads and boasts
excellent infrastructure including water, power, communications and
large exploration camp.
Qualified Persons Statement
The information in this news release
was compiled, reviewed and verified by Mr. Brad George, BSc Hons
(Geology and Geophysics), MBA, Member of the Australian Institute
of Geoscientists (MAIG), CEO of Orosur Mining Inc. and a qualified
person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Orosur Mining Inc. staff follow
standard operating and quality assurance procedures to ensure that
sampling techniques and sample results meet international reporting
standards.
Drill core is split in half over
widths that vary between 0.3m and 2m, depending upon the geological
domain. One half is kept on site in the Minera Anzá core storage
facility, with the other sent for assay.
Industry standard QAQC protocols are
put in place with approximately 10% of total submitted samples
being blanks, repeats or Certified Reference Materials
(CRMs).
Samples for holes PEP-001 to PEP-011
were sent to the Medellin preparation facility of ALS Colombia Ltd,
and then to the ISO 9001 certified ALS Chemex laboratory in Lima,
Peru.
Samples from PEP-012 onwards are sent
to Medellin laboratory of Actlabs for preparation and
assay.
30 gram nominal weight samples are
then subject to fire assay and AAS analysis for gold with
gravimetric re-finish for overlimit assays of >5 g/t.
ICP-MS Ultra-Trace level multi-element four-acid digest analyses
may also undertaken for such elements as silver, copper, lead and
zinc, etc.
Gold intersections are reported using
a lower cut-off of 0.3g/t Au over 3m.
Forward Looking Statements
All statements, other than
statements of historical fact, contained in this news release
constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of
applicable securities laws, including but not limited to the "safe
harbour" provisions of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on expectations
estimates and projections as of the date of this news
release.
Forward-looking statements include,
without limitation, the continuing focus on the Pepas prospect, the
exploration plans in Colombia and the funding of those plans, and
other events or conditions that may occur in the future. There can
be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate.
Actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Such statements are
subject to significant risks and uncertainties including, but not
limited to those described in the Section "Risks Factors" of the
Company's MD&A for the year ended May 31, 2024. The Company's
continuance as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to
obtain adequate financing, to reach profitable levels of operations
and to reach a satisfactory closure of the Creditor´s Agreement in
Uruguay. These material uncertainties may cast significant doubt
upon the Company's ability to realize its assets and discharge its
liabilities in the normal course of business and accordingly the
appropriateness of the use of accounting principles applicable to a
going concern. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result
of new information, future events and such forward-looking
statements, except to the extent required by applicable
law.