Battery Mineral Resources Announces Positive Initial Drill Results from Its Recently Acquired Punitaqui Copper Mine in Chile - Investing News Network

Battery Mineral Resources Corp. is pleased to announce encouraging initial drill core assay results from the 2021 exploration and in-fill drill program at the Punitaqui mine complex in Chile. Punitaqui is a recently producing copper and gold mine which is slated for resumption of production mid-2022. Highlights Assay results have been returned for the first three holes with encouraging results as follows :Drillhole …

Battery Mineral Resources Corp. (TSXV: BMR) (“Battery” or “BMR” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce encouraging initial drill core assay results from the 2021 exploration and in-fill drill program at the Punitaqui mine complex (“Punitaqui”) in Chile. Punitaqui is a recently producing copper and gold mine which is slated for resumption of production mid-2022.

Highlights

  • Assay results (see Table 1) have been returned for the first three holes with encouraging results as follows (gold values pending):
    • Drillhole SAS-21-05: 9 meters (“m”) at 2.06% copper and 20.5 grams per tonne silver (“g/t Ag”)
    • Drillhole SAS-21-01: 3m grading 1.52% copper and 2.0g/t silver
  • Currently, three drills are operating on-site, and a fourth drill will arrive shortly.
  • 2,501 meters of diamond core drilling in 14 drill holes have been completed, or are in progress, at San Andres.
  • Nine drill holes have reached target depth and six have intersected significant mineralization.
  • Samples from eight drill holes have been submitted to ALS for geochemical analysis.
  • The San Andres drill...


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