Drill Program Initiated At Flagship Sobek Copper Project
VANCOUVER - Mirasol Resources Ltd. reported that drilling has started at the Potro SE target on the Sobek Copper-Gold Project in the Vicuña District of Chile. Located at the southern corner of the Sobek North property block the Potro SE target.
“We are excited to announce that drilling is well underway at Sobek North,” President and CEO, Tim Heenan stated. “The Potro SE target is characterized by a shallow cylindrical shaped magnetic high response with a coincident high IP chargeability located at the intersection of two productive faults reinforcing its potential as a concealed porphyry target.”
A diamond drill is on site and drilling is in progress to test the Potro SE target. The first diamond drill hole is anticipated to reach the top of the target at a depth of 250-350 meters and continue to a total depth of 700-800 meters. It is expected to take 25-30 days to complete the planned drilling.
The Potro SE target is a cylindrically shaped magnetic high anomaly previously identified from an airborne-magnetics survey supported by coincident copper-moly geochemical anomalies sourced from both soil grid and rock chip sampling. An Induced Polarization (IP), Pole-Di-Pole (PDP) geophysical chargeability response is also spatially associated with the Potro SE cylindrical magnetic high target and located at the intersection of two productive faults the Maranceles Fault and the Ventana Fault (which continues 3 kilometers north-northeast to Lunahuasi). These concurrent geological, geophysical, geochemical and alteration attributes reinforce Potro SE’s potential as an attractive concealed porphyry system.
Figure 2: Sobek North Potro SE Target - Airborne RTP Magnetic Anomaly & Longitudinal Section (with current drill hole location and proposed length, cylindrical shaped magnetic feature with 3D mag-susceptibility depth slices and elevated surface copper geochemical results)
Progress to Sobek 46 South Target and Expansion of the VN-Zone South
Situated in the southern end of Sobek Central, the VN-Zone appears to represent the northern expression of an extensive hydrothermal system hosting multiple porphyry targets that continues for more than 3 kilometers south to the Sobek 46 South target. The VN-Zone Trend is located on a structural corridor parallel to Filo Mining’s Filo del Sol Project located 7 kilometers directly east.
While drilling progresses at Sobek North, exploration will continue at Sobek Central to advance towards the second phase of drilling at the Sobek 46 South target later this season. Construction of a 2.5-kilometer access road is underway to support ongoing exploration and facilitate future drill mobilization. Planned exploration work will include electrical ground-based geophysics and the continuation of the systematic grid-based geochemical soil sampling aimed at refining and extending the porphyry targets trend.