Blackthorn hits high-grade copper

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THE DRILL SERGEANT: Blackthorn Resources has received some impressive copper results from the Phase 5 exploration program underway at the company’s Mumbwa project in Central Zambia.

Blackthorn has intersected the best copper intersections recorded to date at Mumbwa. These results all came from the Kitumba mineral resource area.

Drilled thickness intersections include:

Hole S36-033

–    231 metres at 4.49 per cent copper between 201 metres and 432 metres, including:

–    17m at 14.88 per cent copper between 211m and 228m;

–    10m at 10.06 per cent copper between 265m and 275m; and

–    10m at 9.11 per cent copper between 283m and 293m.

This particular drill hole was abandoned in mineralisation at 463m before it reached its target depth.

Blackthorn plans to recover or to redrill the hole to its target depth of 500m.

The company also received copper assay results for other ‘step-out’ holes.

Significant drilled thickness intercepts from this drilling include:

Hole S36-029

–    12m at 0.61 per cent copper between 246m and 258m;

–    22m at 0.89 per cent copper between 349m and 371m;

–    10m at 0.39 per cent copper between 383m and 393m;

–    6m at 0.48 per cent copper between 395m and 401m; and

–    6m at 0.66 per cent copper between 576m and 582m.

Hole S36-030

–    2m at 0.93 per cent copper between 214m and 216m; and

–    2m at 0.86 per cent copper between 253m and 255m.

–    Hole S36-031

–    4m at 0.37 per cent copper between 329m and 333m;

–    2m at 0.50 per cent copper between 340m and 342m; and

–    1m at 0.80 per cent copper between 346m and 347m.

The drilling component of the Phase 5 exploration program is nearing completion with the company having completed 15 holes for 7,684.39m.

 

Phase 5 drill hole location plan for the Kitumba mineral resource area. Source: Company announcement

 

An additional hole has been planned for drilling in Phase 5 which is targeting a nearby anomaly at Kitumba.

 “It is genuinely exciting and a very important achievement to receive such high-grade copper results from drill hole S36-033,” Blackthorn Resources managing director Scott Lowe said in the company’s announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange.

“These results are the best recorded copper assays from the Kitumba area to date, and clearly demonstrates the high-grade potential of the Mumbwa district.

“It is a credit to the exploration team who have been working hard and are dedicated to uncovering the potential of the Kitumba mineral resource area.

“The company eagerly anticipates the redrilling of this target to the planned depths or beyond, and other results to further build on the database that will allow the economic viability of the Kitumba area to be evaluated, with particular focus on the high-grade copper core.”