Mirasol Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:
MRZ) (OTC:
MRZLF) (the “
Company” or
“
Mirasol”) is pleased to report that exploration
has resumed at the Company’s 100%-owned Sobek Copper-Gold Project
(“Sobek” or “the Project”) in the Vicuña Copper-Gold-Silver
District of Chile. The field program is currently underway in
preparation for the continuation of the maiden drill program that
was suspended late last season due to the onset of winter weather
(news release dated August 21, 2023). Drilling is scheduled to
start at Sobek Central early in Q1 2024, following which the drill
is expected to be mobilized to Sobek North.
Sobek was staked by Mirasol in 2016 based on
prospective local geology and attractive structural architecture
prior to the 2021 discovery of the high-grade feeder zone at the
Filo del Sol gold-copper deposit. The Project is located on the
same trend and just 7 km to the east of the Filo del Sol deposit
and only 3 km to the southeast of NGEx Mineral’s discovery at
Lunahuasi (formerly Potro Cliffs).
Figure 1: High-Profile Vicuña Copper-Gold-Silver
District Regional Map
“The Sobek project is located in the middle of
the high-profile Vicuña Copper-Gold district in northeast Chile,
positioning Mirasol adjacent to the north-south trend which hosts
Filo del Sol and NGEx’s Lunahuasi discovery,” Mirasol’s President
Tim Heenan stated. “We are excited about the high-quality drill
targets at Sobek and look forward to resuming the drill program in
early 2024.”
Sobek Central – Continuing the Maiden
Drill Campaign
Exploration at Sobek is currently well underway
with all permits and community access agreements in place. The
completion of the new access road has substantially improved
exploration crews’ access into the area to continue field
evaluation at a much more detailed scale. Exploration activities
currently underway include detailed geological and structural
mapping, sampling, and alteration analysis along the new road cut
where the prospective targets concealed by a thin layer of
transported scree cover have been exposed. Electrical IP
geophysical surveys to help detect alteration and/or mineralization
within the rock units in the sub-surface environment are scheduled
to start shortly at both the Sobek Central VN-Zone and the El Potro
prospect at Sobek North.
The 500-line km airborne Mobile MT geophysical
survey outlined a striking cluster of large oval-shaped anomalies,
which are interpreted to represent deeply seated intrusive centers.
The Airborne Mobile MT has high-definition depth penetration to
greater than 800m depth below surface and has been proven effective
in defining targets in high-sulfidation epithermal (HSE) and
porphyry systems elsewhere in Chile. Both the VN-Zone and VN-Zone
North targets at Sobek Central lie on the peripheral rims of these
oval-shaped MT responses.
The priority target at the Sobek Central VN-Zone
is scheduled to be drill tested early in Q1 2024, following which
the drill is expected to be moved to Sobek North to test the EL
Potro Zone target. A combined 3,000 meters of drilling is
planned.
Priority Drill Target – Sobek Central –
VN-Zone
The VN-Zone was elevated as a high priority
target late last season when high gold grades were recovered from
prospecting, with results up to 5.0 g/t gold and 2,200 ppm copper
sourced from select grab samples (news release dated June 27,
2023). The VN-Zone sits on the northern outer cusp of a very large
oval-shaped Mobile MT anomaly, with dimensions of 1.5km x 2.0km
which is interpreted to represent a prospective deeply seated
intrusive center. With the access road now complete into the
VN-Zone, detailed geological and structural mapping and geochemical
sampling is underway in preparation for this season’s drill
campaign.
Figure 2: Sobek Central - Priority Drill Target
at VN-Zone Mobile MT Geophysical Anomaly
A new occurrence of mineralized “M” veins
(VN-Zone North) was exposed along the road cut enroute to the
VN-Zone. The VN-Zone North is located approximately 1.4 km
north-northeast of the VN-Zone and sits on the eastern edge of the
northern-most Mobile MT anomaly. Samples collected from the
road-cut exposure returned values of 1.37 g/t gold and 663 ppm
copper, and 0.54 g/t gold and 411 ppm copper (news release dated
June 27, 2023). These strong gold results are all sourced from
sheeted “Maricunga Type” quartz-magnetite veinlets with argillized
margins. The “M” veinlets contain anomalous values of associated
copper mineralization (2,220 ppm), which is typical in Chilean
gold-copper “Maricunga Type” porphyry deposits.
Priority Drill Target – Sobek North – El
Potro Zone
Sobek North surface exploration is also
currently underway over priority targets at the El Potro Zone in
the SE corner of the Sobek North claim block, which is located
approximately 3 km southwest of NGEx’s new Lunahuasi discovery.
Exploration includes electrical surface-based IP geophysics over
the recently discovered El Potro East zone which has returned very
encouraging geochemical results from rock chip samples, including
up to 4.3g/t gold and 26 g/t silver from HSE-type veinlets and
silicified breccia structures, located at a topographically higher
elevation (+400m) above the more copper/molybdenum porphyry style
of mineralization which returned 0.65% copper and 105 ppm
molybdenum (news release dated June 27, 2023).
Figure 3: Sobek North - Compelling Drill
Target at El Potro Zone Mobile MT Geophysical Anomaly
High-Profile Vicuña
Copper-Gold-Silver District
Sobek is located within a prospective geological
environment with a compelling north-northeast trending mineralized
structural corridor crosscut by a north-northwest trending
deep-seated trans-cordilleran lineament. This is a common
structural configuration hosting several southern Andes metal
deposits in both Chile and Argentina.
The Project comprises a large block totaling
11,120 ha of exploration claims in three strategic locations, the
North, Central and South blocks within the Vicuña
Copper-Gold-Silver District. The high-profile district
includes multiple deposits in close proximity of Sobek, including
the Filo del Sol mid-Miocene epithermal porphyry
gold-copper deposit 7 km to the east; the recent NGEx discovery at
Lunahuasi (formerly Potro Cliffs) 3 kilometers to
the east, the Josemaria copper-gold project 10 km
to the east-northeast; the Los Helados Porphyry
copper-gold breccia system 20 km to the northeast; and the giant
Eocene El Morro Porphyry copper-gold deposit 16 km
to the west-southwest.
About Mirasol Resources Ltd
Mirasol is a well-funded exploration company
with 19 years of operating, permitting and community relations
experience in the mineral rich regions of Chile and Argentina.
Mirasol controls 100% of the high-grade Virginia Silver Deposit in
Argentina and is currently self-funding exploration at two flagship
projects, Sobek and Inca Gold, both located in Chile. Mirasol also
continues to advance a strong pipeline of highly prospective early
and mid-stage projects.
For further information,
contact:
Tim Heenan, PresidentorTroy Shultz, Vice
President Investor Relations
Tel: +1 (604) 602-9989Email:
contact@mirasolresources.comWebsite: www.mirasolresources.com
Qualified Person Statement:
Mirasol’s disclosure of technical and scientific information in
this press release has been reviewed and approved by Tim Heenan
(MAIG), the President for the Company, who serves as a Qualified
Person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101.
Forward Looking Statements: The
information in this news release contains forward looking
statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause such differences include:
changes in world commodity markets, equity markets, costs and
supply of materials relevant to the mining industry, change in
government and changes to regulations affecting the mining industry
and to policies linked to pandemics, social and environmental
related matters. Forward-looking statements in this release include
statements regarding future exploration programs, operation plans,
geological interpretations, mineral tenure issues and mineral
recovery processes. Although we believe the expectations reflected
in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, results may vary,
and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements. Mirasol disclaims any obligations to
update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be
required by applicable law.
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