COPPER GIANT DEFINES THIRD HIGH-GRADE PORPHYRY CORE AT MOCOA AND CONFIRMS NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BRECCIA CORRIDOR
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Mocoa now hosts three distinct high-grade cores, all open at depth and laterally, highlighting its scale and multi-centered nature. MD-050 intercepted 316-metres of early-microdiorite porphyry grading 0.35% CuEq* (0.25% Cu and 0.02% Mo), including a high-grade zone of 145-metres grading 0.60% CuEq* (0.39% Cu and 0.05% Mo). The hole ended at drill rig capacity over strong potassic altered porphyry with increasing Cu-Mo grades.
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The high-grade breccia corridor extends further north than previously drilled. Hole MD-049 intercepted breccia as anticipated by the 3D-model confirming the north extension for resource evaluation and expansion potential. The hole included 477-metres of Cu-Mo mineralized grading 0.37% CuEq* (0.30% Cu and 0.02% Mo), including two high-grade subzones: 200-metres grading 0.49% CuEq* (0.37% Cu and 0.03% Mo); and 71-metres grading 0.43% CuEq* (0.39% Cu and 0.01% Mo).
- New lower-elevation pads are being advanced to increase drill efficiency and accelerate resource expansion.
"Hole MD-049 confirmed our hypothesis that the breccia corridor extends further north, where past drilling suggested it stopped. This validated our 3D model, proving the system is still wide open for expansion to the north. At the same time, MD-050 established a new third high-grade porphyry core, with copper grades that are unusually strong for porphyry systems. These results demonstrate both the continuity and the upside of Mocoa's mineralization, with all three high-grade centers remaining open at depth and laterally." —
"Metallurgy has exceeded assumptions, and now drilling has confirmed a third high-grade core, with each core open and growing. Mocoa keeps delivering across geology, recoveries, and infrastructure advantages demonstration that Mocoa has every ingredient needed to become one of the next globally significant copper projects. More progress is coming, both from the drill bit and from our ground work." —
Both holes were designed to answer key geological questions that directly influence the next stage of Mocoa's growth.
Hole MD-049 targeted the northern continuation of the main breccia corridor, testing the hypothesis that copper-molybdenum mineralization extends beyond historical hole M-15, which had intersected only weak Cu-Mo grades in a crackle-breccia zone.
MD-050 was strategically designed with two objectives: (i) to connect the geology between
These results build directly on the Company's recent metallurgical success (refer to news release dated
Hole MD-049
MD-049 was collared 300 meters northwest of previous high-grade breccia holes MD-043/MD-045 (refer to news release date
The Company believes MD-049 successfully targeted a higher-grade subzone portion of the breccia, returning continuous copper and molybdenum mineralization. Importantly, the results confirm that the better-mineralized subzone extends northward beyond the previously drilled footprint, presenting future opportunities for expansion.
The hole ended in mineralization with the final 76-metres grading 0.39% CuEq* (0.37% Cu and 0.005% Mo). These results establish a new northern growth vector for the breccia and validate the Company's geological interpretation. Follow-up drilling from new pads at lower elevations will test this extension more efficiently.
Detailed logging shows that the upper 150-metres of the hole intercepted a strong sericite altered porphyry (leach cap) with iron oxides after D-type veinlets (see figure 3A). Below this oxidized zone, a low-grade dacite porphyry with strong sericite alteration was observed. Crackle-breccia was intercepted at 450-metres downhole as anticipated by the 3D-geological model.
The upper portion of the breccia is characterized by low-grade Cu-Mo mineralization and multiple strongly sericitized volcanic and dacite porphyry fragments with early A, B and C-type veinlets. Downhole, the low-permeability crackle-breccia transitions to a hydrothermal-breccia (more fluidized) with chalcopyrite (see figure 3B) and minor molybdenite content as matrix in-fill, cemented early diorite (E0) and dacite (I1) porphyry fragments (see figure 3C). Hole ended due to drill rig capacity in a breccia containing early diorite (E0) fragments altered to secondary (hydrothermal) biotite, locally overprinted by chlorite and chalcopyrite as matrix in-fill and as C-type veinlets (see figure 3D).
Hole |
From |
To (m) |
Interval |
Cu (%) |
Mo (%) |
CuEq* (%) |
MD-049 |
0 |
1,085 |
1,085 |
0.17 |
0.01 |
0.21 |
and including |
608 |
1,085 |
477 |
0.30 |
0.02 |
0.37 |
and including |
608.3 |
808 |
200 |
0.37 |
0.03 |
0.49 |
and including |
894.4 |
965 |
71 |
0.39 |
0.01 |
0.43 |
and including |
1009.7 |
1085 |
76 |
0.37 |
0.005 |
0.39 |
MD-050 |
0 |
952 |
952 |
0.12 |
0.01 |
0.16 |
and including |
635.7 |
952 |
316 |
0.25 |
0.02 |
0.35 |
and including |
806.9 |
952 |
145 |
0.39 |
0.05 |
0.60 |
Table 1 – Assay results for drill hole MD-049 a
nd MD-050. *Copper equivalent (CuEq) for drill hole interceptions is calculated as: CuEq (%) = Cu (%) + 4.2 × Mo (%), utilizing metal prices of Cu -
Hole MD-050
MD-050 was collared east of the drilled area at Mocoa, using the same permitted pad of MD-048. As anticipated, the initial 450-metres of the hole consisted of a low-grade volcanic cover sequence (Figure 4A) separating the two mineralized domains (Mocoa and
Due to drill rig capacity, MD-050 was stopped in strong copper and molybdenum grades, confirming that the high-grade core as documented in MD-047 (refer to news release dated
Copper Giant has now confirmed three high-grade cores, demonstrating the Mocoa system has both the necessary scale and strong internal high-grade centers. Drilling continues with two rigs, while working in new permitted pads at lower elevations will allow more efficient step-outs of this high-grade core.
Qualified Person and Technical Notes
Mineralized zones at Mocoa are bulk porphyry-style zones and drilled widths are interpreted to be very close to true widths.
Copper Giant operates according to a rigorous Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) protocol consistent with industry best practices. Core diameter is a mix of HQ and NQ depending on the depth of the drill hole. Diamond drill core boxes were photographed, sawed, sampled and tagged in maximum 2-metre intervals, stopping in geological boundaries. Samples were bagged, tagged and packaged for shipment by truck from Copper Giant's core logging facilities in Mocoa,
About the Mocoa Porphyry System
The Mocoa project is located in the department of Putumayo, approximately 10 kilometres from the town of Mocoa in southern
Discovered in 1973 through a regional geochemical survey by the
The deposit is hosted in Middle Jurassic dacite and quartz-diorite porphyries intruding andesitic to dacitic volcanics, within
The system features over 1,000 metres of vertical continuity, overlapping hydrothermal stages, and a broad alteration footprint. Multiple intrusive phases, brecciation events, and vein generations suggest a dynamic magmatic-hydrothermal evolution likely driven by more than one porphyry center.
Mocoa remains open in all directions, with several satellite targets identified across the broader land package. These features support the interpretation of a district-scale porphyry system and position Mocoa as one of the most significant undeveloped copper-molybdenum assets in the Andes
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