Vicuña District Update: Trench Results Highlight Compelling Copper and Gold Drill targets at Cruz del Sur and Stockwork Hills
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NEWS RELEASE
Vicuña District Update: Trench Results Highlight Compelling Copper and
Gold Drill targets at Cruz del Sur and Stockwork Hills
April 2, 2025 - Mogotes Metals Inc. (TSX: MOG, FSE:OY4) (“Mogotes”, or the “Company”) announces that Þrst
trench results from this seasons sampling program that highlight two compelling Copper Gold and Gold drill targets
at the Cruz del Sur and Stockwork Hills prospects, located at the Filo Sur project, in the proliÞc Vicuña Copper-Gold-
Silver district (Figure 1).
CEO Allen Sabet commented: “The Cruz del Sur and Stockwork Hills targets are now drill ready and represent in our
view compelling drill targets for Mogotes. They have multiple ingredients we like to see: large target footprint scale,
strong geochemistry (including compelling vectors in the new trench results) as well as coincident geophysical
anomalies in Magnetics, IP and MT at both targets.”
Target 1: Cruz del Sur (CDS) is a large scale covered Au (Cu Ag) target:
Shallow: The top of the drill target sits approximately 300m below the surface (relatively shallow)
Low elevation: elevation is approximately 4300m (relatively lower altitude)
Large: the geophysical target footprint is large scale (700 x 400m footprint)
Compelling Geophysical signature with coincident:
o Strongly magnetic in ground magnetic 3d inversion (100 to 220 SI*10-3)
o Highly chargeable in IP survey (>75ms to 180ms)
o Strongly conductive in MT survey (up to 32 ohm.m)
Encouragingly, the CDS trench channel results define an increasing Au (+/- Ag Zn Mo Cu) vector toward
the main geophysical target, with the highest gold assay in both trenches (3m at 2.14 g/t Au and 2m at
1.67 g/t Au) the last sample at the SW end of each trench before cover became too deep to trench (Figure
2 and 3).
Better Au (Zn-Pb-Ag) assays in the trenches related to pyrite (+/- sphalerite) facture veinlets hosted in
pyrite-sericite altered volcanics and diorite porphyry (Figure 4 left). Assays results from channel sampling
of the trenches include (Table 1):
o Trench CDS T4, 33 m at 0.64 g/t Au, inc. 3 m at 2.41 g/t Au
o Trench CDS Ext, 12 m at 0.7 g/t Au, inc. 2 m at 1.67 g/t Au
Figure 2: Plan view of Trench assay results with geophysics anomalies (left) and with surface geology (right),
highlighting extensive gravel cover over the target areas
Target 2: Stockwork Hills (SWH) is a 600m x 200m target:
Shallow: The top of the drill target starts at approximately 350 metres below the surface (relatively shallow)
Low elevation: elevation is approximately 4300m (relatively lower altitude)
Size: the footprint of the geophysical target is approximately 600m x 200m
Compelling Geophysical signature:
o Highly chargeable in IP survey (>50ms)
o Magnetic anomaly
Trenching at the SWH prospect tested a high order Cu-Au soil anomaly on the edge of gravel cover.
Assays from trench channel sampling returning encouraging Cu-Au (Zn-Ag-Mo) results associated with
moderate intensity A and B quartz veinlet stockworking with visible supergene (malachite - chrysocolla
copper oxides) mineralisation hosted in sericite-clay-silica altered volcanics and diorite dykes (Figure 4
right).
Assays results from channel sampling of the trenches include
o Trench CDS T7, 147m @ 0.2g/t Au and 600 ppm Cu, inc. 12m@ 0.29gt/ Au and 0.32%Cu
o Trench CDS T8, 106m @ 0.14g/t Au and 700 ppm Cu, inc. 17m@ 0.27g/t Au and 0.14%Cu
SWH trenches outline a +400m long, N-S oriented zone of mineralization that projects under gravel cover in
both directions. The SWH Cu-Au zone outcrops approximately 350m above a +600m long, strong
chargeable (+50ms) and magnetic geophysical anomalies that represents an attractive target for higher
grade stockwork Cu-Au-Ag-Mo mineralisation.
Figure 3: Long section with trench assay results and geophysics anomalies defining drill target at CDS and SWH
Next Steps
- Geophysical survey (DDIP and VIPMT) progressing well, results anticipated in the coming weeks
- Assays and complete analysis pending for surface sampling, trenching and mapping campaign at the
Meseta, Cumbre, Filon Alunita and Rincon areas
About Mogotes Metals Inc.
Mogotes Metals Inc. is a mineral exploration company exploring for copper and gold in the prospective Vicuña
district of Argentina and Chile. Mogotes flagship project, Filo Sur, adjoins the large Filo del Sol Copper-gold-silver
discovery, and is along the same N-S trending belt as the Filo Del Sol – Aurora and NGEx Minerals Lunahuasi and
Los Helados copper-gold deposits.
For further information, please contact:
Mogotes Metals Inc.
Allen Sabet, President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (647) 846-3313
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Mogotes applies industry standard exploration sampling methodologies and techniques. All geochemical soil, stream,
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MS61) with four acid digestion and ICP-MS finish.
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