Avrupa Minerals Expands Landholdings in Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi VMS District, Finland
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NR 08 - 2025
Avrupa Minerals Expands Landholdings in Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi VMS District,
Finland
Vancouver, British Columbia – October 8, 2025 – Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:
AVU) is pleased to report that it has acquired more exploration ground in the prolific
Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi VMS District of Central Finland through its Finland -domiciled
partnership, Akkerman Finland Oy (AFOy). AFOy expanded its holdings in the District
with a new exploration area reservation, KKS (VA2025-0043), that totals 18.6 km2 in area,
covering three historic VMS prospects: Kurpas, Kaskela and Sirviö . AFOy now holds
seven copper-zinc exploration permits in the District, in various stages of granting by the
Finnish government, and one gold exploration permit in the Oijärvi Greenstone Belt.
Figure 1. Location of the KKS reservation area (orange), 15-20 kms NNW of the Pyhäsalmi Mine.
Gray areas are prospective volcano-sedimentary sequence units.
The Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) reviewed the area intermittently from 1970 to
2001. Outokumpu discovered shallow copper-zinc mineralization in 1986 at Kaskela and
in 1989 at Kurpas in volcanogenic massive sulfide layers extending over several 100’s of
meters at the prospects. Best results from limited, shallow drilling returned the following
narrow intercepts:
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Prospect Width (m) Cu Grade (%) Zn Grade (%)
Kurpas 1.0 2.4 -
2.0 1.2 -
0.2 – 0.8 - 2-8
Kaskela 5.1 - 6.1
1.5 - 8.8
0.7 2.4 -
Table 1. Drilling information collected from public (translated to English) Mineral Deposit Reports
prepared by the Geological Survey of Finland: 542—Kaskela and 543—Kurpas.
Follow-up exploration by Outokumpu Oy and Belvedere Resources Ltd., aimed at
potential extensions of the mineralization, did not yield hoped-for results. Both companies
discontinued exploration work in the area by 2005, and as a result, no further work has
been attempted over the past 20 years.
Importantly, as in much of the Vihanti -Pyhäsalmi District, there has been no exploration
at all in the deeper parts (> 200 meters) of the prospective volcano-sedimentary sequence
around KKS, except for the deep success at Pyhäsalmi, itself. AFOy plans to screen the
depth potential with geophysical tools including airborne deep -EM and detailed
magnetics.
Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals, said, “We have acquired another
area of massive sulfide mineralization close to the Pyhäsalmi Mine. Our VMS portfolio in
the District now includes seven licenses covering prospective target areas, including two
permits located immediately adjacent to the Pyhäsalmi Mine, less th an 2 km from the
headframe.
We are presently reaching out to numerous companies actively involved in base metals’
exploration to attract a joint venture partner for the VMS program in the District. As part
of this campaign, management from Avrupa and from Akkerman Exploration, the AFOy
partners, will be attending the upcoming FEM2025 Conference in Levi, Finland from the
28th through the 30th of October. We welcome inquiries concerning the program, and will
be open for meetings concerning potential partnerships.”
For further information and/or arrangement of a meeting at FEM2025, please contact:
Mr. Kuhn at [email protected], or
Drs. Jan Akkerman at [email protected].
Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth-oriented junior exploration and development company
directed to discovery of mineral deposits, using a hybrid project generator business
model. The Company holds one 100% -owned license in Portugal, the Alvalade VMS
Project, and has submitted an application for a mining license covering the Sesmarias
massive sulfide showing within the Project area. The Company holds one 49% -owned
exploration li cense covering the Slivova Gold Project in Kosovo, optioned to Western
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Tethyan Resources, and is actively advancing seven copper-zinc prospects and one gold
prospect in central Finland through its partnership with Akkerman Exploration bv in the
Finnish exploration company, Akkerman Finland Oy. Avrupa focuses its project
generation work in politically stable and prospective regions of Europe, presently
including Portugal, Finland, and Kosovo. The Company continues to seek and develop
other opportunities around Europe, and is actively looking for new JV partnerships in
Finland and Portugal.
For additional information, contact Avrup a Minerals Ltd. at 1 -604-687-3520 or visit our
website at www.avrupaminerals.com.
On behalf of the Board,
“Paul W. Kuhn”
Paul W. Kuhn, President & Director
This news release was prepared by Company management, who take full responsibility for its content. Paul W. Kuhn,
President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals, a Licensed Professional Geologist and a Registered Member of the Society of
Mining Engineers, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43 -101 of the Canadian Securities
Administrators. He has reviewed the technical disclosure in this release. Mr. Kuhn, the QP, has not only reviewed, but
prepared and supervised the preparation or approval of the scientific and technical content in the news release.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.