Emerita Intersects 11.4m of Massive Sulfide at El Cura, Extending the Mineral Deposit 60m Down Dip to
EMERITA INTERSECTS 11.4m OF MASSIVE SULFIDE AT EL CURA, EXTENDING THE
MINERAL DEPOSIT 60m DOWN DIP
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RONTO, July 3, 2024-- Emerita Resources Corp. (TSX-V: EMO; OTCQB: EMOTF; FSE: LLJA) (the “Company” or
“Emerita”) has intersected additional significant mineralization in drilling at El Cura deposit area, part of Emerita’s
wholly owned Iberian Belt West project (“IBW” or the “Project”; Figure 1 below). IBW hosts three previously
identified Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS) deposits: La Infanta, La Romanera and El Cur a. All three IBW
deposits are open for expansion along strike and at depth.
• Drill Hole EC014 intersected 11.4 m of m assive sulfide. Assay results are pending. This is the deepest
and thickest intercept to date on El Cura area at approximately 350 m vertical depth.
• Drill Hole EC014 is located along section 9750E, which shows a series of 5 holes, all of which
have intersected mineralization.
• Mineralization has been intersected from near -surface to approximately 350 m vertical depth. Drill
Hole EC014 indicates the massive mineralized zone is likely becoming thicker. The zone remains
open at depth.
• Intercepts in section 9750E are more than 600 m west of the historic El Cura mine workings.
• As announced on June 25th, Emerita has added a second drill rig and plans an additional 15 drill holes
to delineate the new El Cura mineralization.
Figure 1: IBW claim block and locations of La Romanera, El Cura and La Infanta deposits.
Widely spaced core drilling intersected significant mineralization over approximately 400m x 300m (strike x dip-
length), within a mineralized corridor of at least 600m of strike length. One of these initial drill holes in section
9750E, EC007, intersected 2.2m grading 2.9% Cu; 2.3% Pb; 4.6% Zn; 2.81 g/t Au and 82.5 g/t Ag in the western
portion of the drilled area. The exploration team then completed another 6 drill holes, 3 of which were drilled
along section 9750E in order to test the continuity of the mineralized lens at depth (see news release dated June
25, 2024) (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Plan map showing drill hole traces of the El Cura drilling, in red color hole EC014 in this news
release.
An additional 15 drill holes are now planned to follow up this result. Approximately 220m of strike length was
tested to date, focusing on the westernmost 200m of the 600m corridor, in the area of section 9750E. Massive
to semi-massive sulfides were intersected down to 340m below surface (hole EC013), and now with drill hole
EC014 the mineralization has been extended another 60 m down-dip. This lens remains open at depth and along
strike to the west and east at this level (Figure 3 and 4).
According to David Gower, P .Geo., CEO of Emerita, “We are very encouraged with the recent results at El Cura.
Drilling on the western side of the area has returned excellent copper-gold values over significant widths and this
zone is growing significantly. A step out such as EC014 with the thickness and continuity we are seeing in the
mineralized zone represents a material increase to the El Cura deposit. The location adjacent to the conceptual
haulage ramp for the potential IBW development also makes it a very attractive target for possible mining in
future”.
The Company has allocated two drills to expand the mineralization encountered to date on section 9750E. One
of the drills is testing the continuity of the mineralization at depth, and the other one is testing the continuity to
the east and west from section 9750E. Drill hole EC014 has just been completed and has encountered 11.4 m of
massive sulfide with chalcopyrite and galena and cross cut by chalcopyrite veining (assays pending).
Figure 3: Geology map of El Cura area showing drill hole locations and location of historical mine workings.
Figure 4: Vertical long section projection showing drill hole pierce points (Drill hole EC014 in blue).
Discussion
Drill results to date at El Cura show a high-grade massive sulfide body, that strikes WNW-ESE, dips steeply to the
north and plunges to the west characterized by high grades in copper and gold (EC012: 3.4m grading 1.7% Cu,
3.09 g/t Au, and EC013: 10.6m grading 1.7%, 0.95 g/t Au). The true thickness is approximately 75 to 85% of the
intercept length. Drill core recoveries are good, 98% average.
With the 11.4 m thick intercept of drill hole EC014 , it has been possible to verify the extension of the
mineralizationz for additional 60 m at down dip (Figures 5, 6). The Company now has a second rig drilling to
accelerate the program and test the continuity of the mineralization both to the east and to the west.
Figure 5: core photo of drillhole EC014 disseminated sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite in a pyritic mass
crosscut by chalcopyrite veinlets.
Figure 6: Interpretive geological cross section 9750E.
It is noteworthy that the EC014 intercept is the thickest to-date at El Cura, as well as the deepest. Hole EC015 is
in-progress, designed to cut the deposit further down dip.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Drilling at El Cura is HQ size and core is placed into core trays at the drill site and transported directly from the
site to Emerita’s coreshack (15Km) from El Cura. Once the cores are received at Emerita's coreshack they are
photographed and geotechnical logging is performed. Geological, mineralogical and structural logging follows
and mineralized zones are identified. The samples are marked every 1m or less, and respecting lithological con-
tacts, with most of the samples 1.0m long. The zone immediately ab ove and below the mineralized zones are
also sampled. Core samples are sawed in half and half of the core is returned to the core tray for future reference.
Once the core samples are cut, bagged and tagged, they are shipped to the ALS laboratory in Seville by Emerita
personnel where sample preparation is done. In Seville, ALS performs the mechanical preparation of the samples
and then the pulps are sent to ALS Ireland (ICP) and ALS Romania (fire assay). The analysis at ALS Lab corresponds
to the ME-ICPore (19 elements) package, together with the Au-AA23 fire assay (Gold).
10% of the analyzed samples correspond to control samples (fine blanks, coarse blanks, high, medium and low
grade standards). In addition, 10% of pulps are reanalyzed at a second independent certified laboratory (AGQ Lab
Sevilla). When the analysis is completed, the certificates are received from the laboratory and the QA/QC protocol
identifies any deviation or anomaly in the results and the entire batch is reassayed in such case. Once the data is
approved by the QA/QC protocol assays are entered digitally directly into the database.
Qualified Person
Scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Joaquin Merino,
P .Geo., President of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
About Emerita Resources Corp.
Emerita is a natural resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral prop-
erties in Europe, with a primary focus on exploring in Spain. The Company’s corporate office and technical team
are based in Sevilla, Spain with an administrative office in Toronto, Canada.
For further information, contact:
Ian Parkinson
+1 647 910-2500 (Toronto)
www.emeritaresources.com
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the IBW project and El Cura, the timing of assays, the mineralization and the IBW project and El Cura, the eco-
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