Field Season Commences at the San Martin Sediment-Hosted Copper-Silver Project IN PERU
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NEWS RELEASE MAY 08, 2019
FIELD SEASON COMMENCES AT THE SAN MARTIN SEDIMENT-HOSTED COPPER-SILVER
PROJECT IN PERU
Vancouver, Canada – Hannan Metals Limited (“Hannan” or the “Company”) (TSXV: HAN) (OTCPK:
HANNF) announces field teams have commenced the 2019 dry-season exploration program at the San Martin
sediment-hosted copper-silver project in north-central Peru.
“San Martin demonstrates the initial makings of a new, large and high-grade sediment-hosted copper and silver
discovery in north-central Peru,” states Michael Hudson, Chairman and CEO. “Very rarely does a junior
exploration company gain a first mover advantage that a llows claiming of a district-scale sedimentary copper-
silver target over 76 strike kilometres in length. With our new geological synthesis and understanding, we look
forward to the 2019 field season which will target mineralization scale, grade and thickness.”
Sediment hosted copper-silver mineralization has been discovered over a combined 76 kilometres of strike within
a 110 kilometre basin scale trend within the Gera, Tabalosos and Sacanche claim applications. Initial sampling
by Hannan late in 2018 outlined four areas of high-grade copper and silver over 15 kilometres of strike within
at least two structural corridors within the Tabaloso s claim application area. Nineteen grab samples from
mineralized float in river beds (>0.1% copper) ranged in grade from 0.1% to 8.3% copper and 0.2 g/t silver to
109 g/t silver with an average grade of 2.8% copper and 27.2 g/t silver.
The field season will last for 5 months. Plans are to coll ect significant amounts of fl oat, rockchip, channel and
stream sediment samples as well as geological mapping over the extensive strike length of the project to
demonstrate the scale, width and grade of copper and silver mineralization.
Indigenous land designation covers only a small area ( 13%) of the Tabalosos application and none is recorded
in the Gera and Sacanche application claim areas, which the Company views as positive for future drill permitting.
Hannan has begun to identify and involve local stakeholder groups, and will continue to engage with communities
and authorities during the 2019 field programs.
New Geological Thoughts on Basin-Scale Copper Mineralization and Salt Tectonics
The San Martin project lies in the Sub-Andean zone of Andean Cordillera. Since the 1970’s the area has principally
been explored for petroleum, delivering large seis mic datasets. Seismic-defined basin structures and
stratigraphy can now be interpreted in the context of sediment-hosted copper mineralization. Hannan’s technical
re-evaluation of the geological setting of the San Martin project has identified a new regional geological
framework where salt tectonics has played a critical role in the localization of copper mineralization. A similar
correlation is seen at giant sediment hosted copper basins such as the Central African Copper Belt.
The San Martin project has undergone a dynamic history. The fundamental control is Triassic-age failed intra-
cratonic rifting relating to deposition of the Mitu Formation. This rift basin was likely to have been composed of
multiple depocenters and covered an area >1,500 kilometres long and several hundred kilometers wide. Mitu-
aged rocks are best exposed in southern Peru where scattered sediment-hosted copper mineralization has been
recorded. A thick salt layer, named the Pareni Salt Formation marks the end of the rifting period.
The Pareni Salt Formation overlies the Mitu Formation. Originally it may have been up to a kilometre thick. It is
overlain by the Pucara Group and Sara yaquillo Formation. Salt tectonics is interpreted to have played an
important role in depositional and deformational environment of the overlying Triassic-Jurassic Pucara Formation
limestone and Sarayaquillo Formation red beds. The latter is believed to be a syn-kinematic unit (deposited
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during salt flow or other deformation) based on seis mic data, where it shows larg e thickness variations and
growth strata.
Sediment-hosted copper mineralization has been extens ively found in redox traps of the red bed dominated
Sarayaquillo Formation, but other, al so unexplored redox traps exist. Rock s of the younger Oriente Group also
appear to host the gossanous boulders at Gera South, based on observations by Hannan geologists.
Structures relating to salt tectonic s are important and have probably dire cted metal bearing fluids to migrate
upwards to interact with redox traps in the stratigraphy. Due to dissolution of the salt many of these may only
be present as salt welds today. Basin structures, related to the Mitu-aged rifting have been identified and
correlate with the eastern and western margins of the Huallaga basin. These structures may also have been
reactivated during Jurassic extensional stages and infl uenced the salt migration that dominated during the
period. Proximity to these basin structures and salt diapirs/ridges are prime targets for sediment-hosted copper
mineralization. When compared to the Central African Copper Belt, the Sarayaquillo Formation and Oriente Group
hosted targets at the San Martin project corresponds to the stratigraphic and structural sites of Kakanda and
Kolwezi copper deposits of the Congolese Copperbelt.
Management of Hannan have had significant prior experience in Peru, which is the world’s second largest copper
producer, with steady growth predicted over the coming years. The country's copper output is forecast to
increase from 2.5 million tonnes (“Mt”) in 2018 to 3.8Mt by 2027, averaging 4.7% annual growth. Sediment-
hosted deposits are the world’s second-most important source of copper accounting for approximately 20% of
world production.
About Hannan Metals Limited (TSX.V:HAN) (OTCPK: HANNF)
Hannan Metals Limited is a natural resources and exploration company developing sustainable and ethical resources of metal needed to
meet the transition to a low carbon economy. We currently conduct research in Peru and Ireland. Over the last decade, the team behind
Hannan has forged a long and successful record of discovering, financing and advancing mineral projects in Europe and Peru.
Mr. Michael Hudson FAusIMM, Hannan’s Chairman and CEO, a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed
and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release.
On behalf of the Board,
"Michael Hudson"
Michael Hudson, Chairman & CEO
Further Information
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