Hannan Samples Extensive New Zone of High- Grade Copper and Silver Over 16 Kilometres at Tabalosos, Peru
Hannan Samples Extensive New Zone of High-
Grade Copper and Silver Over 16 Kilometres
at Tabalosos, Peru
VANCOUVER
,
Sept. 3, 2019
/CNW/ -
Hannan Metals Limited
("Hannan" or the "Company")
(TSXV: HAN) (OTCPK: HANNF)
announces new sampling results from the Tabalosos claim
application area (19,700 hectares) from the 100% owned San Martin project (38,400 hectares under
claim application) in north central
Peru
(Figure 1).
Highlights:
A new zone of high-grade grab copper-silver mineralization has been discovered over 16
kilometres of strike at Tabalosos (Figure 2);
At Tabalosos North West, grab samples from six mineralized boulders (>0.1% copper)
range in
grade from 0.8% to 11.5% copper
and
8 g/t silver to 28 g/t silver
with an
average grade of
4.2% copper and 17 g/t silver
over a 5 kilometre strike:
Tabalosos North West is located 3.5 kilometres immediately west of Tabalosos North East
where grab samples from sixteen mineralized boulders (>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
2.7% copper and 29 g/t silver East
(Hannan News Release
January 17, 2019
)
over a strike
length of 9 kilometres (Figures 2 and 3).
Tabalosos is located 80 kilometres north of Hannan's Sacanche application claim area
where high grade outcrops with have recently been identified (2 metres @ 5.9% copper
and 66 g/t silver with the wider zone assaying 3 metres @ 4.1 % copper and 45 g/t silver,
0.6 metres @ 8.7% copper and 59 g/t silver (Figure 1) (
Hannan News Release
August 01, 2019
).
Additionally, a grab sample from a boulder located 8.5 kilometres south of Tabalosos South
West assayed
12.3% copper and 70 g/t silver
in an adjacent anticlinal fold limb (Figures 2 &
3):
This boulder is located 3 kilometres north of three mineralized boulders (Figure 2) (>0.1%
copper) which ranged in grade from 0.2% to 6.9% copper and 2 g/t silver to 27 g/t silver
with an average grade of 3.3% copper and 12 g/t silver
(Hannan News Release
January 17, 2019
)
.
Michael Hudson
, Hannan's CEO, states,
"Initial reconnaissance exploration at Tabalosos suggests
that copper-silver mineralization is laterally extensive, with similar style high-grade boulders
discovered along a strike length of 16 kilometres, across 4 kilometres of multiple antiformal
structures. A significant new copper-silver mineral camp is developing at San Martin with the
Tabalosos discoveries similar in geological style to mineralization found 80 kilometres south at
Hannan's Sacanche claim application area, where high-grade samples been recently been defined
i.e. 3 metres @ 4.1 % copper and 45 g/t silver in outcrop
(
Hannan News Release
August 01, 2019
).
Further results from the 2019 field program over the large project area remain to be released."
Two distinct sub-types of the sediment-hosted copper-silver style are found throughout Hannan's
claim application areas at San Martin:
1. The first style is hosted by the Sarayaquillo Formation:
Mineralization is associated with reduced facies within red beds, where in-house petrographic
studies indicating that copper sulphides replace both pyrite and organic material. This style is
like copper mineralization associated with Zechstein Basin in
Poland
and Central African Copper
Belt.
2. The second style is hosted by the Cushabatay Formation:
Mineralization is hosted in quartzites with hydrocarbon metal traps, and analogous to the giant
Udokan copper deposit in
Russia
and Spar Lake in the
USA
.
At Tabalosos, initial reconnaissance exploration suggests that the copper-silver mineralization is
laterally extensive and is hosted in Sarayaquillo Formation, with similar style high-grade boulders
discovered across two anticlinal structures within an area of 4 kilometres by 5 kilometres at
Tabalosos East and West and a parallel zone found on an adjacent anticlinal limb 8.5 kilometres
south (Figures 2 and 3). Exploration to date has focused on prospecting most prospected creeks
and riverbeds, with minimal work yet undertaken to follow up outcropping mineralization.
Although two key stratigraphic positions have been identified, mineralized rock types from other
parts of the stratigraphy have been discovered. A shale boulder in the south western part of
Tabalosos (Fig 2-3) assayed 12.3% copper and 70 g/t silver with only minor secondary copper
oxides (Figure 5). The stratigraphic position of the shale is unknown.
Sarayaquillo Formation hosted copper-silver mineralization is also found 80 kilometres south at the
Sacanche application claim area where high grade outcrops with have recently been identified (2
metres @ 5.9% copper and 66 g/t silver with the wider zone assaying 3 metres @ 4.1 % copper
and 45 g/t silver, 0.6 metres @ 8.7% copper and 59 g/t silver
(
Hannan News Release
August 01, 2019
).
Channel samples are considered representative of the in-situ mineralization samples and sample
widths quoted approximate the true width of mineralization, while grab samples are selective by
nature and are unlikely to represent average grades on the property.
Hannan's geological interpretation for the formation of the sediment-hosted copper and silver at San
Martin is mineralization was deposited from low
temperature oxidised saline brines formed from the
several hundred metre thick Pareni Salt Formation (Figure 4). The brines scavenged metals
(principally copper ± silver and associated lead and zinc) from the deeper Mitu Group red beds and
volcaniclastics which were deposited in a failed Traissic rift. The circulation of saline fluids across
the redox boundary was induced and focused by halokinesis (salt tectonics). Geological relationships
suggest halokinesis was initiated during Jurassic rifting and was active until the early to mid-
Cretaceous which coincides with the formation of an Andean foreland basin.
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. 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
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Figure 1. Overview of the San Martin sediment-hosted Cu-Ag project, Peru. Hannan's mineral claim
applications now cover 76 kilometres strike (38,600 hectares) of the prospective host horizon within
a 110 kilometre long trend. (CNW Group/Hannan Metals Ltd.)
Figure 2. Overview of the San Martin sediment-hosted Cu-Ag project, Peru. Hannan's mineral claim
applications now cover 76 kilometres strike (38,600 hectares) of the prospective host horizon within
a 110 kilometre long trend. (CNW Group/Hannan Metals Ltd.)
Figure 3. Cross section A. Schematic section of the Tabalosos project. The section highlights the
interpreted continuity between the western and eastern zones of mineralization at Tabalosos as well
as the inferred subsurface salt intrusions which is supported by field observations where chlorites,
sulfates and carbonates are frequently out-cropping. (CNW Group/Hannan Metals Ltd.)
Figure 4. Seismic section 92MPH25 acquired and processed by Mobil 1992. The section is 40 km
long an transects the Tabalosos project. The seismic lines highlights regional relationships between
the stratigraphy and salt deformation which is important to understand the context of the copper
mineralization. (CNW Group/Hannan Metals Ltd.)
Figure 5. Photos highlighting the different styles of mineralization discovered at Tabalosos. (CNW
Group/Hannan Metals Ltd.)
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