Gold Hart Copper Announces Completion of First Diamond Drill Hole at Tolita
Gold Hart Copper Announces
Completion of First
Diamond Drill Hole at Tolita
April 17, 2025 8:43 AM EDT | Source: Gold Hart Copper Corp.
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 17, 2025) - Gold Hart Copper Corp. (TSXV: HART)
(formerly Vicunau Metals Corp.) (the "Company", "Gold Hart", or "HART") is pleased to
announce completion of the first-ever diamond drill hole at its Tolita gold-copper-silver-
molybdenum porphyry target where the Maricunga Gold Belt meets the emerging Vicuña Copper
Belt.
"We are excited to have completed the first drill hole at Tolita since 1997, and the first diamond
drill hole the asset has ever seen," stated Jonathan Warner, Co-founder & Executive Vice
President of HART. "The Tolita property has waited nearly 30 years for this critical second phase
of drilling since it was long-ago recognized by Enrique Viteri-Aldunate for its gold, silver, copper,
and molybdenum anomalies on surface. The 1997 RC drill campaign only reached 200m and we
set out to utilize the comprehensive historical data, combined with modern science and
geophysics and armed with a diamond drill rig in order to drill deeper and better test the true
potential of the asset. Our Co-founder & Chairman Emeritus Dr. Professor José Frutos and I
rotated shifts such that one of us was almost always on site monitoring the drilling personally. I
would also like to personally thank our excellent drill team for their commitment in operating the
drill rig 24/7 and successfully completing the first hole of what we hope will be a much larger
campaign."
The drill hole reached a depth of 613 meters. Drill core is being sent to the laboratory for assaying
and Gold Hart Copper will report on the results as soon as possible. In the meantime, the drill rig
is being moved to the next drill pad for the following drill hole.
About Gold Hart Copper
Gold Hart Copper is one of the largest independent land owners surrounding major miners where
the famous Maricunga Gold Belt meets the emerging Vicuña Copper Belt in Chile. HART is
actively acquiring, exploring and developing its portfolio of gold, copper & silver properties
adjacent to the largest gold and copper assets on the continent.
HART's team of geologists were personally involved in pioneering exploration in the region,
leading to some of its greatest gold, copper, and silver deposits, and include the country's former
Geological Survey National Deputy Manager Dr. Professor José Frutos. Specifically, senior Gold
Hart geologists were personally involved in the Escondida copper discovery, now the largest
copper mine in the world controlled by Rio Tinto and BHP, as well as Cerro Casale, the largest
gold-copper discovery in Chile acquired by Barrick and Newmont (GoldCorp) with 59-million
ounces of gold and 12.5-billion pounds of copper.
HART has rolled-up a portfolio of historically significant assets surrounding majors, in some cases
personally staked by the very same geologists who made the adjacent mega-discoveries, since
the early 1990s. Some of the Gold Hart properties have already undergone a first phase of RC
drilling, with highly encouraging results of gold, copper, and silver. Gold Hart properties are
controlled 100% and not subject to any royalties whatsoever.
HART believes it may be sitting on one of the only fully-preserved untested large-scale gold-
copper-silver porphyry targets in the Vicuña District - an asset that was first recognized for its
uniquely high grades of gold and copper on surface - and staked by one of the Maricunga-Vicuña
district's pioneering geologists in 1993. Gold Hart Copper is fully funded for its planned drill
campaign.
About Gold Hart Copper's Tolita Gold-Copper-Silver-Molybdenum Target
The Tolita property is a historically significant gold-copper asset which was first recognized and
staked in 1993 - by one of the pioneering geologists of the Maricunga-Vicuña district - for its
uniquely high grades of gold and copper on surface. Geochemical surveys revealed gold,
copper, silver, and molybdenum anomalies, which led to trenching. Tolita has had significant
trenching (5,600m / 5.6km) with the highest grade trench returning grades up to 52g/t gold
equivalent including 4% copper. Tolita has undergone helicopter mag surveys which identified 4
unique anomalies as well.
In 1996, a third party company optioned the property and drilled 3 short 200m RC holes, without
any geophysics, and yet still hit gold and copper in all 3 holes, including long intercepts of gold
and copper (150m and 164m, respectively) close to surface in 2 of the 3 holes. At the time, gold
was approximately $300/oz and copper traded below $1.00/lb, and large scale sulphide /
porphyry deposits with both gold and copper were often considered less favorable than smaller
scale gold-only oxide deposits. As a result, and due to general market sentiment for junior
exploration companies in 1997-1998, Tolita was only drilled to a depth of 200m with 3 short RC
holes (out of a planned 8 hole campaign).
When Gold Hart acquired the property, a full geophysical survey was conducted by a recognized
geophysics firm, and a large high-chargeability and conductive anomaly was discovered that is
near surface and almost 2.5km in size and "interpreted as a copper-gold or gold-copper
porphyry system that certainly warrants additional exploration and drilling". Gold Hart Copper
has therefore launched diamond drilling and is fully funded for this planned campaign.
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References & Notes:
1. Escondida is the largest copper mine globally, as defined by producing the greatest number of copper tonnes per annum. Numbers
sourced directly from property owner's website and public filings.
2. Norte Abierto is considered the largest gold asset in Chile as defined by hosting the largest number of total gold ounces. Numbers
sourced directly from property owner's website and public filings.
3. Please refer to the Company's NI 43-101 Technical Report on Sedar for information pertaining to Gold Hart Copper's properties including
historical exploration at Tolita, including but not limited to, the history of the asset and its original staking, geochemical surveys,
trenching surveys, helicopter magnetic surveys, and historical RC drilling.
4. Geophysical survey is summarized in the Company's NI 43-101 Technical report available on Sedar. Such geophysical surveys are not
definitive, and the results are still at an early stage of interpretation, with no guarantee of a mineral discovery.
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The technical information contained in this news release related has been reviewed by Mr.
Jonathan A. Warner, Executive Vice President of Gold Hart Copper and a Qualified Person within
the meaning of NI 43-101.
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Isaac Maresky
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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