Capstone Copper Corp., that it intends to withdraw from its option to earn a 70% interest in the Company’s Planalto Copper Project , which is located in the Carajás Mineral Province of Northern Brazil. Since becoming the project operator at Planalto in March 2023, Capstone has completed a further 9,
October 4, 2023 (TSX Venture: LRA) - Lara Exploration Ltd. (“Lara”) has been notified by partner
Capstone Copper Corp., that it intends to withdraw from its option to earn a 70% interest in the Company’s
Planalto Copper Project , which is located in the Carajás Mineral Province of Northern Brazil. Since
becoming the project operator at Planalto in March 2023, Capstone has completed a further 9,100m of
diamond drilling, bringing the project total to 26,016m. Lara is pleased to report the first results from this
new program (summarized in Table 1.) that join the Homestead and Cupuzeiro targets into a single body
of mineralization extending over 1,000m north to south and ranging from 200m to 500m in width from east
to west. Lara expects to receive and publish the remaining results from this latest drilling in the coming
months and to publish a maiden resource statement in Q1-2024. The 2023 drillhole map for Planalto can
be found here.
Link to Figure 1 – Cupuzeiro Drillhole Map:
https://laraexploration.com/our-projects/brazil/planalto-copper-project/
Table 1: Composite copper and gold analyses for follow-up drill testing completed in Q3-2023
linking the Cupuzeiro and Homestead targets, Planalto Copper Project, Para State, Brazil.
Drillhole Cut off
(%)
From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Cu
(%)
Au
(ppm)
Cu Eq
(%)
23-005 0.3 127.02 130.47 3.45 1.515 0.041 1.517
23-006 0.1 52 438 386 0.2667
including 0.3 110.4 119 8.6 0.5814 0.040 0.612
and 0.3 173 182 9 0.4211 0.027 0.4419
and 0.3 262 309 47 0.6055 0.046 0.6409
and 0.3 342 359 17 0.5225 0.045 0.5571
and 0.3 389 417 28 0.522 0.047 0.5582
23-007 0.1 60 154.85 84.85 0.2939
including 0.3 76 88 12 0.3454 0.038 0.3747
and 0.3 94 108 14 0.470 0.053 0.5108
0.1 199 320 121 0.2813
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Planalto. Capstone Relinquishing Earn-in Option
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including 0.3 212 242 30 0.5067 0.063 0.552
and 0.3 269 275 6 0.3567 0.033 0.3821
23-008 0.3 394 396 2 0.406 0.138 0.5122
23-009 0.1 55 374.04 319.04 0.3056
including 0.3 106 149.4 43.4 0.4405 0.036 0.4682
and 0.3 159.6 188 28.4 0.4625 0.038 0.4918
and 0.3 231 259 28 0.3465 0.039 0.3765
and 0.3 271 287 16 0.4234 0.039 0.4534
and 0.3 333 369 36 0.589 0.012 0.6044
23-010 0.1 132 283.83 151.83 0.2695
including 0.3 148 152.35 4.35 0.5298 0.021 0.5460
and 0.3 184.61 190 5.39 0.6149 0.055 0.6573
and 0.3 199 232 33 0.5487 0.035 0.5756
Table 1. Notes: Copper equivalent values in this table were calculated using a copper price of US$3.40/lb
and a gold price of US$1,800/oz, using only sulphide values, a minimum interval width of four meters and
a maximum of six meters of internal waste. No allowance has been made for metallurgical recoveries of
either copper or gold. The intercepts reported are down hole intervals and may or may not represent true
intercepts depending on the drill hole orientation. Many holes have been drilled obliquely to the trend of
mineralization because of drill access permit restrictions that required some holes to be drilled at low er
inclinations of -25, -35 and -45 degrees.
Geology and Mineralization: The Planalto discovery comprises multi-layered zones of gentl y west -
dipping chalcopyrite mineralization in mm- to cm-sized aggregates in quartz+/- K-feldspar +/- epidote or
quartz +/- carbonate veins, and as thin hairline fracture fill and disseminations, in hydrothermally altered
andesites, mafic volcanics and tuffs. On drill fence 9295350N, drillhole 22-006 showed anomalous copper
mineralization along 386m of the drill core between 52m and 438m down the hole, with an average grade
of 0.267%Cu. Within this zone five stacked zones are identified at a 0.3%Cu cut -off and individual zones
are interpreted to varying from about 6 m to 40m in true thickness , with the best drill interval of 47m @
0.6055%Cu. Drillhole 22-009 and on the section 9295250N, 100m to the south, similarly shows 5 stacked
copper mineralized zones with two of the most prominent zones being 43.4m @ 0.44%Cu from 106m down
hole and 36m @ 0.59%Cu from 333m down hole.
Additional step-out drilling on the Cupuzeiro and Homestead deposits : A further five diamond drill
holes have been completed on the norther n extension of the Cupuzeiro target and seven holes have been
completed along the eastern and western zones at the Homestead deposit. To date results are available for
5 holes (four at Cupuzeiro and one at Homestead) and a summary of the copper intersections is reported in
Table 2., below. The remainder of the assay results are expected to be reported towards the end of October.
Multiple stacked copper intersections, like those reported for the gap between Homestead and Cupuzeiro,
have been defined in hole 22-002 and some of these zones have average grades above 1%Cu as indicated
in Table 2.
Table 2: Composite copper and gold analyses for follow-up drill testing completed in Q3-2023 on
the Cupuzeiro and Homestead targets, Planalto Copper Project, Para State, Brazil.
Drillhole Target Cut off
(%)
From
(m)
To
(m)
Width
(m)
Cu
(%)
Au
(ppm)
Cu
Equiv.
(%)
23-001 Cupuzeiro 0.1 6 179 173 0.1311
including 0.3 172.29 179 6.71 0.5528 0.071 0.6075
0.1 316 434 118 0.2402
including 0.3 320.17 332 11.83 0.6850 0.072 0.7404
23-002 0.1 34.2 318 283.8 0.2861
including 0.3 3.6 52.6 16.6 0.4190 0.068 0.4714
and 0.3 183.55 191.55 8.58 1.0508 0.128 1.2664
and 0.3 215.1 230 14.9 0.6736 0.065 0.7237
and 0.3 241 257.23 16.23 1.115 0.153 1.523
and 0.3 270 287 17 0.4698 0.029 0.4921
23-003 Cupuzeiro 0.1 No significant intersections
23-004A Cupuzeiro 0.1 169 280 111 0.4350
including 0.3 173 219 46 0.5947 0.062 0.6424
and 0.3 237 259 22 0.6111 0.051 0.6496
0.1 293.86 333.88 40.20 0.279
23-012 Homestead 0.1 41 173.1 133.1 1822
including 0.3 105.04 113 7.96 0.4106 0.026 0.4306
Table 2. Notes: Copper equivalent values in this table were calculated using a copper price of US$3.40/lb
and a gold price of US$1,800/oz, using only sulphide values, a minimum interval width of four meters and
a maximum of six meters of internal waste. No allowance has been made for metallurgical recoveries of
either copper or gold. The intercepts reported are down hole intervals and may or may not represent true
intercepts depending on the drill hole orientation. Many holes have been drilled obliquely to the trend of
mineralization because of drill access permit restrictions that required some holes to be drilled at low er
inclinations of -25, -35 and -45 degrees.
Update on current drill program: 23 holes have been completed to date for approximately 9,100m of the
originally planned 10,000m drill program to test the gap between and extensions of the Cupuzeiro and
Homestead targets. Results for the samples from the remaining holes from this program 23-013 to 23-023
are expected to be in hand by the end of October.
Drillhole collars, Sampling methodology, Chain of Custody, Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Drillhole E-UTM N-UTM Azimuth Hole Angle Length (m)
23-001 636550 9295500 90 -50 493.19
23-002 636802 9295475 90 -55 570.13
22-003 636499 9295609 90 -60 428.11
22-004 637224 9295540 245 -25 353.61
22-005 636451 9295350 90 -50 431.88
22-006 636715 9295346 90 -60 464.13
23-007 636898 9295352 90 -60 378.22
23-008 637131 9295356 90 -60 422.37
22-009 636841 9295249 90 -35 374.04
22-010 636561 9295260 90 -45 362.16
22-012 636840 9295200 270 -70 258.11
All the drill core is cut and sampled under the supervision of the company´s Vice President Exploration and
the chain of custody of the drill core from the Project area to the Company´s sample preparation facility in
Canãa dos Carajás was continuously monitored. Sample intervals for the drill core were mostly maintained
at about 2m with some variation in the we athered saprolite zones and at times guided by the degree of
copper mineralization. Blank, duplicate core or certified gold and copper reference materials were inserted
at approximately every 10th sample.
The drill core samples were delivered by contracted carrier to the ALS preparation laboratory located in
Parauapebas, 65 km to the north from the Project, where they were crushed and pulverized. The sample
pulps were then dispatched to the ALS laboratory in Lima for analysis. The pulps were subjected to multi-
acid digestion with copper and 47 other elements were determined by ICP -MS. Gold was determined by
fire assay fusion and an ICP-AES finish, on a 30-gram charge.
Michael Bennell, Lara’s Vice President Exploration and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Minin g
and Metallurgy (AusIMM), is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43 -101 Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects and has approved the technical disclosure and verified the technical
information in this news release.
About the Planalto Project:
The Planalto Copper Project covers volcano -sedimentary sequences and intrusives of early Proterozoic -
age, located between Vale’s Sossego mine and Cristalino deposit, and BHP’s Pedra Branca mine and Antas
mill, in the Carajás Mineral Province of northern Brazil. Lara owns 100% of the Homestead discovery,
subject to a 2% NSR royalty payable on any production (Lara retains the right to purchase 50% of this
royalty for a cash payment of US$2 million). Lara has further options to a cquire outright two adjacent
licenses, covering northward strike extensions to the Homestead mineralization and the new Cupuzeiro
discovery, from Mineração Tariana and Mineração Zaspir (see news releases of January 11 and March 15,
2021, for details). To d ate 26,016m of diamond drilling have been completed on the Planalto Copper
Project, with the latest holes reported herein linking Homestead and Cupuzeiro into a single body of
mineralization.
About Lara Exploration
Lara is an exploration company following the Prospect and Royalty Generator business model, which aims
to minimize shareholder dilution and financial risk by generating prospects and exploring them in joint
ventures funded by partners, retaining a minority interest and or a royalty. The Company currently holds a
diverse portfolio of prospects, deposits and royalties in Brazil, Peru and Chile. Lara’s common shares trade
on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "LRA".
For further information on Lara Exploration Ltd. please consult our website www.laraexploration.com, or
contact Chris MacIntyre, VP Corporate Development, at +1 416 703 0010.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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