Vicuña District: Start of Exploration on New Exploration Ground
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NEWS RELEASE
Vicuña District: Start of Exploration on New Exploration Ground
February 18, 2025 - Mogotes Metals Inc. (TSXV: MOG, FSE:AY4) (“Mogotes” or the “ Company”) announces the
start of a field reconnaissance program and initial positive field observation of significant areas of previously
unsampled breccias and vuggy silica alteration from the recently optioned CMP claims, adjoining Filo Corp.’s Filo Del
Sol Cu-Ag-Au deposit and now part of the Mogotes Filo Sur project within the prolific Vicuña copper-gold-silver district
straddling the Chile / Argentine border.
a) First pass field mapping, rock chip and soil sampling program initiated within the recently optioned CMP
claims covering extensions into Chile of Mogotes high priority Meseta and Cumbre Cu-Au targets that have
not been previously sampled
b) The CMP Claims adjoin the Filo Corp’s Filo Del Sol leases, 1.2 km south of the recently announced drill
intersection of FSDH116 reporting 610.0m at 0.39 g/t Au, 0.15% Cu and 2.2 g/t Ag from 22.0m *, and are
contiguous with the Companies Filo Sur project to the east into Argentina
c) Initial field observations within the CMP claims by Mogotes Geologists confirm significant areas of intensely
altered quartz -alunite breccias and vuggy silica in outcrop consistent with Advanced Argillic (AA) style
alteration that can be related to high sulfidation epithermal (HSE) mineralisation.
d) This confirms WV3 satellite alteration mapping showing continuation of the AA alteration system from the
Filo Del Sol – Tamberias zones into Mogotes Filo Sur project
e) Laboratory assays will be required to determine if the CMP claims breccias and vuggy silica zones are
mineralised, however, it is consider encouraging that as previously reported, hydrothermal breccias and
vuggy silica alteration from the Argentine side of the Mogotes Meseta prospect has returned rock chip assays
up to 1.48 g/t Au and 3.6 g/t Ag, consistent with HSE style of mineralization seen in the adjoining Filo Del Sol
project
f) In parallel with the CMP reconnaissance program, the Mogotes exploration team is progressing the mapping,
sampling and trenching program to test targets on the Argentine side of the Filo Sur Project resulted from
integration of extensive Vale S.A. geophysical data with the Mogotes data sets outlining 9 priority large scale
HSE and Porphyry targets within the Argentine side of the project (TSXV:MOG, Windfall of historic geophysical
data… )
Technical Summary
Mogotes controls approximately 10,000 Ha of claims at its Filo Sur Project straddling a north – south section of the
late Oligocene to Miocene age Volcanic Arc known as the prolifically mineralized Vicuña Metallogenic Belt1 along the
Chile – Argentine border region (Figure 1a).
The 25 to 30 km long Vicuña section of the Belt, that is predominantly controlled by NGEx Minerals and Filo Corp,
now owned by BHP and Lundin Mining, is the epicenter of recent large Cu -Au-Ag discoveries containing a string of
middle Miocene age (approx. 1 3 to 17 Ma 1) PCD and HSE copper -gold-Silver epithermal deposits at Los Helados,
Lunanhuasi and Filo Del Sol deposits.
Mogotes has systematically consolidated an approximately 10,000 Ha claims package at the Company’s Filo Sur
project that hosts the southern projection of the prolifically mineralized Vicuña Belt, (Figure 1a and 1b ) that adjoins
the Filo Corp’s Filo Del Sol Cu-Au-Ag project.
The recently optioned CMP claims (TSXV:MOG, January 15th 2025. Vicuña District Consolidation: Mogotes Signs
Option on Exploration Claims Adjoining Filo Del Sol with CMP) hos t the direct southerly projection of the Filo Del Sol
– Tamberas alteration trend and the intersection with the large transorogen Mucho Muerto Fault zone, that
management believes may play an important role in localizing mineralization at the Filo Sur Project (Figure 1b).
Recent Filo Corp. drilling demonstrates that the Filo Del Sol – Tamberias mineralization remains open to the south on
their claims with the recently announced drill hole FSDH116 reporting 610.0m at 0.39 g/t Au, 0.15% Cu and 2.2 g/t Ag
from 22.0m, including 58m at 0.94 g/t Au3. This drill hole is located only 1.2 km north of Mogotes Filo Sur property
boundary and on trend for the Company’s priority Meseta and Cumbre Targets.
Mogotes Worldview3 satellite alteration processing demonstrates advanced argillic alteration patterns associated with
the Filo Del Sol – Tamberas Cu-Au-Ag mineralization, project into the Mogotes Filo Sur project ( TSXV: MOG, July 8,
2024. Vicuña Exploration Update: Filo Sur Project – positive initial results from the New Filon Alunita and Rincon
prospects). A key area of the advanced argillic alteration mapped by WV3 extends from the Filo Corp ground directly
into the Mogotes CMP claims and is associated with what are interpreted to be unexplored extensions of the priority
Mogotes Meseta target (Figure 2). Mogotes data suggests that the Meseta target is prospective for both HSE Au-Ag
mineralization in the near surface and porphyry Cu mineralization at depth, as suggested by large permissive open
ended geophysical anomalies underling the surface alteration in Argentina and trending into the CMP claims in Chile
(Figure 3).
Initial positive reports from the field team confirm that the WV3 alteration processing has accurately mapped the
presence of significant areas of advanced argillic alteration associated in the field with previously unsampled outcrops
of intense quartz-alunite altered breccia and large structurally controlled breccias and vuggy silica zones (Figure 3).
Laboratory assays will be required to determine if the breccias and vuggy silica identified to date in the CMP claims
are mineralized. However, the initial observations are consider ed encouraging as hydrothermal breccias and vuggy
silica alteration with similar characteristics within the Argentine section of the Mogotes Meseta prospect have returned
assays up to 1.48 g/t Au and 3.6 g/t Ag ( TSXV: MOG, July 8, 2024. Vicuña Exploration Update: Filo Sur Project –
positive initial results from the New Filon Alunita and Rincon prospects ) (Figure 1b and 2). Additionally, stream
sediment sampling by Minera CMP in the optioned claims show a strong Cu and Au stream anomaly vectoring toward
the Meseta and Cumbre targets suggesting the potential for an unrecognized source of Cu -Au mineralization within
the boarder priority reconnaissance area of the CMP claims (Figure 1b and 2).
Mogotes geophysics has also outlined large scale IP and MT anomalies at both Meseta and Cumbre that may be
indicative of concealed HSE and PCD style mineralization (TSXV: MOG, July 8, 2024. Vicuña Exploration Update: Filo
Sur Project – positive initial results from the New Filon Alunita and Rincon prospects). In both targets the geophysical
anomalies with associated surface alteration and geochemistry remain open to the west, potentially extending into the
CMP claims (Figure 4).
1 Perello, et al., 2023. Geology of Porphyry Cu-Au and Epithermal Cu-Au -Ag Mineralization at Filo del Sol, Argentina -Chile: Extreme
Telescoping During Andean Uplift
2 Sillitoe, et al., 2019. Geology of the Josemaría Porphyry Copper -Gold Deposit, Argentina: Formation, Exhumation, and Burial in Two
Million Years 3 TSX: FIL. Nov 21, 2024. Filo Drills 1,270m at 0.92% CuEq in Aurora and 529m at 0.97% CuEq in Bonita
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Visit link below for 3d fly through video showing the new optioned
claims package:
https://vimeo.com/1046798665/2db8fe83cc
Figure 1a: Map of District
Figure 1b: Zoomed Map of District
Figure 2: Geophysics, Alteration and New Optioned Claims in Plan View
Figure 3: Photographs from the Filo Sur Project
Figure 4: Geophysics and Drill Hole Assays Section View
Further to the Company’s press release of January 15, 2025, the Company would like to correct the disclosure with
respect to the aggregate maximum number of common shares to be issued within the 12 months and 60 months
from signing of the option agreement with Compañía Minera del Pacífico to 12,809,778 common shares.
About Mogotes Metals Inc.
Mogotes Metals Inc. is a mineral exploration company exploring for copper and gold in the prospective Vicuña district
of Argentina and Chile. Mogotes flagship project, Filo Sur, adjoins the large Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver discovery,
and is along the N-S trending belt with the Filo Del Sol – Aurora and NGEx Minerals Lunahuasi and Los Helados
copper-gold deposits.
For further information, please contact:
Mogotes Metals Inc.
Allen Sabet, President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (647) 846-3313
Email: [email protected]
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Additional Information
The information contained in this news release was accurate at the time of dissemination, but may be superseded by
subsequent news release(s). The Company is under no obligation, nor does it intend to update or revise the forward-
looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Qualified Persons
The scientific and technical disclosure for the Filo Sur project included in this news release have been reviewed and
approved by Stephen Nano who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Nano is a Director and Technical
Advisor for the Company.
Mogotes applies industry standard exploration sampling methodologies and techniques. All geochemical soil, stream,
rock and drill samples are collected under the supervision of the company’s geologists in accordance with industry
practice. Geochemical assa ys are obtained and reported under a quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
program. Samples are dispatched to an ISO 9001:2008 accredited laboratory in Argentina for analysis. Assay results
from drill core samples may be higher, lower or similar to results obtained from surface rock, channel, trench samples
due to surficial oxidation and enrichment processes or due to natural geological grade variations in the primary
mineralization.
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pertaining to assumptions made in the interpretation of drill results, geology, grade, geochemistry, potential
implications of geophysics interpretations, and continuity of mineral deposits; expectations regarding access and
demand for equipment, skilled labour and services needed for exploration and development of mineral properties;
and that activities will not b e adversely disrupted or impeded by exploration, development, operating, regulatory,
political, community, economic, environmental and/or healthy and safety risks. In addition, this news release may
contain forward-looking statements or information pertaining to: potential exploration upside at the Filo Sur Project,
including the extent and significance of the porphyry copper-gold system and the prospectivity of exploration targets;
exploration plans and expenditures,; the ability of the Company to conduct its field programs as planned; the success
of future exploration activities; potential for resource expansion; ability to build shareholder value; expectations with
regard to adding to its Mineral Reserves or Resources through exploration; ability to execute planned work programs;
plans or ability to mobilize or add additional drill rigs; timing or anticipated results of laboratory results; government
regulation of mining activities; environmental risks; unanticipated reclamation expenses; title disputes or claims;
limitations on insurance coverage; and other risks and uncertainties. While the Company anticipates continuing its
exploration program until May, it may encounter unexpected logistics, drilling and other challenges, costs, or delays
that could pre vent the Company from completing the program on the expected timeline or at all. Any drilling is
dependent on pending results from this year’s program and the Company securing additional funding. This program
could be delayed or not be carried out at all.
Although The Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and/or information
are based on assumptions that are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward- looking statements
since The Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially
from those anticipated in such forward -looking state ments, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors
identified in the Company’s periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators, available under the Company’s SEDAR+
profile at www.sedarplus.ca, as well as among other things: general business, economic and mining industry
conditions; foreign exchange rates; geological conditions; the supply and demand for commodities; that financing will
be available if and when needed on reasonable terms and that the Company will not experience any material la bour
dispute, accident, or failure of plant or equipment ; the stability and predictability of the political environments and
legal and regulatory frameworks; the ability of the Company to obtain, maintain, renew and/or extend required permits,
licences, authorizations and/or approvals from the appropriate regulatory authorities; that contractual counterparties
perform as agreed; and the ability of the Company to continue to obtain qualified staff and equipment in a timely and
cost- efficient manner to meet its needs. These factors are not, and should not be construed as being, exhaustive.
Although the company has attempted to identify important factors that would cause actual results to differ materially
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that the mineral resources described can be profitably produced in the future. Forward-looking information is provided
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