REGULUS REPORTS ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE RESULTS FROM THE ANTAKORI COPPER-GOLD-SILVER PROJECT, PERU 619.2 metres with 0.67% Cu, 0.43 g/t Au and 7.3 g/t Ag (1.05% CuEq) including 135.7 metres with 2.17% Cu, 1.31 g/t Au and 17.5 g/t Ag (3.27% CuEq)
REGULUS REPORTS ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE RESULTS FROM THE
ANTAKORI COPPER-GOLD-SILVER PROJECT, PERU
619.2 metres with 0.67% Cu, 0.43 g/t Au and 7.3 g/t Ag (1.05% CuEq)
including
135.7 metres with 2.17% Cu, 1.31 g/t Au and 17.5 g/t Ag (3.27% CuEq)
270.9 metres with 0.54% Cu, 0.86 g/t Au and 51.2 g/t Ag (1.62% CuEq)
including
103.8 metres with 1.00% Cu, 1.85 g/t Au and 121.6 g/t Ag (3.43% CuEq)
November 15, 2018, (Vancouver, BC) – Regulus Resources Inc. ("Regulus" or the "Company", REG TSX.V)
is pleased to announce the results from five additional drill holes at the Company’s AntaKori copper-gold-silver
project in northern Peru. The drilling campaign is underway in collaboration with Compañía Minera Coimolache S.A.
(“Coimolache” or “CMC”), the operator of the Tantahuatay gold mine immediately to the south of the AntaKori
project. Holes reported in this news release are AK-18-017 through AK-18-021 (see Figure 1). Results are only
reported herein for the portions of the drill holes that occur within Regulus concessions.
The AntaKori system hosts two principal styles of copper-gold-silver sulphide mineralization: 1) mineralized skarn
and breccias (Cu-Au-Ag) within Cretaceous calcareous sedimentary rocks, likely associated with as-yet undiscovered
porphyry mineralization; and 2) younger, epithermal high-sulphidation (HS) mineralization (Cu-Au-Ag-As) in
overlying Miocene volcanic rocks and breccias that host the adjacent Tantahuatay heap-leach gold mine to the south.
The younger high-sulphidation mineralization is characterized by pyrite-enargite and locally overprints the earlier
skarn mineralization (pyrite-chalcopyrite-magnetite), particularly along the southern part of the AntaKori system. Drill
holes at AntaKori typically encounter the overlying Miocene volcanic rocks and high-sulphidation style mineralization
prior to entering the Cretaceous sedimentary sequence and skarn at depth. As the drilling progresses to the north, the
volcanic rocks terminate, and drill holes will commence directly in the skarn/porphyry environment within the
Cretaceous sedimentary sequence (see Figures 2-6).
AK-18-017 through AK-18-021 were collared to test Regulus mineral concessions, within or near to the footprint of
the currently reported AntaKori NI 43-101 inferred mineral resource of 294.8 million tonnes with 0.48% Cu, 0.36 g/t
Au and 10.2 g/t Ag (see Southern Legacy news release of July 3rd, 2012; Wilson, 2012 – posted to SEDAR under
Southern Legacy Minerals on August 21, 2012), to confirm and extend the known, but only partially delineated
resource.
Highlights from drill holes AK-18-017 through AK-18-021 – AntaKori Project:
• AK-18-021:
o 619.20 m with 0.67% Cu, 0.43 g/t Au and 7.30 g/t Ag (1.05% CuEq) from 127 m depth
Including:
o 341.85 m with 1.00% Cu, 0.60 g/t Au and 9.40 g/t Ag (1.52% CuEq) from 127.00 m depth
High-sulphidation style mineralization in Miocene volcanic sequence
Which further includes:
o 135.70 m with 2.17% Cu, 1.31 g/t Au and 17.53 g/t Ag (3.27% CuEq) from 217.40 m depth
High-sulphidation style mineralization in Miocene volcanic sequence
and
o 180.85 m with 0.27% Cu, 0.23 g/t Au and 4.66 g/t Ag (0.48%CuEq) from 468.85 m depth
Skarn in underlying Cretaceous sedimentary sequence
• AK-18-020:
o Drill hole enters into Regulus concessions at a depth of 172.88 m in strong mineralization
o 270.92 m with 0.54% Cu, 0.86 g/t Au and 51.24 g/t Ag (1.62% CuEq) from 172.88 m depth
Including:
o 103.82 m with 1.00% Cu, 1.85 g/t Au and 121.60 g/t Ag (3.43% CuEq) from 172.88 m depth
Which further includes (from 190.85-199.10 m):
o 8.25 m with 0.86% Cu, 16.44 g/t Au, 1179 g/t Ag, 1.07% Zn and 2.51% Pb
Which further includes:
o 2.15 m with 1.54% Cu, 54.07 g/t Au, 4044 g/t Ag, 0.83% Zn and 1.77% Pb
o Which further includes:
o 0.65 m with 3.15% Cu, 151.50 g/t Au, 9950 g/t Ag, 1.24% Zn and 5.51% Pb
§ Mineralization in this hole is hosted in skarn which is locally cut by numerous irregular
base metal carbonate veins and veinlets (i.e., intermediate sulphidation) with later
breccia including those veins as fragments. True width of the zone of veining is difficult
to ascertain without additional drilling.
§ Veins contain coarse chalcopyrite-pyrite-galena-sphalerite-sulfosalt-quartz assemblage
with very local visible native gold andwire silver in the higher grade intervals. They
clearly post-date the age of skarn mineralization.
§ Intervals reported above do not have higher grades cut – see discussion below for cut
grades.
§ This is the northernmost drill hole completed in this current campaign and the first to
test the northern margin of the currently reported resource.
• AK-18-019:
o 145.18 m with 0.23% Cu, 0.21 g/t Au and 6.58 g/t Ag (0.43% CuEq) from 170.10 m depth
Predominantly high-sulphidation style mineralization in Miocene volcanic sequence
Including:
o 36.28 m with 0.26% Cu, 0.30 g/t Au and 10.78 g/t Ag (0.58% CuEq) from 279.00 m depth
Which further includes:
o 6.98 m with 0.78% Cu, 0.93 g/t Au and 17.58 g/t Ag (1.60% CuEq) from 308.30 m depth
Skarn in Cretaceous sedimentary sequence
o At 308.30 m depth the drill hole exits Regulus concessions after just entering into well
mineralized skarn in underlying Cretaceous sediments. Drill hole continues to a total depth of
800.37 m just outboard from Regulus concessions. Although results from the lower portion of
this hole cannot be herein reported, they can be used to estimate resources on Regulus ground.
• AK-18-018:
o Drilled along the eastern margin of the known mineral resource and the easternmost hole of
the current drilling program.
o The hole collared directly into marble and distal-facies skarn within the Cretaceous
sedimentary sequence.
o Mineralization is notably weaker and more erratic than other holes drilled to date, with several
mineralized zones of 12-58 m length separated by zones of weak to no mineralization.
o Metasomatism and skarn development increases down the hole towards the n ortheast,
suggesting a vector towards a higher temperature source in that direction.
• AK-18-017:
o 127.35 m with 0.23% Cu, 0.25 g/t Au and 2.90 g/t Ag (0.43% CuEq) from 7 m depth
o 283.50 m with 0.26% Cu, 0.16 g/t Au and 3.08 g/t Ag (0.40% CuEq) from 199.20 m depth
o 110.29 m with 0.28% Cu, 0.13 g/t Au and 1.87 g/t Ag (0.39% CuEq) from 535.96 m depth
o 102.20 m with 0.48% Cu, 0.13 g/t Au and 3.24 g/t Ag (0.60% CuEq) from 741.60 m depth
o 71.80 m with 0.41% Cu, 0.10 g/t Au and 1.62 g/t Ag (0.4% CuEq) from 868.20 m depth
o High-sulphidation style epithermal mineralization to a depth of 399.30 m
o This hole is on the same section as well-mineralized holes AK-18-009 and AK-18-014, however
no Cretaceous sedimentary sequence was encountered as it was cut out by a large breccia body
which hosts low to moderate grade Cu-Au-Ag mineralization, with moderate arsenic contents,
associated with chlorite-sericite alteration.
John Black, Chief Executive Officer of Regulus, commented as follows:
“The past several months have kept us very busy with the completion of the Aldebaran Resources spin-out and a $20.6
million private placement financing for Regulus. The drill program at AntaKori continued on during this period and
we are now very pleased to report additional encouraging drill results from the project. The stand out hole in this
release is AK-18-021 which intersected more than 600 m of 1.05% CuEq, which includes an interval of high-
sulphidation epithermal mineralization with 135.7 m of 2.17% Cu, 1.31 g/t Au and 17.5 g/t Ag (3.27% CuEq), with
additional skarn mineralization at depth. This interval is what we refer to as a “100/1/1” interval, which denotes a
lengthy high-grade interval exceeding 100 m with a copper grade in excess of 1% and a gold grade in excess of 1 g/t.
The AntaKori project has produced a number of 100/1/1 intervals in both the high-sulphidation epithermal and skarn
environments during the current drill campaign.
This batch of five drill holes also includes AK-18-020, the first hole drilled along the northern margin of the system
as it is currently defined. This hole was collared outside of our property boundary and entered into Regulus
concessions at a depth of 172.88 m in strong mineralization, intersecting another 100/1/1 interval with 103.82 m of
1.00% Cu, 1.85 g/t Au and 121.6 g/t Ag (3.43% CuEq). This interval is hosted in mineralized skarn that is cut by
numerous irregular chalcopyrite-pyrite-galena-sphalerite-sulfosalt veins and veinlets as well as younger breccias
with abundant fragments of the same veins. Although this style of mineralization (intermediate sulphidation, base
metal carbonate) was encountered in some of the historical drilling, this current intercept is by far the strongest and
best-developed. This style of mineralization is clearly younger than the high-sulphidation epithermal mineralization,
overprints mineralized skarn, and contains very high gold-silver contents, higher lead-zinc contents, and lower
arsenic contents. Individual assay intervals can have very high grades with several intervals exceeding 10 g/t Au and
displaying visible native silver and gold. We look forward to completing more drilling in this area to better
characterize the potential extent of the zone. We have now completed more than 20,000m of drilling at AntaKori and
work is well underway to produce an updated resource estimate in Q1 of 2019.”
Discussion of results and update on drilling program
Table 1 below provides more details regarding the mineralized intercepts encountered in drill holes AK-18-017 to
AK-18-021. The locations of the reported drill holes are indicated on Figure 1. The design of the current drilling
program is for holes spaced on approximately 150 m centres along drill sections oriented at 045 degrees (SW-NE).
Hole AK-18-021 was drilled from the same platform as previously reported AK-18-008 and on the same section as
holes AK-17-001 and AK-18-015 (see figure 2) but in the opposite direction (225 SW, -83 degrees) to test the area
beneath hole AK-17-001, which was lost before it reached the targeted depth. The hole intersected well-developed
high-sulphidation epithermal Cu-Au-Ag-As mineralization in the Miocene volcanic sequence with high copper-gold
grades like those reported in AK-17-001, followed by lower grade copper-gold mineralization in skarn within the
Cretaceous sedimentary sequence at depth (see Table 2). Although substantial portions of the reported intervals
contain samples with >1% Cu and >1 g/t Au, there are individual samples with grades as high as 31.8% Cu and 50.9
g/t Au over narrow intervals of 0.5-2.0 m. The following tables show the reported intervals with results from
individual samples cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag and also to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag to help evaluate the
influence of the higher-grade samples.
AK-18-021: 619.20 m from 127.00 to 746.20 m Cu % Au g/t Ag/t
Uncut values 0.67 0.43 7.30
Cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag 0.63 0.39 7.30
Cut to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag 0.60 0.37 7.30
AK-18-021: 135.70 m from 217.40 to 353.10 m Cu % Au g/t Ag/t
Uncut values 2.17 1.31 17.53
Cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag 1.96 1.14 17.53
Cut to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag 1.82 1.05 17.53
Table 1. AntaKori Holes AK-18-017 Through AK-18-021 Results
Drill Hole ID
From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Copper
(%)
Gold
(g/t)
Silver
(g/t)
Cu Eq
(%)
Au Eq
(g/t)
AK-18-021 11.30 57.50 46.20 0.19 0.25 1.12 0.37 0.52
127.00 746.20 619.20 0.67 0.43 7.30 1.05 1.47
including 217.40 353.10 135.70 2.17 1.31 17.53 3.27 4.58
which includes 247.92 342.00 94.08 2.87 1.81 24.11 4.38 6.14
including 458.10 483.75 25.65 0.38 0.31 12.66 0.72 1.00
including 557.80 589.40 31.60 0.42 0.40 8.04 0.79 1.10
including 652.70 673.60 20.90 0.43 0.28 10.64 0.73 1.02
787.95 806.70 18.75 0.37 0.10 2.62 0.46 0.65
Total Depth 841.00
AK-18-020 00.00 172.88 Not within Regulus concessions - not reportable by Regulus
172.88 443.80 270.92 0.54 0.86 51.24 1.62 2.27
including 172.88 276.70 103.82 1.00 1.85 121.60 3.43 4.80
which includes 172.88 247.25 74.37 1.23 2.49 163.64 4.49 6.29
which includes 190.85 199.10 8.25 0.86 16.44 1,179.19 23.32 32.63
which includes 190.85 194.35 3.50 1.23 34.55 2,702.91 50.47 70.61
which includes 190.85 193.00 2.15 1.54 54.07 4,054.65 76.99 107.73
which includes 192.35 193.00 0.65 3.15 151.50 9,950.00 201.71 282.28
509.30 534.10 24.80 0.44 0.31 11.51 0.76 1.07
Hole lost and terminated in mineralization
Intervals reported above do not have high grade intervals capped
See drill hole description in news release below for capped results
Total depth 534.10
AK-18-019 170.10 315.28 145.18 0.23 0.21 6.58 0.43 0.61
including 279.00 315.28 36.28 0.26 0.30 10.78 0.58 0.81
which includes 308.30 315.28 6.98 0.78 0.93 17.58 1.60 2.25
315.28 800.37 Not within Regulus concessions - not reportable by Regulus
Total depth 800.37
AK-18-018 39.85 53.49 13.64 0.48 0.32 24.14 0.93 1.30
243.20 255.70 12.50 0.33 0.19 6.31 0.52 0.73
268.00 297.30 29.30 0.44 0.14 4.95 0.58 0.82
339.90 359.40 19.50 0.47 0.19 11.45 0.71 0.99
470.70 487.50 16.80 0.23 0.23 8.08 0.47 0.66
509.01 566.78 57.77 0.19 0.17 31.90 0.61 0.85
including 547.00 561.00 14.00 0.46 0.29 39.26 1.02 1.43
584.50 587.50 3.00 1.22 1.46 345.50 5.40 7.55
662.00 674.00 12.00 0.29 0.24 18.22 0.62 0.87
Total depth 816.49
AK-18-017 7.00 134.35 127.35 0.23 0.25 2.90 0.43 0.61
including 67.00 87.40 20.40 0.48 0.36 3.79 0.77 1.07
199.20 482.70 283.50 0.26 0.16 3.08 0.40 0.56
including 352.80 386.37 33.57 0.59 0.32 6.43 0.88 1.23
535.96 646.25 110.29 0.28 0.13 1.87 0.39 0.54
665.50 697.95 32.45 0.25 0.10 2.53 0.35 0.49
741.60 843.80 102.20 0.48 0.13 3.24 0.60 0.85
including 818.00 841.80 23.80 0.90 0.17 8.08 1.10 1.54
868.20 940.00 71.80 0.41 0.10 1.62 0.49 0.69
993.20 996.51 3.31 0.62 0.05 4.65 0.70 0.98
Total depth 996.51
Cu Eq and Au Eq values were calculated using copper, gold and silver. Metal prices utilized for the calculations are Cu – US$2.25/lb, Au – US$1,100/oz, and Ag
– US$14/oz. All intervals presented above consist of sulphide mineralization. No adjustments were made for recovery as the project is an early stage exploration
project and metallurgical data to allow for estimation of recoveries is not yet available. The formulas utilized to calculate equivalent values are Cu Eq (%) = Cu% +
(Au g/t * 0.7130) + (Ag g/t * 0.0091) and Au Eq (g/t) = Au g/t + (Cu% * 1.4026) + (Ag g/t * 0.0127).
Table 2. AntaKori AK-17-017 Through AK-18-021 Results Presented by Lithology/Alteration Style
Drill Hole ID From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Copper
(%)
Gold
(g/t)
Silver
(g/t)
Zinc
(%)
Arsenic
(ppm)
AK-18-021
Miocene Volcanic (HS) 11.30 57.50 46.20 0.19 0.25 1.12 0.01 561
Miocene Volcanic (HS) 127.00 468.85 341.85 1.00 0.60 9.40 0.07 3,677
Skarn/breccia 468.85 649.70 180.85 0.27 0.23 4.66 0.18 226
Skarn/breccia 649.70 746.20 96.50 0.27 0.19 4.81 0.21 101
Quartzite 787.95 806.70 18.75 0.37 0.10 2.62 0.00 1,280
AK-18-020
0.00 172.88 Not within Regulus concessions – not reportable by Regulus
Breccia with vn fragments 172.88 183.00 10.12 1.84 2.30 1.71 0.85 701
Skarn with veins 183.00 386.13 203.13 0.52 0.92 63.55 0.65 158
Skarn with HS strx 386.13 443.80 57.67 0.38 0.40 8.99 0.14 852
Older breccia 509.30 534.10 24.80 0.44 0.31 11.51 0.01 1,269
AK-18-019
Miocene Volcanic (HS) 170.10 308.30 138.20 0.20 0.17 6.02 0.03 640
Skarn with HS overprint 308.30 315.28 6.98 0.78 0.93 17.58 0.14 990
315.28 800.37 Not within Regulus concessions – not reportable by Regulus
AK-18-018
Skarn / marble 39.85 53.49 13.64 0.48 0.32 24.14 1.38 445
Skarn 243.20 255.70 12.50 0.33 0.19 6.31 0.30 208
Skarn 268.00 297.30 29.30 0.44 0.14 4.95 0.09 615
Skarn 339.90 359.40 19.50 0.47 0.19 11.45 0.25 210
Skarn / HS overprint 470.70 487.50 16.80 0.23 0.23 8.08 0.01 637
Quartzite 509.01 548.45 39.44 0.12 0.15 31.84 0.02 247
Late porphyry dyke 548.45 566.78 18.33 0.36 0.22 32.03 0.04 1,101
Late porphyry dyke 662.00 674.00 12.00 0.29 0.24 18.22 0.06 1,052
AK-18-017
Miocene Volcanic (HS) 7.00 134.35 127.35 0.23 0.25 2.90 0.01 499
Miocene Volcanic (HS) 199.20 399.30 200.10 0.24 0.18 3.03 0.02 348
Older breccia 399.30 482.70 83.40 0.32 0.11 3.18 0.04 85
Older breccia 535.96 646.25 110.29 0.28 0.13 1.87 0.03 565
Older breccia 665.50 697.95 32.45 0.25 0.10 2.53 0.03 447
Older breccia 741.60 843.80 102.20 0.48 0.13 3.24 0.02 311
Older breccia 868.20 940.00 71.80 0.41 0.10 1.62 0.01 290
Older breccia 993.20 996.51 3.31 0.62 0.05 4.65 0.00 275
HS = high-sulphidation epithermal style mineralisation. This table reports the mineralized intervals based upon lithology and demonstrates the notab le
difference in arsenic content between high-sulphidation mineralization in the Miocene volcanic sequence (typically 1000 -5000 ppm As) and the lower
concentrations found in the zones of skarn mineralization (typically 100-400 ppm As). As drilling progresses to the north over the next few months, it is
anticipated that the skarn will be less affected by the late high-sulphidation overprint and As contents will decrease.
The true widths of the mineralized intervals reported in Tables 1 and 2 are difficult to ascertain and additional drilling
and geologic modelling will be required to better constrain the geometry of the mineralized zones. High-sulphidation
epithermal mineralization within the Miocene volcanic sequence is characterized by extensive zones of low to
moderate-grade disseminated and fracture-controlled mineralization that enclose zones of higher grade mineralization
like that encountered in holes AK-18-001 and Ak-18-021 as well as several other drill holes. These higher grade
zones consist of irregular pyrite-enargite veins, veinlets, and open space infilling that exhibit both a subvertical
structural control and a subhorizontal permeability or manto control within the volcanic sequence. The margins of the
higher grade high-sulphidation epithermal zones are generally not sharp or planar in nature. Skarn style mineralization
in the Cretaceous sedimentary sequence is most likely controlled by the subhorizontal stratigraphy and reported
mineralized intercepts are probably close to true thicknesses as the drill holes are typically steeply plunging at 60-90
degrees. In addition to high-sulphidation epithermal and skarn styles of mineralization, the project also exhibits zones
of irregular veins and veinlets of chalcopyrite-pyrite-anhydrite-quartz that are thought to be more typical of porphyry
copper style mineralization and likely occurring as broad zones of stockwork veining rather than distinct veins. This
latter style of mineralization typically overprints skarn mineralization and increases the overall grade. Mineralization
at the AntaKori deposit also occurs within breccias as both mineralizaed fragements (post-mineral breccias) or as
infilling of voids within the breccia (pre-mineral breccias). Mineralization within breccias tends to be irregular but the
majority of the breccias bodies are subvertical and planar in nature.
Hole AK-18-020 is the first hole drilled in this campaign along the northern margin of the currently reported resource.
The hole was collared within Compañía Minera Coimolache concessions and drilled to the northeast, entering into
Regulus concessions at a depth of 172.88m in strongly mineralized rock (see Figures 1 and 3 and Tables 1 and 2).
Mineralization is hosted within well-developed skarn in the Cretaceous sedimentary sequence that is subsequently cut
by numerous irregular chalcopyrite-pyrite-galena-sphalerite-sulfosalt veins and veinlets as well as younger breccias
with abundant fragments of the same veins. The overall geometry of the zone of veins is not well-constrained but is
likely to be subvertical and therefore the true width of the zone of higher grades in this hole is likely to be less than
the reported intercept length. Additional drilling will be required to ascertain the geometry of this zone. This younger
mineralization event is probably more closely related in age, but younger than, the high-sulphidation epithermal
mineralization in the overlying Miocene volcanic rocks and mineralogically is more typical of base metal carbonate
style mineralization with high gold-silver contents, elevated zinc-lead, and lower arsenic than the high-sulphidation
epithermal mineralization. Individual assay intervals can have very high grades with several intervals exceeding 10
g/t Au and displaying visible native silver and gold, seen for the first time on the project. Although substantial portions
of the reported intervals contain samples with >1% Cu and >1 g/t Au, there are individual samples with grades as high
as 151.5 g/t Au and 9,950 g/t silver over an interval of 0.65 m. The following tables show the reported intervals with
results from individual samples cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag and also to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag to help
evaluate the influence of the higher grade samples.
AK-18-020: 270.92 m from 172.88 to 443.80 m Cu % Au g/t Ag/t
Uncut values 0.54 0.86 51.24
Cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag 0.54 0.51 27.00
Cut to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag 0.51 0.49 26.62
AK-18-020: 103.82 m from 172.88 to 276.70 m Cu % Au g/t Ag/t
Uncut values 1.00 1.85 121.60
Cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag 1.00 0.92 58.34
Cut to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag 0.91 0.89 57.34
AK-18-020: 8.25 m from 190.85 to 199.10 m Cu % Au g/t Ag/t
Uncut values 0.86 1.85 121.60
Cut to 10% Cu, 10 g/t Au, 1000 g/t Ag 0.86 0.92 58.34
Cut to 5% Cu, 5 g/t Au, 500 g/t Ag 0.86 0.89 57.34
Hole AK-18-019 is located on section L1050NW (see figure 4) along the westernmost margin of the Regulus
concessions that have been drilled to date and was drilled to the northeast (045, -85 degrees). This drill hole cuts high-
sulphidation mineralization in the Miocene volcanic sequence before entering into well-mineralized skarn at a depth
of 308.3 m. However, the hole passes out of the Regulus concessions and into CMC ground at 315.28 m after
intersecting only 7 m of skarn. The hole continues to a total depth of 800. 37 m, just outboard of the Regulus
concessions and will provide good constraint on the calculation of mineral resources on Regulus ground, but the results
of much of this hole cannot be reported here.
Hole AK-18-018 is located along the eastern margin of the current resource at AntaKori and is the easternmost drill
hole completed to date in this drilling campaign (see Figure 5). The hole commenced in the Cretaceous sedimentary
sequence with no overlying Miocene volcanic rocks and encountered marble and distal-facies skarn. Mineralization
is notably weaker and more erratic than other holes drilled to date and also has higher zinc contents, indicative of a
more distal environment. Metasomatism and skarn development increase down the hole towards the northeast,
suggesting a vector towards a higher temperature source in that direction.
Hole AK-18-017 was completed from the same pad as holes AK-18-009, AK-18-012, and AK-18-014 to produce a
well controlled fence of holes along this section (see Figure 6). The hole encountered high-sulphidation style
mineralization in the Miocene volcanic sequence to a depth of 399 m but then entered into a large breccia body from
that point until the end of the hole at a total depth of 996.51 m. The breccia has cut out the Cretaceous sedimentary
sequence and no skarn mineralization was encountered in the hole. The breccia hosts low to moderate grade Cu-Au-
Ag mineralization, with moderate arsenic contents (see Table 2), associated with chlorite-sericite alteration.
Figure 1 shows the location of the drill holes reported in this release and the section lines represented in Figures 2 to
6, as well as holes recently completed and in progress. Drill holes AK -18-022 through AK-18-028 have been
completed with assays pending for the latter holes. Drill holes AK-18-029 and AK-18-030 are currently in progress.
Approximately 20,700 m of drilling has been completed within Regulus concessions in the current drilling program.
Drilling is continuing with two rigs currently operating on Regulus concessions.
Figures 2-6 show representative geologic cross sections of for holes AK-18-017 through AK-18-021. Additional
sections for the other holes reported here and from previously reported holes can be found on the Regulus website:
www.regulusresources.com.
Sampling and Analytical Procedures
Regulus follows systematic and rigorous sampling and analytical protocols which meet and exceed industry standards.
These protocols are summarized below and are available on the Regulus website at www.regulusresources.com.
All drill holes are diamond core holes with PQ, HQ or NQ core diameters. Drill core is collected at the drill site where
recovery and RQD (Rock Quality Designation) measurements are taken before the core is transported by truck to the
Regulus core logging facility in Cajamarca, where it is photographed and geologically logged. The core is then cut in
half with a diamond saw blade with half the sample retained in the core box for future reference and the other half
placed into a pre-labelled plastic bag, sealed with a plastic zip tie, and identified with a unique sample number. The
core is typically sampled over a 1 to 2 metre sample interval unless the geologist determines the presence of an
important geological contact. The bagged samples are then stored in a secure area pending shipment to a certified
laboratory sample preparation facility. Samples are sent by batch to the ALS laboratory in Lima for assay. Regulus
independently inserts certified control standards, coarse field blanks, and duplicates into the sample stream to monitor
data quality. These standards are inserted “blindly” to the laboratory in the sample sequence prior to departure from
the Regulus core storage facilities. At the laboratory samples are dried, crushed, and pulverized and then analyzed
using a fire assay – AA finish analysis for gold and a full multi-acid digestion with ICP-AES analysis for other
elements. Samples with results that exceed maximum detection values for gold are re-analyzed by fire assay with a
gravimetric finish and other elements of interest are re-analyzed using precise ore-grade ICP analytical techniques.
For Further Information, please contact:
Regulus Resources Inc.
John E. Black, CEO / Director
Phone: +1 303 618-7797 mobile
+1 720 514-9036 office
Email: [email protected]
About Regulus Resources Inc. and the AntaKori Project
Regulus Resources Inc. is an international mineral exploration company run by an experienced techni cal and
management team, with a portfolio of precious and base metal exploration properties located in North and South
America. The principal project held by Regulus is the AntaKori copper-gold-silver project in northern Peru. The
AntaKori project currently hosts an inferred mineral resource of 294.8 million tonnes with a grade of 0.48% Cu, 0.36
g/t Au and 10.2 g/t Ag based upon 17,950 m of drilling by previous operators (see Southern Legacy Minerals press
release of July 3rd, 2012 - Southern Legacy Minerals and the Company entered into a business arrangement in 2014
and kept the name Regulus Resources Inc.). Mineralization remains open in most directions and drilling is currently
underway to confirm and increase the size of the resource.