Sable Announces Termination of Don Julio Project Earn-in Agreement with South32 and Highlights Exploration Upside in Four Identified Porphyry Targets
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Sable Announces Termination of Don Julio Project
Earn-in Agreement with South32 and
Highlights Exploration Upside in Four Identified Porphyry Targets
VANCOUVER, CANADA – July 28, 2025 - Sable Resources Ltd. ("Sable" or the "Company") (TSXV:SAE
| OTCQB:SBLRF) announces that South32 Aluminum (Holdings) Pty Ltd (“South32”) has terminated
the Earn-In Agreement dated January 28, 2021, and Sable remains 100% in control of the Don Julio
project, located in San Juan, Argentina.
Ruben Padilla, Sable’s President and CEO, stated:
“We truly appreciate the support of South32 in the advancement of the Don Julio project over the
past four years. South32 funded 12,717 metres of reconnaissance drilling and detailed geophysical
and geochemical studies, as well as the construction of all necessary road infrastructure, resulting in
the discovery of a cluster of four mineralized porphyry centres.
The Don Julio mineral system was identified by Sable in 2018 as a result of an exploration strategy
aimed at identifying large , underexplored mineral systems along gaps and potential extensions of
well-endowed mineral belts in Argentina. Six years later, the Miocene Central Andes, which extend
into the San Juan Province, have become one of the prime exploration jurisdictions in the search for
large, porphyry-related Cu-Au-Mo deposits. Sable has regained 100% control over the large Don Julio
land package, with improved geological understanding and four confirmed targets, supporting
potential to host multi-million tonne Cu-Au-Mo porphyries, presently ready for follow-up drilling.”
From a regional point of view, work advanced by Sable and by its neighbour, Minsud Resources Corp.
(“Minsud”) (also funded by South32 ), is revealing a new, emerging mineral district in San Juan
Province. The new “Chita” district (Figure 1) includes the historic Chita Cu porphyry deposit, the
recently discovered Chinchillones polymetallic deposit, and all the targets within Sable’s Don Julio
project.
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Figure 1. On the left, a map showing the known extension of the Central Andes Miocene Mineral Belt
in Argentina’s San Juan Province and known ore deposits , including Sable’s projects and the
emerging Chita porphyry district. On the right , deposits and targets of the Chita district are
highlighted, in relation to the properties of Sable and Minsud1.
Description of the Don Julio Project Targets
Technical work, funded by South32 and carried out by Sable, from 2021 to 2025, generated multiple
exploration targets, at least five of which remain open for additional drilling. Three of these targets
La Gringa, El Morro and Punta Cana, are Cu -Au or Cu- Mo porphyries which are immediately ready
for follow-up drilling. The Tocota Au-Cu porphyry is ready for its inaugural drill campaign.
Figure 2. Plan view of the extent of the Don Julio lithocap and the location
of the La Gringa and Morro porphyry occurrences.
1 Mineral resources from the Chita and Chinchillones projects have been taken from Minsud’s website -
https://minsud.com/our-project/
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Gringa – El Morro Targets
La Gringa and El Morro targets are located at the northern and southern limit s, respectively, of the
large, outcropping root zone of a Miocene lithocap . Known outcropping Cu-Au occurrences are
related to high sulfidation mineralization (Fig ure 2). Initial drilling tested a possible connection at
depth with Cu- Au-Mo porphyry mineralization in two areas, where early quartz veinlets and
magmatic-hydrothermal breccias were overprinted by advanced argill ic alteration and high -
sulfidation mineralization. Large parts of the surface geology between La Gringa and E l Morro are
covered by thin layers of post-mineral volcanics and Quaternary gravels.
Nine drill holes have partially explored the La Gringa target. Several of these drill holes have
encountered strong potassic alteration with B-type veinlets containing molybdenum mineralization
typical of the margins of well-mineralized Cu-Au-Mo porphyry centers. Some of the most significant
results include2:
• DJ-DH-22-11
305m @ 139 ppm Mo; 0.091% Cu; and 0.95 g/t Ag from 528.0 to 833.0m
• DJ-DH-22-15
157m @ 319 ppm Mo and 0.068% Cu from 844.0 to 1,001m
• DJ-DH-22-07
61.9m @ 0.16% Cu, 0.2 g/t Au and 1.5 g/t Ag from 28.5 to 90.4m
125.0m @ 107.3 ppm Mo from 675.0 to 800.0m
Three of the drill holes completed at the southern limit of La Gringa , targeted mineralization below
Quaternary gravel cover and intercepted high -grade Cu -Au-Ag high- sulfidation mineralization
hosted by fault zones and magmatic-hydrothermal breccias:
• DJ-DH-22-12
11.1m @ 1.61% Cu; 19.1 g/t Ag; 0.38 g/t Au from 53.0 to 64.1m
13.7m @ 0.54% Cu; 6.81 g/t Ag; 0.95 g/t Au from 149.0 to 162.7m
The El Morro Target is located 2.5 km south of La Gringa. El Morro shows extensive alteration and
positive geochemistry. One hole was completed in 2024, demonstr ating the existence of porphyry
mineralization with potassic alteration and molybdenum- bearing B-type veinlets, probably related
to a large porphyry system that includes the La Gringa porphyry zone:
• DJ-DH-24-23
245m @ 114 ppm Mo from 397.2m
Punta Cana Target
Punta Cana is another Miocene Cu-Au porphyry centre discovered by Sable’s technical team in 2021.
Only three holes have been drilled at this target with all holes intercepting significant mineralization
as demonstrated by the following intercepts2:
• DJ-DH-22-06
75.25m @ 14.08 g/t Ag; 0.11 g/t Au; 0.12% Cu from 324.0 to 399.25
2 Drill intercepts from the Don Julio project have been published in multiple press releases from 2022 to 2024, including:
• Sable new release dated September 6, 2022
• Sable new release dated March 7, 2023
• Sable news release dated April 26, 2023
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• DJ-DH-22-08
403m @ 0.12 g/t Au; 3.65 g/t Ag; 0.077% Cu from 150.0m to 553.0m
• DJ-DH-23-16
156.0m @ 6.39 g/t Ag; 0.11 g/t Au; 0.086% Cu; 32 ppm Mo from 281.0 to 437.0m
Tocota Target
The Tocota porphyry was discovered by Sable in 2022. Outcropping Miocene diorites show
porphyry-style veinlets and have returned values up to 0.3 g/t Au and 0.3% Cu. The Tocota target
has yet to be drilled and is now prepared for initial drill testing.
Pumas Target
The Pumas target is located 21 km southeast of the main Don Julio cluster. It was discovered in 2019
as part of Sable’s regional exploration work. Pumas is an intrusion-related Cu-Au-Ag-Mo target that
has been explored by rock sampling, soil sampling, and trenching. Below are some of the most
attractive values found during trenching2:
• TLP-08
31.4m @ 0.3 g/t AuEq and 9m @ 1.2 g/t AuEq
• TLP-09
35.2m @ 0.71 g/t AuEq
• TLP-012
33.4m @ 0.35 g/t AuEq
Exploration Summary for the Don Julio Project
The Don Julio Cluster of porphyry targets covers an area of approximately 10 x 12 km (120 km sq.).
The understanding of the geology and mineral potential of this large area required various years of
exploration and the construction of various kilometr es of road s and extensive geological ,
geochemical, and geophysical work, including:
• 3,100m drilling in 2018 (funded by Sable)
• 12,717m drilling 2022-2025 (funded by South 32)
• 450 line-km Magnetic survey
• 25 line-km IP survey
• 3,029 rock samples
• 1,085 terraspec samples
• 1,458 soil samples
• 242 talus samples
• 35 geochronology samples
• Extensive geological, alteration, and structural mapping throughout the property
Sable’s Don Julio property (69,350 hectares ) is situated along the highly endowed Central Andes
Miocene Mineral Belt, which contains large Cu -Au (Mo, Ag) porphyry mineral centers, including the
Vicuña, Los Azules, Altar, and El Pachon porphyry district. Sable plans to use its in-house porphyry
exploration expertise and extensive Don Julio’s database to leverage advanced targeting and follow-
up drilling at this Tier One exploration asset.
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SAMPLE PREPARATION AND QA/QC
Sample preparation for projects in Argentina is carried out by ALS Minerals , at its facility located in
Mendoza with analyses carried out at their laboratory in Lima, Peru. Sample preparation includes
drying in an oven at a maximum temperature of 60°C, fine crushing of the sample to at least 70%
passing less than 2 mm, sample splitting using a riffle splitter, and pulverizing a 250 g split to at least
85% passing 75 microns (code PREP-31). The samples contained in this news release were analyzed
by methods Au-AA24 (Fire Assay Fusion and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry finish) and ME-MS61
(Four Acid Digestion with Mass Spectrometry finish); the latter one includes 48 elements (Al, Ag, As,
Ba, Be, Bi, Ca, Cd, Ce, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Ga, Ge, Hf, In, K, La, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nb, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, Re, S,
Sb, Sc, Se, Sn, Sr, Ta, Te, Th, Ti, Tl, U, V, W, Y, Zn, Zr). Both digestion methods dissolve most minerals
but not all elements are quantitatively extracted in some sample matrices. ALS additionally collects
a subsample from the coarse reject to be analyzed by Terraspec; spectral data is sent to AISIRIS
Australia to be processed and interpreted.
Control samples (standards, blanks, and duplicates) are inserted systematically, and their results
evaluated according to the Company protocols.
QUALIFIED PERSON
Luis Arteaga M.Sc. P.Geo., Vice President Exploration, is the Company's Qualified Person as defined by
NI 43-101. He has reviewed and approved the technical information in this news release.
ABOUT SABLE RESOURCES LTD.
Sable is a well-funded junior grassroots explorer focused on the discovery of Tier-One precious metal
and copper projects through systematic exploration in endowed terranes located in favorable,
established mining jurisdictions. Sable’s focus is developing its large portfolio of Greenfields projects
to resource level. Sable is actively exploring the San Juan Regional Program (163,969 ha)
incorporating the Don Julio, El Fierro, and Cerro Negro projects in San Juan Province, Argentina and
the Copper Queen (1 5,133 ha), Copper Prince (3,980 ha), and Core Mountain (1,925 ha) properties
in British Columbia.
For further information, please contact:
Ruben Padilla, President & CEO at [email protected] or +1 (520) 488-2520
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