Zonte Metals defines the K6 target based on soil data and prepares target for drilling.
Zonte Metals defines the K6 target based on soil data and prepares target for drilling.
October 19, 2023 TSXV: ZON
Zonte Metals Inc (TSXV: ZON) (“Zonte” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce recent
additional soil data results from the K6 target on its Cross Hill Copper Project, in Newfoundland
and Labrador.
Terry Christopher, President and CEO comments, “The recent soil data has confirmed a copper-
in-soil anomaly coincident with numerous other datasets within the K6 target area. The K6 target
was previously drilled in 2019 when two drill holes tested magnetic and gravity geophysical highs,
which sit north of the newly define drill target. Drilling at several targets in the Cross Hills Copper
Project, between 2019 and 2020, focused exclusively on geophysical anomalies. While high-grade
and long intervals of fracture-controlled copper mineralization was discovered in drill core, the
Company made a strategic decision to suspend drilling and focus on gaining a more
comprehensive understanding the mineralizing system to better define drill targets. To this end,
since 2020, numerous additional exploration programs have been conducted, and drill locations
in the upcoming drill program at K6 will be derived from an integrated interpretation of multiple
datasets. The new K6 target area represents the first site to be drill-tested since 2020, positioned
approximately 200-300 meters to the south of the previous two drill locations. The dataset for
the K6 target is presently being modelled to help define drill locations, which will be followed by
drilling.”
A map of the K6 Cu-in-soil anomaly is located below and additional information on the target is
found at the Company’s website via the following link;
https://www.zontemetals.com/projects/cross-hills-copper-property. As illustrated in the map,
the K6 soil data shows a Cu-in-soil anomaly about 700m long and up to 250m wide. The anomaly
is coincident with structural, geological and geophysical changes as well as surface copper
mineralization. Data modeling is in progress to define the drill program, with drilling expected to
start shortly.
Project wide, the Company has discovered 11 large targets. Exploration in 2023 has significantly
advanced several targets, with only limited additional work needed to define drill locations for
these targets. A multifaceted exploration program continues throughout the project, and
additional results will be released once the data is in hand and interpreted within the broader
context of our comprehensive dataset.
Image illustrates the K6 copper-in-soil anomaly along with copper in rocks.
Qualified Person
Donald Blake, P.Geo. is the qualified person as defined by NI 43-101 and has reviewed and
approved the contents and technical disclosures in this press release.
About Zonte
Zonte Metals Inc. is a junior explorer focused on gold and copper. The Company owns 100% of
the MJ project, in the Tintina Gold Belt, located in the Yukon Territory, the Wings Point project in
the new Central Newfoundland Gold Belt, and the Cross Hills IOCG project located in
Newfoundland and Labrador. In Colombia; the company has a 25% carried interest in Project X
where historic drilling intersected significant gold mineralization and the Company and partner
have an application over open areas sitting on top of the open pit outline of the Gramalote
Deposit in Colombia, which is held by AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) and B2Gold (TSX:BTO,
NYSE:BTG). The title issuance is being contested by the state governing the application and the
Company has started legal action to protect its rights.
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Corporation’s future plans, as well as statements regarding financial and business prospects and
the Corporation’s future plans, objectives or economic performance and financial outlooks. The
Corporation believes that the expectations reflected in this news release are reasonable but
actual results may be affected by a variety of variables and may be materially different from the
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or revise any forward-looking statements. Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
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For further information contact:
Terry Christopher
CEO and President
902-405-3520
www.zontemetals.com