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Phoenix Copper Ltd.
Summary
| Project: | Empire Copper Mine | |
|---|---|---|
| Deposit: | Red Star | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Commodities: | Copper-Gold-Silver-Zinc-Lead-Manganese | |
| Date: | 1/23/2020 | |
| Report Code: | (no Code) | |
| Report Type: | Exploration/Drilling Update | |
| Project Stage: | Pursuing Resource Increase/Upgrade | |
| Report details: | 23-1-2020: Phoenix Copper Ltd. announces an Exploration/Drilling Update report for its Red Star deposit at the Empire Copper Mine project. Assay results for two drill holes completed at Red Star. Phoenix Copper Ltd (AIM: PXC, OTCQX: PGMLF), the AIM quoted | |
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| CP/QP: | [Overall Report]: n/a (n/a) | |
| ABSTRACT: | Phoenix Copper Ltd (AIM: PXC, OTCQX: PGMLF), the AIM quoted North American focused base and precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the results of ongoing exploration at the Company's Red Star silver deposit, ("Red Star" or the "Red Star Zone") adjacent to the Company's Empire copper deposit in Idaho, USA. Ryan McDermott, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are pleased with the latest Red Star results which indicate an open-ended extension to the Red Star vein of 320-metres. Additionally, during the Q4 2019 drill road-building work, two additional veins were identified. These new veins are particularly exciting as they may be indicative of a much larger, multi-vein shear zone. "During 2020 the Company plans to complete a drilling programme on Red Star to generate a Measured and Indicated resource sufficient to justify a small underground "adit" mine with a flotation process plant to produce lead-silver, copper-gold and zinc concentrates. The scale of operations will be in the region of 450 tonnes of ore a day or 155,000 tonnes a year. "The Red Star discovery is a primary high-grade silver/lead sulphide vein and has, after drilling only three holes, generated a maiden NI 43-101 compliant resource of 103,500 tonnes, containing half a million ounces of silver or a silver equivalent resource of 1.6 million ounces when gold, lead, copper and zinc values are included. The value of the contained metal in the NI 43-101 Red Star resource is US$260/tonne of ore at today's metal prices, or US$40.3 million a year at a production rate of 155,000 tonnes of ore a year. Capital costs are anticipated to be in the region of US$30 million. "Whilst our focus will be production from Red Star, anticipated in 2021, the Company will also be evaluating alternatives for the Empire Mine's open pit copper project in an attempt to improve on the revenue, operating and capital cost estimates. The completion of the feasibility study for this project will be accelerated in a more attractive copper price environment. "My predecessor, Dennis Thomas, has pointed out many times that the polymetallic nature of the Empire System is largely untapped and barely exploited or explored. These latest results are certainly consistent with this view. I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Dennis for his service to the Company as the former CEO and thank him in advance for his future contribution as VP Investor Relations." | |
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