Mogotes Metals Rock Chip and Trench Channel Assay Extend New Rincon Copper - Gold - Silver Prospect at the Filo Sur Project in the Vicuna District Argentina
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 31, 2024) - Mogotes Metals Inc. (TSXV: MOG) ("Mogotes", or the "Company") is pleased to announce further positive gold-silver-copper rock chip assay expand the Rincon prospect, at the Filo Sur project adjoining the world class Filo del Sol Cu-Au-Ag High Sulfidation Epithermal (HSE) and Porphyry (PCD) project in the Filo del Sol, Vicuna District, Argentina (Figure 1).
Reconnaissance rock chip and channel samples return assays up to 6m at Au: 1.32 Au and 94.3 g/t Ag from advanced argillic and vuggy silica high sulfidation epithermal structures
Trench channel sampling returns anomalous length weighted average assay results of 150m at 0.23 g/t Au, 1.4 g/t Ag, 620 ppm Cu and 461ppm Zn from a zone of high intensity sheeted quartz veinlet zone hosted in phyllic to propylitic altered quartz diorite stock
Combined Rincon results outline a 1.1 km long zone with indications of the upper level of a Maricunga style Au-Cu porphyry with structurally controlled, overprinting high sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag (Cu) mineralization
Mogotes geophysical anomalies underlying Rincon Au-Ag-Cu-Pb-Zn mineralization define potentially attractive drill targets for up coming Spring - Summer program planned to commence in October 2024
The Rincon soil Au-Cu-base metal anomaly remains untested for a further 1.2 km to the south of this seasons trenching suggesting potential to significantly extend the mineralized trend
CEO, Allen Sabet, stated: "These encouraging results confirm that where we explore in the Filo Sur project using good science, we are rewarded. This new zone extends a brand new exploration target area for several kilometres north-south, and we believe that further exploration will create attractive drill targets here. We are keen to get back on the ground and keep extending this south, east, and west and see what the Rincon area has to offer in our coming field season."
NEXT STEPS: Corporate: Webinar discussion on key target areas
Next steps at the Rincon target -> Spring - Summer (October 2024 to May 2025)
Extend existing trenches to open up full width of sheeted vein zone
New trenches to test Au Cu Ag Zn soil anomaly to the south of T2
Preparation for drilling in Spring - Summer (October 2024 to April 2025)
As previously reported (Mogotes News Release 8th July 2024) the Camino and Rincon are newly recognized prospects identified by Mogotes Metals in 2023, that are define by a 3.9 km long north - south trend of alteration, Cu-Au-Ag-Mo in soils and rock chips and concealed geophysical anomalies (Figures 2 and 3).
New Rincon Trend assay results (this news release, Table 1) report strongly anomalous Au-Ag-Cu (Zn-Pb) from outcrop chip and trench channel sampling, confirming that the Rincon rock chip results extend over a 1.1 kms north-south structurally controlled trend from the previously reported chip channel sampling at road cut 1, to the current most southerly trench at T2.
The Rincon Au-Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn soil anomaly extends a further 1.2 km to the south of T2, suggesting the trend of mineralization may be expanded by additional trenching when exploration at the prospects recommences in spring (October) 2024.
The new rock chip and trench continuous chip-channel assay results from Rincon include (Table 1 and Figure 4),
T1: A 6 m wide north-south trending, advanced argillic altered shear (figure 4 - D1, D2) exposed in a gully on the east side of the prospect. The shear hosts localized pyrite - enargite veining and secondary Cu-Fe sulphate staining. A section of the shear that could be accessed for sampling returned a channel sample of 1m at 0.53 g/t Au, 17.5 g/t Ag and 861 ppm Cu. A select sample of a pyrite - enargite vein within the shear (Figure 4 - D3) returned an assay of 0.97 g/t Au, 14.7 g/t Ag and 0.36 % Cu.
T2: This bulldozer trench exposed a wide zone of high intensity (estimated up to 100 veinlets / m) sheeted quartz ± sulphide veinlets with localized malachite staining and localized overprinting vuggy silica zones (Figure 4, B). This mineralization is hosted by a propylitic to phyillic altered quartz diorite stock. Continuous chip-channel sampling (individual samples of 1.3 to 6.0 m in length) across the veinlet zone returned a length weighted average intersection of 150 m at 0.23 g/t Au 1.4 g/t Ag and 620 ppm Cu, with peak channel sample of 3 m at 0.63 g/t Au, 0.7 g/t Ag and 660 ppm Cu from 48m along the trench. The veinlet zone remains open to the east under cover.
T3: An additional trench was excavated between T1 and T2 but could not be systematically sampled before the exploration season closed. However, a 6 m wide chip-channel sample was collected on the eastern edge of the T3 trench, from an advanced argillic altered structure. This sample returned an assay of 6 m at 1.32 g/t Au, 94.3 g/t Ag and 53 ppm Cu. Sampling of the full zone of sheeted veinlets and advanced argillic structures exposed in T3 will be a priority for the spring 2024 exploration program.
Additionally, rock chip assays from Road Cut 2 (Figure 3 and 4) located at an altitude of 4800 m ASL show only weakly anomalous Au-Ag-Cu but strongly anomalous epithermal path finder elements (Sb, As) including Sb up to 481 ppm. While Road Cut 1, T1, T2 and T3 with the strongly anomalous Au-Ag-Cu-Zn reported here, all outcrop approximately 100 m topographically lower at approximately 4700m ASL suggesting a vector of increasing metal grade with depth along the trend. These patterns suggest a vector to increasing grades of Au-Ag-Cu to depth, supporting further exploration of the Rincon Trend.
Initial interpretations of the mineralization styles reported and assay results from the Rincon zone, suggest current outcrop level at Roadcut 1, T1, T2 and T3, the represents the interface between structurally controlled roots of an Au-Ag (Cu) bearing advanced argillic lithocap and the upper part of a Maracunga style Au-Cu porphyry and high lighted the Rincon Trend and the underlying geophysical anomalies as attractive drill targets for the upcoming October 2024 exploration season.
Table 1: Rincon rock chip and channel Assay Statistics
Mogotes Metals Inc. is a mineral exploration company exploring for copper and gold in the prospective Vicu?a district of Argentina and Chile. Mogotes flagship project, Filo Sur, adjoins the Filo Mining project directly on strike for the large Filo del Sol Copper-gold-silver discovery, and in the same belt as the NGEx Minerals Lunahuasi and Los Helados copper-gold deposits.
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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 assays 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.
Drill holes feature varying diameters as they progress in depth. They begin with a PQ3 drill bit (up to ~300 m), then reduce to HQ3 (up to ~670 m), and finally reach NQ3 diameter (up to ~1200 m) at the deepest drill hole. The drill cores were extracted and placed in core boxes with accurate depth markings by Foraco drilling company's rigs, all under the supervision of Mogotes Metals Inc. The core boxes were carefully transported by Mogotes Metals Inc. staff to the field camp. The drill core processing at the field camp was as follows: general control, photographic record using IMAGO, recovery and RQD determinations, and geological quick log. The drill core boxes were also adequately packaged and secured for transport to San Juan core shed. Shipments from the camp to the San Juan facility were transported using trucks designated exclusively for that purpose.
At the core shed in San Juan the drill core processing was as follows: general control, check of recovery and RQD, additional geotechnical studies, determination of apparent density, sampling delimitation, drill core cutting, sampling and weighing of samples, half core photographic record using IMAGO, and detailed geological logging. All this information is managed using MX Deposit. The remaining half cores are secure stored in racks at the same core shed.
The drill cores were sampled in 2- and 1-meter intervals depending on the drill hole diameter (1 meter for PQ3 and 2 meters for HQ3 and NQ3) using a diamond or a hydraulic rock saw chosen based on visible mineralization. A unique reference number was assigned to each sample. The samples were placed in duly identified plastic bags ensuring that each interval to be sampled was correct and that the same half core was always sampled.
All samples were bagged in raffia bags and packaged for shipment by an exclusive truck to the ALS laboratory in Mendoza, Argentina. In that facility was carried out the sample preparation (PREP-31B) which includes crush to 70 % less than 2 mm, riffle split off 1kg, pulverize to 85% passing 75 microns. The prepared samples were sent to the ALS laboratory in Lima, Peru for gold and multi-element analysis. Gold (Au-ICP21) was analyzed by fire assay fusion with ICP-AES finish on a 30 g sample. Samples were also analyzed for a suit of 48 elements (ME-MS61) with four acid digestion and ICP-MS finish.
The QAQC procedure is consistent for both drill cores and rock samples, involving batches of 36 samples. Each batch includes 32 original samples and 4 quality control samples, making up approximately 11% of the total. Per batch, the four control samples were distributed according to the following criteria: (i) 2 standards chosen based on the drill core alteration y mineralization between different ore grades reference materials of high sulphidation epithermal Au-Ag-Cu ore and porphyry Cu-Au-Mo ore base. (ii) 1 blank (alternatively coarse and fine blank), which was preferably located after the mineralized zone. (iii) 1 field duplicate that corresponds to a quarter in drill cores or a rock sample taken in a similar way to the original was preferably placed in the most mineralized position within the batch.
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