Aldebaran Announces Commencement of 2024/2025 Altar Project Field Program
November 21 2024 - 7:00AM
Aldebaran Resources Inc.
(“
Aldebaran” or the “
Company”)
(TSX-V: ALDE, OTCQX: ADBRF) is pleased to announce
that field activities are underway and drilling has commenced at
the Altar project in San Juan, Argentina. The Company has secured
five drill rigs for the 2024/2025 field program, with an option on
a sixth, and is targeting approximately 25,000 m of drilling.
Much of the information required to complete a
Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) is already
available except for results from the Phase 1 Nuton column leach
testing, which is well underway. The 2024/2025 field program will
focus primarily on collecting information required to complete a
Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) in H2-2026. The
primary goals of the 2024/2025 field program are as follows:
- Complete drilling for metallurgical
samples required for Phase 2 Nuton sulphide leaching program (see
Company news release dated November 7, 2024)
- Complete infill drilling to upgrade
resources from Inferred to Measured & Indicated where
appropriate
- Complete holes to collect
geotechnical and hydrogeological data
- Complete drilling into areas classified as waste due to lack of
drilling (undefined waste)
Where possible, the Company will attempt to
complete two or more of these goals with a single drill hole. The
start of the season will be focused on delivering the metallurgical
samples to Nuton, and thereafter will shift to the other stated
goals.
John Black, Chief Executive Officer of
Aldebaran, commented: “The last several years of work on
the Altar project have focused on expanding the footprint of the
deposit. Before the end of November, we will release an updated
mineral resource estimate that will quantify a significant increase
in the size of the Altar deposit since the last resource estimate
in 2021. Work is underway on a PEA that we anticipate completing by
the end of Q2-2025. The 2024/2025 field season will shift from
resource expansion to more feasibility-level work. We will complete
infill drilling where required, however, our focus this field
season will be collecting data and preparing for a PFS that we
anticipate will be completed towards the end of 2026. We feel that
de-risking the project through PEA and PFS will add substantial
value to an already impressive deposit.”
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical data contained in
this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Kevin B.
Heather, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc, Ph.D, FAusIMM, FGS, Chief Geological
Officer and director of Aldebaran, who serves as the qualified
person (QP) under the definitions of National Instrument
43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE ALDEBARAN BOARD
(signed) “John Black”John BlackChief Executive Officer and
DirectorTel: +1 (604) 685-6800Email:
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About Aldebaran Resources Inc.
Aldebaran is a mineral exploration company that
was spun out of Regulus Resources Inc. in 2018 and has the same
core management team. Aldebaran holds a 60% interest in the Altar
copper-gold project in San Juan Province, Argentina and is
proceeding to formalize an earn-in of an additional 20% interest.
The Altar project hosts multiple porphyry copper-gold deposits with
potential for additional discoveries. Altar forms part of a cluster
of world-class porphyry copper deposits which includes Los
Pelambres (Antofagasta Minerals), El Pachón (Glencore), and Los
Azules (McEwen Copper). In March 2021 the Company announced an
updated mineral resource estimate for Altar, prepared by
Independent Mining Consultants Inc. and based on the drilling
completed up to and including 2020 (independent technical report
prepared by Independent Mining Consultants Inc., Tucson, Arizona,
titled "Technical Report, Estimated Mineral Resources, Altar
Project, San Juan Province, Argentina", dated March 22, 2021 - see
news release dated March 22, 2021).
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including management's assessment of future-plans and operations,
may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable
securities laws and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, most of which are beyond Aldebaran's control. Often,
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that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved.
Specifically, and without limitation, all
statements included in this press release that address activities,
events or developments that Aldebaran expects or anticipates will
or may occur in the future, including the proposed
exploration and development of the Altar project described
herein, and management's assessment of future plans and operations
and statements with respect to the completion of the anticipated
exploration and development programs, may constitute
forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws and
necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, most
of which are beyond Aldebaran's control. These risks may cause
actual financial and operating results, performance, levels of
activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed
in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Although
Aldebaran believes that the expectations represented in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The
forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made
as of the date hereof and Aldebaran does not undertake any
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements or information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable
securities law.
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