ValOre Metals Corp. (“ValOre”;
TSX‐V: VO; OTCQB: KVLQF;
Frankfurt: KEQ0, “the Company”) today reports assay
results for nickel-copper (“Ni-Cu”) sulfide mineralization from
four 2023 core drill holes into the Salvador Target (“Salvador”) at
ValOre’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (“PGE”,
“2PGE+Au”) Project (“Pedra Branca”) in northeastern Brazil. Further
discovery of Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization at Pedra Branca may
establish these metals as credits in future mineral resource
estimates.
Thiago Diniz, Exploration Manager, stated:
“Finding nickel-copper sulfide mineralization in all four analyzed
core holes adds significant upside potential for our Salvador
discovery and establishes this target as one of the most promising
discoveries at Pedra Branca to date. We are also very encouraged
that palladium-platinum assays from our soil and Trado® auger
programs extend the PGE mineralized trend to 1.5 kilometres in
length, although it has only been drill-tested over approximately
400 metres.”
Salvador Nickel-Copper Drilling
Highlights
Assay highlights for nickel and copper released
herein, including previously released 2PGE+Au include:
- 49.6
metres (“m”) at 1.25 g/t 2PGE+Au,
0.26% Ni and 0.13% Cu with mineralization starting
from 47.2 m, including 15.8 m at 2.22 g/t 2PGE+Au, 0.38% Ni
and 0.18% Cu from 55.2 m in drill hole DD23MES03 (Figure
3);
- 46.05
m at 1.96 g/t 2PGE+Au, 0.29% Ni
and 0.12% Cu from 77.15 m, including 10 m at 5.02 g/t
2PGE+Au, 0.50% Ni and 0.10% Cu from 88.65 m in
drill hole DD23MES04.
Table 1: Salvador Nickel and Copper
sulfide assay highlights.
Hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (m)1 |
2PGE+Au (g/t) |
Ni (%)2 |
Cu (%)2 |
DD23MES01 |
45.25 |
89.10 |
43.85 |
0.76 |
0.06 |
0.02 |
80.45 |
86.50 |
6.05 |
1.35 |
0.17 |
0.04 |
DD23MES02 |
64.00 |
142.95 |
78.95 |
0.96 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
64.50 |
106.00 |
41.50 |
1.34 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
DD23MES03 |
47.15 |
96.75 |
49.60 |
1.25 |
0.26 |
0.13 |
55.20 |
71.00 |
15.80 |
2.22 |
0.38 |
0.18 |
DD23MES04 |
77.15 |
123.20 |
46.05 |
1.96 |
0.29 |
0.12 |
88.65 |
98.65 |
10.00 |
5.02 |
0.50 |
0.10 |
DD23MES06 |
56.50 |
70.00 |
13.50 |
0.94 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
56.50 |
62.00 |
5.50 |
1.39 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
DD23MES07 |
159.85 |
170.25 |
10.40 |
0.62 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
166.35 |
167.10 |
0.75 |
3.29 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
DD23MES08 |
141.20 |
160.10 |
18.90 |
0.73 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
148.00 |
152.00 |
4.00 |
1.25 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
1Core assay interval lengths are estimated to
represent 80-100% of true width.
2Ni-Cu assay results reported today for drill
holes DD23MES01, MES02, MES03 and MES04. Determination of Ni and Cu
sulfides by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS).
n.a. = not assayed
At Salvador, magmatic nickel-copper sulfide
mineralization occurs in a sulfide-rich peridotitic horizon basal
to chromitite reefs. The sulfide mineralization is characterized by
up to 5% disseminated to locally semi-massive pyrrhotite, pyrite,
pentlandite and chalcopyrite.
The Salvador Ni-Cu assay results and
mineralization style reported herein are very similar to those
reported from the southern extension of ValOre’s Trapia 1 deposit,
located ~20 kilometres to the south-southwest (see news release
dated September 25, 2023), and provide further evidence of the
potential to discover significant magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide
mineralization throughout the Pedra Branca district.
The future use of electromagnetic (“EM”)
geophysical surveys is now under review for Salvador, Trapia 1, and
other prospective trends property-wide to aid in the discovery of
potential sulfide extensions along strike and down-dip.
Salvador Field Program
Highlights
Follow-up soil and Trado® auger assay results
confirm PGE mineralization along 1.5 kilometres (“km”) of strike,
including 1.1 km of trend outside of the drill-tested zone (see
news release dated September 21, 2023).
- Consistent PGE
grades in soils and Trado® defined along 650 m in strike length to
the north and an additional 450 m to the south of the area drilled
in 2023 (see Figure 1);
- Assay results
warrant follow-up trenching to investigate in-situ continuity of
the PGE-mineralized ultramafic rocks (“UMs”) along the undrilled
trend.
Mr. Diniz also stated: “We look forward to
continuing to grow Salvador by drilling open extensions both along
strike and at depth, to advance the target towards potential
inclusion in ValOre’s next mineral resource update.”
View the Nov
7th short video (2m53s)
here, and read news releases on the
Salvador Discovery here:
- November 7,
2023: ValOre Reports Final Assay Results from the Salvador
Discovery, Pedra Branca Project;
- October 17,
2023: ValOre Reports Near-Surface High-Grade PGE Mineralization in
Three Additional Drill Holes at Salvador Discovery, Pedra Branca
Project; 46.05 m at 1.96 g/t 2PGE+Au from 77.15 m, including 10 m
at 5.02 g/t 2PGE+Au;
- October 4, 2023:
ValOre Assays Confirm Palladium-Platinum Discovery at Salvador
Target, Pedra Branca Project: 43.85 m at 0.76 g/t 2PGE+Au starting
from 45.25 m, incl. 10.85 m at 1.19 g/t 2PGE+Au from 51.3 m;
- September 5,
2023: ValOre Drills Chromite-Bearing Sequence at New Salvador
Target and Confirms Resource Expansion Potential at Trapiá 1, Pedra
Branca PGE Project, Brazil.
Figure 1: Plan View of the Salvador
Target, highlighting diamond drill hole locations, core assay
results, and soil, rock and Trado®
mineralization along 1.5 km, including undrilled trend
which extends over 1 km in strike length.
Figure 2: Aerial 3D oblique view of the
Salvador Target, highlighting diamond drill hole locations and
2PGE+Au assay results. Ni-Cu sulfide assays reported herein for
drill holes MES01, MES02, MES03 and MES04. Salvador remains open
along strike and at depth.
Figure 3: DD23MES03 strip log showing strong correlation
of 2PGE+Au and Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization within the ultramafic
sequence.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
(“QA/QC”)
CLICK HERE for a summary of ValOre’s policies
and procedures related to QA/QC and grade interval reporting.
Qualified Person (“QP”)
The technical information in this news release
has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory
requirements set out in NI 43-101 and reviewed and approved by
Thiago Diniz, P.Geo., ValOre’s QP and Exploration Manager.
About ValOre Metals Corp.
ValOre Metals Corp.
(TSX‐V: VO) is a
Canadian company with a team aiming to deploy capital and knowledge
on projects which benefit from substantial prior investment by
previous owners, existence of high-value mineralization on a large
scale, and the possibility of adding tangible value through
exploration and innovation.
ValOre’s Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements
Project comprises 52 exploration licenses covering a total area of
56,852 hectares (140,484 acres) in northeastern Brazil. At Pedra
Branca, 7 distinct PGE+Au deposit areas host, in aggregate, a 2022
NI 43-101* inferred resource of 2.198 Moz 2PGE+Au contained in 63.6
Mt grading 1.08 g/t 2PGE+Au. ValOre’s team believes the Pedra
Branca project has significant exploration discovery and resource
expansion potential. (CLICK HERE to download 2022 technical report*
and CLICK HERE for news release dated March 24, 2022).
*The 2022 Technical Report is entitled
“Independent Technical Report –Mineral Resource Update on the Pedra
Branca PGE Project, Ceará State, Brazil” was prepared as a National
Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on behalf of ValOre Metals Corp.
with an effective date of March 08, 2022. The 2022 Technical Report
by Independent qualified persons, Fábio Valério (P.Geo.) and
Porfirio Cabaleiro (P.Eng.), of GE21, commissioned to complete the
mineral resource estimate while Chris Kaye of Mine and Quarry
Engineering Services Inc. (MQes), was commissioned to review the
metallurgical information.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Jim Paterson”
James R. Paterson, Chairman and CEO
ValOre Metals Corp.
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