Aztec's Tombstone drill program has 2 different objectives 1st one...
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Jan 14, 2025
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Aztec's Tombstone drill program has 2 different objectives
1st one is grow the footprint of oxide Au-Ag mineralisation around the Contention open pit
Both the east & south already successfully expanded by hundreds of metres
$AZT.V
@AztecMinerals
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1st one is grow the footprint of oxide Au-Ag mineralisation around the Contention open pit
Both the east & south already successfully expanded by hundreds of metres
$AZT.V
@AztecMinerals
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Gold Ventures 🟡@TheLastDegree
@AztecMinerals 1st step-out holes immediately show strong intersections in oxides
➡️103.6m of 0.75 g/t AuEq
➡️149.4m of 0.3 g/t AuEq
From a depth of just 50m
Red arrows are added to mark the locations👇
Now I'm very intrigued what those aggressive holes (blue & green dots) will show
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➡️103.6m of 0.75 g/t AuEq
➡️149.4m of 0.3 g/t AuEq
From a depth of just 50m
Red arrows are added to mark the locations👇
Now I'm very intrigued what those aggressive holes (blue & green dots) will show
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@AztecMinerals The Contention open pit used to be a heap leach operation
For that you want oxide gold starting at or near surface, preferably over a large area
Currently results are in from the holes represented by a red dot below, all significant stepouts from known mineralisation
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For that you want oxide gold starting at or near surface, preferably over a large area
Currently results are in from the holes represented by a red dot below, all significant stepouts from known mineralisation
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@AztecMinerals Assays from these step-outs show Tombstone was far from mined out:
➡️88.2m of 1.02 g/t AuEq
➡️114.3m of 0.60 g/t
➡️146.3m of 0.39 g/t
Heap leaching doesn't look sexy, but can be wildly profitable at grades well below 0.50 g/t
At Contention's widths & grades...🤤
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➡️88.2m of 1.02 g/t AuEq
➡️114.3m of 0.60 g/t
➡️146.3m of 0.39 g/t
Heap leaching doesn't look sexy, but can be wildly profitable at grades well below 0.50 g/t
At Contention's widths & grades...🤤
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@AztecMinerals However, historical mining at Tombstone wasn't limited to the open pit
There were a couple of underground mines that targeted the higher grade material👇
These were to the West of the Contention pit, an area they've poked some holes into
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There were a couple of underground mines that targeted the higher grade material👇
These were to the West of the Contention pit, an area they've poked some holes into
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Gold Ventures 🟡@TheLastDegree
@AztecMinerals This area has a couple of historic underground mines, some of which went down to 240m deep
The Sulphuret Mine had an avg. production grade of 70oz/t (2,180 g/t) Ag
The Westside mine 67oz/t (2,085 g/t) Ag & 1.2oz/t (37.3 g/t) Au
Wild numbers
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The Sulphuret Mine had an avg. production grade of 70oz/t (2,180 g/t) Ag
The Westside mine 67oz/t (2,085 g/t) Ag & 1.2oz/t (37.3 g/t) Au
Wild numbers
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@AztecMinerals The CEO is targeting the release of the aggressive holes into the Westside Area for mid to end of January (yellow arrows)
Alongside outstanding holes from the southern area at the Contention pit (red arrows)
This could be an important few weeks for Aztec
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Alongside outstanding holes from the southern area at the Contention pit (red arrows)
This could be an important few weeks for Aztec
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@AztecMinerals A lot they're looking into for 2025
Surface exploration at the Cervantes project, preparing for step-out drilling
Additional drilling at Tombstone, size subject to what next assays show🍿
Test the deep CRD potential at Tombstone
Underappreciated potential here at Aztec
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Surface exploration at the Cervantes project, preparing for step-out drilling
Additional drilling at Tombstone, size subject to what next assays show🍿
Test the deep CRD potential at Tombstone
Underappreciated potential here at Aztec
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Gold Ventures 🟡@TheLastDegree
Aztec's Tombstone drill program has 2 different objectives
1st one is grow the footprint of oxide Au-Ag mineralisation around the Contention open pit
Both the east & south already successfully expanded by hundreds of metres
$AZT.V
@AztecMinerals
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1st one is grow the footprint of oxide Au-Ag mineralisation around the Contention open pit
Both the east & south already successfully expanded by hundreds of metres
$AZT.V
@AztecMinerals
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