Vital Battery Metals Announces Assay Results on its Sting Copper Project including 9.3% Cu, 15.8 g/t Ag and 6.7% Zn
- Grab sample with chalcopyrite bearing basalt returning 9.3% Cu in newly discovered zone east of Jumbo showing (Figs. 1-2)
- A grab sample south of the Friar Tuck (3.7 g/t Au over 0.9 m, Assessment File 012G/08/0078) showing within a 50+ cm wide outcrop of massive sulphide along Gregory River, the full extent of which is obscured by overburden, returned 6.7% Zn (Fig. 1)
- Additional grab and channel samples taken from quartz-carbonate veining bearing outcrops downslope from the Red Lode showing have confirmed the presence significant gold values including 15.8 g/t Au from a grab sample and 6.0 g/t Au over 0.34m in a channel sample (Figs. 1-2)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vital Battery Metals Inc. (“Vital” or the “Company”) (CSE: VBAM | OTC: VBAMF | FRA: C0O), is pleased to announce results from its 2024 summer prospecting and soil sampling program at the Company’s Sting Copper Project (“Project” or “Sting”), located in western Newfoundland, Canada. The collection of 38 outcrop samples, 583 soil samples, and 11.64 meters of channel samples from 8 individual channels on the Jumbo-Red Lode and North Sting claim blocks resulted in the discovery of new prospective areas for VMS-style mineralization and confirmed the presence of multiple exciting drill targets in the Jumbo-Red Lode claim block.
Assay Result Highlights:
- Soil sampling east of the Jumbo showing (9.0% Cu across 9.1m) (Assessment File 012G/08/0002) covering prospective ground with no previous soil sampling has revealed an extensive east-west oriented 300+ meter long Cu-Zn-As anomaly (Fig. 1), further extending the extent of the soil sample anomalies previously recognized on this claim block
A new zone located 200 meters to the east of the Jumbo showing, which no grab samples have previously been taken from, was found to contain rusty chalcopyrite bearing basalt outcrop exposure with a grab sample returning 9.3% Cu (Figs. 1-2). Taken together with the anomalous soil sampling results and the sizable chargeability anomalies recognized by Vital’s recently completed IP survey (see company news release, September 4, 2024), the area east of the Jumbo showing is highly prospective to contains VMS-style mineralization.
- Additional grab and channel samples taken from quartz-carbonate veining bearing outcrops downslope from the Red Lode showing have confirmed the presence significant gold values including 15.8 g/t Au from a grab sample and 6.0 g/t Au over 0.34 m in a channel sample (Figs. 1-2). Structural measurements and vein orientations suggest northeast-southwest vein orientations with a southeasterly dip, possibly following regional structures such as the immediately adjacent Gregory River fault.
- A grab sample south of the Friar Tuck (3.7 g/t Au over 0.9 m, Assessment File 012G/08/0078) showing within a 50+ cm wide outcrop of massive sulphide along Gregory River, the full extent of which is obscured by overburden, returned 6.7% Zn (Fig. 1). This outcrop alongside with the IP chargeability anomalies upslope to the west from this outcrop (see company news release, September 4, 2024) demonstrate that this area, still to be drill tested, represents an area of significant future potential for Vital.
Adrian Lamoureux, Vital’s Chief Executive Officer and President, commented,
The continued addition of new prospective zones and outcrops with Cu-Zn-Au mineralization combined with previous results in the area show the outstanding opportunities available for discoveries to be made in this belt and we look forward to continuing to develop this property to its full potential.
Vital recently completed its inaugural drill program at the Sting Copper Project (see company news release, November 4, 2024) for a total of 912 meters drilled in 5 drill holes. Vital is eagerly anticipating the assay results from this program and will update the market with these results as they become available.
Sample Collection and Analysis Procedures
Grab and soil samples were collected, described, photographed, and placed in labelled bags. Standards appropriate to the sample type and quartz blanks were added at regular intervals to the sample stream. Channels were cut using a portable saw and key information regarding each channel (azimuth, width, depth, sample lengths, locations) were carefully recorded. Each channel sample was processed in an identical manner to grab samples with description and photographs being collected for each. All samples were delivered to the SGS Canada Inc. facility in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland for initial preparatory work.
Grab and channel samples were prepared under code PRP89 and soil samples were prepared under code PRP104. Prepared material was then shipped to Burnaby, British Columbia where it was analyzed under codes GE_ICM90A50 (55 elements, sodium peroxide fusion, ICP-AES/ICP-MS finish) and GE_FAA30V5 (Au fire assay, AAS finish) for grab and channel samples and under code GE_ARM3V25 (49 element package, aqua regia digest, ICP-MS finish) for soil samples. Overlimit results for Au were analyzed using fire assay with a gravimetric finish (GO_FAG30V) while overlimit analyses for Cu and Zn were analyzed using sodium peroxide fusion with an ICP-AES finish (GO_ICP90Q100).
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