13m at 0.5% Cu, 0.8g/t Au & 2.7g/t Ag, including 6.2m at 0.9% Cu, 1.5g/t Au, 3.8g/t Ag, and 5m at 0.5% Cu, 2.7g/t Au, 4.5g/t Ag at the edge of a downhole EM conductor and a large gravity anomaly at Cañada Honda
Exploration accelerating at the Romana West target with drilling expected to commence in June
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – (June 1, 2023) – Pan Global Resources Inc. (“Pan Global” or the "Company") (TSX-V: PGZ; OTCQB: PGZFF) is pleased to announce positive assay results for two new diamond drill holes at the Cañada Honda target at the Company’s 100%-owned Escacena Project in the Iberian Pyrite Belt, southern Spain. Cañada Honda is one of more than 14 gravity anomalies in the Escacena Project, which includes the copper-tin-silver discovery at the La Romana target.
“The new drill hole assay results have significantly enhanced the potential for a new copper-gold discovery at the Cañada Honda target. The results indicate an upper gold zone and deeper zone of copper-gold mineralization at the edge of a large untested DHEM conductor anomaly. The DHEM conductor and adjacent gravity anomaly expands the size potential at Cañada Honda. These are exciting results, including the highest gold grades that we have encountered at the Escacena Project, and further highlights the prospectivity of this land package and the many other targets not yet tested,” said Tim Moody, Pan Global’s President & CEO.
“Excellent progress is also being made at the Romana West target with two teams collecting gravity data, IP surveying, geochemical sampling and mapping underway concurrently, and drilling anticipated to commence in approximately two weeks,” Mr. Moody added.
Cañada Honda is now a high-priority target due to subsequent down hole electromagnetic (DHEM) surveys in both drill holes that show a large approximately 190m x 100m untested conductor anomaly with potential for stronger sulphide mineralization to the east and down-dip. Drilling has commenced on the first of three follow-up drill holes based on this new information.
Drill results for Cañada Honda holes CHD03 and CHD04 are summarized in Table 1 and drill hole collar details are presented in Table 2 below. Drill hole locations are shown in Figure 1.
Highlights
- 1m at 3.2g/t Au and 2.3g/t Ag from 85m
- 5m at 1.1g/t Au and 1.7g/t Ag from 94m, including
- 1m at 5.1g/t Au and 1.6g/t Ag
- 1m at 0.3% Cu, 1.1g/t Au and 1.0g/t Ag from 107m
- 13m at 0.5% Cu, 0.8g/t Au and 2.7g/t Ag from 167m, including
- 6.2m at 0.9% Cu, 1.5g/t Au and 3.8g/t Ag
- 5m at 0.5% Cu, 2.7g/t Au and 4.5g/t Ag
- 0.6m at 5.3% Cu, 0.5g/t Au and 10.8g/t Ag
- 2m at 1.4g/t Au from 58m
- 8m at 1.0 g/t Au from 66m
- 14m at 0.4% Cu, 0.3g/t Au and 2.1g/t Ag from 141m, including
- 6m at 0.9% Cu, 0.6g/t Au and 4.2g/t Ag
- 3m at 1.4% Cu, 0.8g/t Au and 6.6g/t Ag
The Cañada Honda target is characterized by a large gravity anomaly (up to 1 mGal) that extends approximately two kilometers East-West. The new drill results confirm the target concept for sulphide mineralization within the prospective Volcanic Sequence (VS) concealed beneath, and potentially within the overthrust rocks of the older shales and quartzites (PQ). See Figure 3 below.
Figure 1 – Cañada Honda gravity anomaly map (gravity inversion models on Bouger gravity grid) with drill hole locations, untested DHEM conductor and cross section location A-A’ in Figure 2.
Cañada Honda
Drill holes CHD03 and CHD04 tested approximately 150m and 210m, respectively, down-dip of a historic mine tunnel where previous channel sampling by Pan Global returned 26m at 0.42g/t Au and individual assay values up to 2.9g/t Au, 27.5g/t Ag, 0.2% Cu and 0.4% Co. Hole CHD02, located 475m to the west of holes CHD03 and CHD04, intersected 11m at 0.6% Cu, 0.12g/t Au and 3.2g/t Ag (abandoned before reaching target due to hole collapse).
New processing and interpretation of the gravity data over the Cañada Honda target shows drill holes CHD03 and CHD04 are on the edge of a large gravity inversion model anomaly. Based on the encouraging initial drill results, three additional follow-up holes are planned to test gravity and IP anomalies down-dip from CHD-04 and a DHEM conductor anomaly east of CHD04.
Figure 2 – Plan view (top) and cross section showing drill holes CHD03 and CHD04 with a DHEM conductor and high density/gravity anomaly down-dip and to the east of CHD04, with potential for stronger sulphide mineralization down-dip (see Figure 3).
Figure 3 – Geology cross section showing the older PQ shales and quartzite unit thrust over the volcanics with the upper gold zone within a zone of fracturing and veining and lower copper-gold zone at the contact with the underlying volcanics.
Figure 4 – Massive sulphide (chalcopyrite and pyrite) mineralization in drill core from hole CHD04, including 0.6m at 5.3% Cu, 0.5g/t Au, 10.8g/t Ag from 171.6m (left) and 0.5m at 1.0% Cu, 1.4g/t Au, 7.0g/t Ag (right)
. Table 1 –Cañada Honda drill results summary (all intersections are >90% to 100% of true thickness)
Table 2 – Cañada Honda drill hole collar information
1Coordinates are in ERTS89 datum UTM29N
Drilling is ongoing in the Escacena Project at the La Romana and Zarcita targets. Results are pending for approximately 20 drill holes at La Romana and Zarcita with results to be reported on completion of the final few drill holes at each target. The maiden drill campaign at La Romana West is scheduled to commence in June. Negotiations are also in progress with landowners for access to the untested potential eastern extensions to the La Romana mineralization and Bravo target.
QA/QC Procedures
Core size was HQ (63mm) and all samples were ½ core. Nominal sample size was 1m core length and ranged from 0.4m to 2m. Sample intervals were defined using geological contacts with the start and end of each sample physically marked on the core. Diamond blade core cutting and sampling was supervised at all times by Company staff. Duplicate samples of ¼ core were taken approximately every 30 samples and Certified Reference materials inserted every 25 samples in each batch.
Samples were delivered to ALS laboratory in Sevilla, Spain and assayed at the ALS laboratory in Ireland. All samples were crushed and split (method CRU-31, SPL22Y), and pulverized using (method PUL-31). Gold analysis was by 50gm Fire assay with ICP finish (method Au-ICP22) and multi element analysis was undertaken using a 4-acid digest with ICP AES finish (method ME-ICP61). Over grade base metal results were assayed using a 4-acid digest ICP AES (method OG-62).
About the Escacena Project
The Escacena Project comprises a large, contiguous, 5,760-hectare land package controlled 100% by Pan Global in the east of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Escacena is located near operating mines at Las Cruces and Riotinto and is immediately adjacent to the former Aznalcóllar and Los Frailes mines where Minera Los Frailes/Grupo Mexico is in the final permitting stage with construction anticipated to start in 2023. The Escacena Project hosts the La Romana copper-tin-silver discovery and a number of other prospective targets, including Zarcita, Hornitos, La Jarosa, Romana Deep, Romana North, Romana West, Cañada Honda, Bravo, Barbacena, El Pozo, and San Pablo.
About Pan Global Resources
Pan Global Resources Inc. is actively targeting copper-rich mineral deposits, given copper’s compelling supply-demand fundamentals and outlook for strong long-term prices as a critical metal for global electrification and energy transition. The Company’s flagship Escacena Project is located in the prolific Iberian Pyrite Belt in southern Spain, where infrastructure, mining and professional expertise, and support for copper as a Strategic Raw Material by the European Commission collectively define a tier-one jurisdiction for mining investment. The Pan Global team comprises proven talent in exploration, development, and mine operations - all of which are committed to operating safely and with utmost respect for the environment and our partnered communities.
Qualified Persons
James Royall, Vice President Exploration for Pan Global Resources and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed the scientific and technical information for this news release. Mr. Royall is not independent of the Company.
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