Altamira Gold Corp. (TSX-V: ALTA) (FSE: T6UP) (OTCQB: EQTRF), is pleased to report assay results from a second recent exploration diamond drill hole outside the Maria Bonita mineral resource.
Highlights:
CEO Mike Bennett commented; “The latest two drill holes completed at Maria Bonita have exceeded our expectations and were both drilled outside the current resource envelope. The results from drill holes MBA036 and MBA037 suggest that the porphyry-hosted gold deposit at Maria Bonita remains open to the west and also to the north. The distance between the two step-out holes is approximately 300 metres, and possible mineralized extensions of these blocks need to be tested both to the north and to the south. The mineralization demonstrates the same consistency over wide intervals as that seen in the early phase porphyry in the core of the Maria Bonita mineral resource. Further drill holes are being planned in order to determine the continuity and extent of these new mineralized zones within the Maria Bonita porphyry system.”
CAJUEIRO DISTRICT
The Cajueiro district is located approximately 75km NW of the town of Alta Floresta in the state of Mato Grosso (Figure 1) in central western Brazil. The project is easily accessible by road, lies on open farmland and has grid power and a local water supply. Cajueiro is the most advanced of the key projects that Altamira controls in the region (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Location of Altamira Gold’s projects in the Alta Floresta Belt.
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The Cajueiro district consists of two independently estimated gold mineral resources at Cajueiro Central and Maria Bonita, plus a series of eight additional untested exploration targets within a radius of 8km of Cajueiro Central.
The Cajueiro Central area has a current open pit resource1 of 5.66Mt @ 1.02 g/t gold containing 185,000 oz in the Indicated Resource category and 12.66Mt @ 1.26 g/t gold (515,000 oz) in the Inferred Resource category (estimated using a cut-off grade of 0.25g/t Au and a gold price of US$1,500/oz).
The Maria Bonita open-pit resource consists of Indicated Resources of 24.19Mt @ 0.46g/t gold (357,800oz) and Inferred Resources of 25.64Mt @ 0.44g/t gold (362,400oz)2. These resources were calculated using a 0.2 g/t gold cut-off grade and a gold price of US$2,780/oz. These resources include near-surface saprolite Indicated Resources of 2.02Mt @ 0.59g/t gold (38,000oz) and Inferred Resources of 0.68Mt @ 0.40g/t gold (8,700oz).
The Maria Bonita porphyry gold deposit forms part of a district-scale portfolio of prospects that are interpreted as having a similar geological origin (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Cajueiro district mineral resources at Cajueiro Central and Maria Bonita (white labels) and prospects (blue labels with scout drilling, yellow labels not yet drilled). An alignment of six of the targets occur in close spatial association to a pronounced east-west fault corridor marked by later gabbroic dykes.
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Maria Bonita Drilling Update
Three diamond drill holes have now been completed to the west and north and outside of the defined mineral resource (Figure 3). Hole MBA037 is the second hole and confirms the existence of early porphyry containing zones of good quartz vein development from a relatively shallow depth of 95m downhole (78m vertical). Interestingly, the gold mineralization is hosted in both the porphyritic intrusive and in the tuffaceous wall rocks. The hole intersected 9m @ 0.7 g/t gold from 39m and 130m @ 0.5g/t gold from 97m downhole including 40m @ 0.8g/t gold from 100m down hole depth (Figures 3 and 4). The hole was collared 55m north of the northern boundary of the optimised pit developed on the mineral resource and was drilled with an azimuth of 340° and a dip of 55°. The mineralized interval is located 110m north of the edge of the current Maria Bonita mineral resource.
Mineralization occurs within a wide interval of quartz veined porphyry mineralization similar to the early-stage quartz vein and stockwork mineralization found in the core of the Maria Bonita mineral resource and that found in MBA036 (Figures 5 and 6).
Figure 3: Location and mineralized intercepts of drill holes MBA036 and MBA037 on a background of airborne magnetic data, in relation to the outline of the optimized pit developed on the mineral resource.
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Figure 4: Cross section of drill hole MBA037.
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Figure 5: Typical quartz veining within the early porphyry MBA037: 107.58m. Assay interval 1m @ 0.85g/t gold.
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Figure 6: Typical quartz veining within the early porphyry MBA037: 132.50m. Assay interval 1m @ 1.69g/t gold.
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Next Steps
The Company is actively extending the drill coverage on these new targets with step-out holes to the north to trace the extent of the newly discovered blocks of mineralized porphyry.
Qualified Person
Fernando Benegas, FAusIMM, a consultant to the Company as well as a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised and approved the preparation of the technical information in this news release.
About Altamira Gold Corp.
The Company is focused on the exploration and development of gold projects within western central Brazil, strategically advancing four projects spanning over 100,000 hectares within the prolific Juruena Gold Belt—an area that has historically yielded over 6 million ounces of placer gold3. The Company’s advanced Cajueiro project contains two gold deposits. Ongoing exploration and fieldwork at Cajueiro indicate the presence of multiple hard rock gold occurrences, traceable from historical alluvial gold production, highlighting the region’s exceptional gold endowment and potential scalability. With two independently established mineral resources, a highly prospective geological setting and a track record of significant discoveries, the Company is well-positioned to unlock further value across its extensive land package.
1NI 43-101 Technical Report, Cajueiro Project, Mineral Resource Estimate: Global Resource Engineering, Denver Colorado USA, 10thOctober 2019; Authors K. Gunesch, PE; H. Samari, QP-MMSA; T. Harvey, QP-MMSA
2NI43-101 Technical Report, Mineral Resource for the Maria Bonita Prospect: VMG Consultoria, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 12thJune 2025; Author V. Myadzel
3Juliani, C. et al; Gold in Paleoproterozoic (2.1 to 1.77 Ga) Continental Magmatic Arcs at the Tapajós and Juruena Mineral Provinces (Amazonian Craton, Brazil): A New Frontier for the Exploration of Epithermal-Porphyry and Related Deposits. Minerals 2021, 11, 714. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11070714
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
ALTAMIRA GOLD CORP.
“Michael Bennett”
Michael Bennett
President & CEO
Tel: 604.676.5661
Toll-Free:1-833-606-6271
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