
ValOre Metals Corp. (TSX‐V: VO) (OTCQB: KVLQF) (Frankfurt: KEQ0) reported initial assay results from the recently completed 2023 Phase 1 core drilling at ValOre’s 100%-owned Pedra Branca Platinum Group Elements (“PGE”, “2PGE+Au”) Project in northeastern Brazil.
“Drill results from DD23TU33 indicate a broad interval of high-grade mineralization intersected in a 150-metre step out hole to the south of the existing resource at Trapia 1, underscoring the resource expansion potential. Importantly, this broad intersection contains a higher-sulphide, high-grade PGE-Ni-Cu interval that may be amenable to targeting by geophysical methods,” stated Thiago Diniz, Exploration Manager, ValOre Metals Corp. “Trapia 1 results have ramifications at other known zones across the Pedra Branca project, as they clearly demonstrate significant resource expansion potential at depth and down dip of previous drilling.”
Highlights
Trapia 1
2023 Drill Program
Table 1: Drilling Totals by Zone
Target | Total Drilled (m) |
# Holes | # Holes w/ UMs |
Total UMs (m) |
Core Samples |
Assays Received |
Assays Pending |
Galante | 790 | 11 | 11 | 190 | 384 | 384 | 0 |
Tróia | 1,029 | 9 | 6 | 72 | 188 | 188 | 0 |
Nambi | 665 | 6 | 6 | 74 | 203 | 185 | 18 |
Ipueiras | 228 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 83 | 34 | 49 |
Massapê | 380 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
Cedro | 545 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Trapiá South | 133 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
Trapiá 1 | 1,326 | 4 | 4 | 175 | 272 | 95 | 177 |
Salvador | 1,056 | 8 | 7 | 265 | 397 | 0 | 397 |
Total | 6,152 | 49 | 42 | 830 | 1,625 | 984 | 641 |
Table 2: Core Assay Highlights (g/t 2PGE+Au) reported
Target | Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) |
2PGE+Au (g/t) |
Summary Interval |
Trapiá | DD23TU33 | 235.90 | 307.70 | 71.80 | 1.59 | 71.8 m @ 1.59 g/t 2PGE+Au from 235.9 m incl. 8.15 m @ 10.54 g/t 2PGE+Au, 0.37% Ni, 0.11% Cu from 258.85 m and 0.6 m @ 46.07 g/t 2PGE+Au from 259.5 m |
258.85 | 267.00 | 8.15 | 10.54 | |||
259.50 | 260.10 | 0.60 | 46.07 | |||
Ipueiras | DD23IP04 | 0.00 | 11.85 | 11.85 | 0.55 | 11.85 m @ 0.55 g/t 2PGE+Au from surface incl. 0.9 m @ 1.58 g/t 2PGE+Au from 2.65 m |
2.65 | 3.55 | 0.90 | 1.58 |
**Reported core assay interval lengths are estimated to represent 90-100% of true width.
Figure 1: Pedra Branca project property map, highlighting locations of the 2023 drill targets and current resource zones (“Trapia” comprises four 2022 NI 43-101 resources zones: Trapia 1, Trapia 2, Trapia West and Trapia South).
Figure 2: Trapiá 1 Deposit long section (looking NE) highlighting location of drill hole DD23TU33 (and the 300 m step out drilling at DD23TU32, for which assays are pending.
Figure 3: Core photographs of the high-grade PGE zone intercepted in drill hole DD23TU33. Mineralization hosted within chromite reef and sulfide-rich peridotites.
Figure 4: Detailed core photographs of high-grade PGE-(Ni-Cu) mineralized peridotites (left) and >40 g/t 2PGE+Au chromitite reef (right) intercepted in diamond drill hole DD23TU33.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
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Qualified Person
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. 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 (CLICK HERE for news release dated March 24, 2022). ValOre’s team believes the Pedra Branca project has significant exploration discovery and resource expansion potential.
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