Cooper Metals (ASX:CPM) completes RC drilling program at King Solomon - Kalkine Media

Highlights

• Cooper Metals has completed the RC drilling programme at King Solomon copper gold prospect successfully.
• This year total 48 holes for 5,110m have been completed at King Solomon prospect.
• All the drill samples from the latest drilling program have been provided to the Mount Isa laboratory, and first assay results are expected this month.

Cooper Metals Limited (ASX:CPM) has added another feather to its cap thanks to the completion of  the RC drilling programme at King Solomon copper gold prospect, a part of CPM’s flag ship Mt Isa East Copper-Gold Project in northwestern Queensland.

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Overview of the RC Drilling Program

The company drilled 27 RC drill holes for about 3,463m at King Solomon Cu-Au prospect to a maximum downhole depth of 208m and an average downhole depth of 127m.

At King Solomon prospect, total 48 holes have been drilled for nearly 5,110m this year. Of which, 32 of the drill holes were completed over King Solomon one, covering a strike length of ~710m.

The copper mineralised host shear zone has been intersected, which was identified in the June 2022 maiden drilling program, where mineralisation up to 17m @ 2.2% Cu from 84m including 8m @ 4.3% Cu from 84m (22MERC016) was intersected at King Solomon one.

There was expansion in the current drilling program from the original plan of 20 holes for 2,000m to further test targets identified during an Induced Polarization (IP) survey in July 2022.

From the latest drilling program, around 1,026 one metre drill samples including quality control samples have been deposited to the Mount Isa laboratory. The first assay results are likely to be released in September.

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Future Plans

Cooper Metals is geared up to fast-track assays for interpretation at King Solomon Cu-Au prospect.  Besides, Cooper Metals is making headway in the drill approval process through the regulators for the nearby Python prospect.

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