Torr Metals Inc., has officially published final assay results from a sampling drive which saw the company take a total of 33 rock grab samples during 2024 reconnaissance programs. According to certain reports, the stated results reveal greater high-grade rock grab assays within the Kirby, Rea, and Clapperton exploration target zones, as well as a new copper-gold discovery in the northern portion of the Kolos Copper-Gold Project (now termed the Sonic Zone). Talk about the whole development on a slightly deeper level, we begin form new Sonic Zone discovery, where initial rock grab samples from the area would introduce anomalous copper (Cu) and gold (Au) values in outcrop. These values were markedly reported inside a 1,000 by 2,000 meter footprint of strong magmatic-hydrothermal alteration, which happens to align with the margins of a high magnetic geophysical signature, identified as a potential source monzodiorite intrusion. Furthermore, as there is no previous exploration recorded in the given area, the discovery reinforces Torr’s exploration model and suggests the potential for another large-scale cluster of anomalies, comparable in scale to the already established Kirby, Lodi, Ace, and Rea targets to the south. Next up, we must analyze a lowdown attached to the expansion of exploration targets. You see, potential for expanding the Clapperton Zone is now, by and large, aided by the discovery of large angular boulders, which are interpreted as being close to their original source. To give you some context, these boulders returned anomalous copper values up to 816 parts per million (ppm) more than 1,000 meters east of the 2023 soil sampling grid boundaries in an area, which also has multiple high-resistivity geophysical anomalies that are identical to the ones with host intrusion at the main Clapperton showing.
Moving on, Torr’s sampling drive has also deemed multiple areas, from the surveyed region, to boast strong mineralization content. This refle4cts how the 2024 rock grab reconnaissance sampling programs have identified new sample locations and notable increases in copper (Cu) grades across multiple zones within the Project area. In essence, out of 33 rock grab samples collected, 9 returned values exceeding 500 parts per million (ppm) Cu. Here, you basically have an outcrop sample of malachite stained magnetic diorite from the Kirby Zone, which yielded 0.38% Cu, and 0.22 grams per tonne (g/t) Au within a ZTEM geophysical anomaly that extends over 1,000 meters in depth.
“The latest results from our 2024 reconnaissance sampling programs not only reaffirm the high-grade potential of the Kolos Project but also highlight significant untapped exploration opportunities across multiple zones. The discovery of the Sonic Zone is particularly promising, as it opens up a new area of mineralization that bears geological similarities to the high-grade New Afton copper-gold porphyry deposit, located just 27 km to the north. These findings underscore the vast potential for untouched new discoveries within the project area,” said Malcolm Dorsey, President and CEO of Torr Metals.
Among other things, we ought to mention that key surface indicators within the Sonic Zone suggest significant potential for a silica-saturated porphyry system, a system which enjoys similar geological characteristics to the nearby high-grade New Afton copper-gold deposit. In case you weren’t aware, this New Afton is characterized by monzonite to monzodiorite intrusions and alteration patterns that include potassic alteration (dominated by biotite, with K-feldspar and magnetite) and propylitic alteration (chlorite, epidote, and calcite).
“As we advance into the 2024 field season we anticipate delivering substantial value to our shareholders through continued exploration of these exciting new targets as well as development of our already established zones,” said Dorsey.
