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Sabre Resources unearths more broad zones of near surface copper at Namibian project Friday, August 31, 2012 by Angela Kean Sabre Resources unearths more broad zones of near surface copper at Namibian project Sabre Resources (ASX: SBR) continues to intersect broad widths of near surface copper at its Guchab prospect, part of the company’s Otavi Mountain Land copper project in northern Namibia. A highlight intercept of 26.56 metres at 1.06% copper and 6.25 grams per tonne (g/t) silver from 1.42 metres, including 4.16 metres at 2.36% copper and 7.93g/t silver and 4.57 metres at 2.18% copper and 21.44g/t silver, was returned from a second diamond drill hole. The second hole intersected a broad zone of visible copper mineralisation to a depth of more than 68 metres down hole, with mineralisation starting from 1.42 metres below surface – delivering a 67.04 metre intercept averaging 0.66% copper and 6.32g/t silver. Earlier this month Sabre announced results from the first hole of its drilling program which intercepted an impressive 107.75 metres at 1.15% copper and 6.93g/t silver from 0.6 metres, including 2.35 metres at 13.24% copper and 70.84g/t silver and 23.55 metres at 2.08% copper and 10.11g/t silver. The hole was originally only meant to be drilled to a depth of 50 metres, but was extended to 111.4 metres as visible mineralisation continued to be intersected. Guchab is one of several copper prospects located on the Kombat Copper Trend, a 45 kilometre long lineament rich in copper and silver. The prospect is a priority of Sabre’s due to the high grades encountered at surface and its similarities to the nearby Kombat Copper Mine, which produced 8.7 million tonnes at 3.1% copper, 1.1% lead and 26g/t silver. Guchab has been shown to encompass three historic mining centres covering more than 4,000 metres of strike, defined by historical workings and surface geochemistry of up to 10,000 parts per million, or 1%, copper in soils. A total of five drill holes have now been completed from the first drill pad, with all holes intersecting broad zones of visible copper mineralisation. Sabre expects to begin drilling on the second pad, 500 metres to the west of Pad 1, during the first week of September, with an initial nine hole program planned from this site. Diamond drilling will be undertaken from up to four sites across the Guchab mine area to test the depth extents of the outcropping copper mineralisation. The diamond drill core is being structurally oriented, which will allow the architecture of the deposit to be determined, providing an optimal drill orientation for a future resource drilling program. The results from the remaining holes from Pad 1 are pending. |
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