Patriot Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce positive assays from the recent channel sampling program on Target B1 within Kitumba 27715 project, Zambia.
A detailed channel sampling program was recently completed across two historical trenches (OTR01 and OTR02) complemented by grab sampling from two artisanal pits (Pit 1 and Pit 2) located between the trenches. This work followed up on the initial mapping and pXRF program conducted at the start of the year, which first identified copper mineralisation within the pits1.
Results from trench OTR02 averaged 0.19% Cu over 7m (0m-7m), while rock grab samples from the two pits returned an average grade of 0.34% Cu over a 10m wide carbonaceous quartzite horizon. Surface sampling has now defined a 40m NE-SW copper-bearing strike, with strong potential for both lateral and along strike extensions based on field mapping observations. To advance the target, the Company is now planning a detailed follow up trenching program and I.P. survey over the target to identify subsurface sulphide zones.
Project background
The Kitumba 27715 Project is located 13km North-West of Mumbwa town, and approximately 150km North-West of Lusaka, Zambia. The large-scale exploration licence (tenement number 27715-HQ-LEL), covers ~25,511 hectares (255km²). Target B1 lies ~15km South-East of the Sinomine Kitumba deposit. The licence is prospectively located within the Kitumba Iron Oxide Copper Gold formation (“IOCG”) corridor, where the Hook Granitoid Suite intrudes a sequence of carbonates and calc-arenites interlayered with shales and siltstones of the Katanga Supergroup.
Work done
The two historical trenches were cleaned using picks and shovels prior to geological mapping and sampling. Each trench measured on average ~59m long, 1m wide, 1m deep and running West-East, oblique to the main structure. The host rock sequences comprises of sandstone with intercalations of shale and quartzite. The quartzite is limonitic, carbonaceous, brecciated and shows visible chalcopyrite and malachite staining. The quartzite trends NE-SW and is steeply dipping.
A total of 144 rock-chip samples, including QAQC samples, were collected during the program and samples were sent to a certified lab for copper analysis. Assay results confirmed positive copper mineralisation from both trench OTR02 and the artisanal pits.
