Cooper chases copper host at King Solomon

Cooper Metals Limited will increase reverse circulation drilling following the identification of a promising mineralised shear zone containing up to 4.3 per cent copper at the King Solomon Cu-Au prospect part of the Mt Isa East Copper-Gold Project in northwestern Queensland

The strike, identified in the June 2022 maiden drilling program, where mineralisation up to 17m @ 2.2% Cu from 84m, is the focus of the current drilling program is aimed at extending the copper-gold mineralisation along strike and down dip and testing new targets identified during an Induced Polarisation in early July.

*Mt Isa East Project over regional geology and main prospects*

The drilling to date continues to intersect the host shear zone outside of
the original June drill pattern.

The company said the laboratory for testing had received more than 500 samples.

“Importantly, we have been submitting priority samples to the laboratory in batches guided by copper results on the portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF).

“We look forward to receiving the assay results as soon as possible and updating the market
accordingly,” managing director Ian Warland said.

Drilling is expected to finish in early September.

About Cooper Metals

Cooper Metals Ltd (ASX: CPM) is an ASX-listed explorer with a focus on copper and gold exploration. CPM aims to build shareholder wealth through the discovery of mineral deposits. The Company has three projects in proven mineralised terrains with access to infrastructure. The Projects are detailed briefly below:

Mt Isa East Project (Qld)

Cooper Metal’s flagship Mt Isa East Cu-Au Project covers ~1300 sq. km of tenure with numerous historical Cu-Au workings and prospects already identified for immediate follow-up exploration. The Mt Isa Inlier is highly prospective for iron oxide copper gold (IOCG), iron sulphide copper gold (ISCG) and shear-hosted Cu +/- Au deposits.

Yamarna Gold Project (WA)

The Yamarna Gold Project is located along strike from Gold Roads 6.16 Moz world-class Gruyere Gold Deposit (ASX: GOR) has an extensive length of untested Dorothy Hills Shear Zone that was important in the formation of the Gruyere gold deposit located ~10 km to the southeast of Cooper’s tenements.
Gooroo Project (WA).

Gooroo Cu and or Au Project

Covers a newly identified greenstone belt ~20 km from Silver Lakes (ASX: SLR)
Deflector mine. The 26 km expanse of covered greenstone belt has had almost no exploration and was only added to government geology maps in 2020 after reinterpretation of geophysical data.