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Dorato Reports Results at Copper-Gold Target
Dorato Resources (DRI.TSXV) announced the receipt from Minera Afrodita of drill core assay results for holes CBC-05 and CBC-06 at the Cobrecon copper-gold porphyry target, in the Condor Copper-Gold District in northern Peru. Cobrecon is the northern of two large, parallel porphyry systems; the southern system, Cobrecon Sur, is yet to be drill-tested.
Dorato is focused on the highly prospective Cordillera del Condor Gold District in northern Peru, adjacent to the border with Ecuador – one of the most important gold-bearing districts in the region since pre-Incan times. Dorato has the right to acquire 100% of Minera Afrodita. Full Dorato News Release.
Dorato is focused on the highly prospective Cordillera del Condor Gold District in northern Peru, adjacent to the border with Ecuador – one of the most important gold-bearing districts in the region since pre-Incan times. Dorato has the right to acquire 100% of Minera Afrodita. Full Dorato News Release.
cordillera del condor gold district
Keith Henderson, Dorato's President and CEO:
“I am delighted that a multi-national gold royalty company like Franco-Nevada, who have been significant Dorato shareholders since 2008, continue to show considerable belief if the project. Franco’s continued involvement represents a real vote of confidence in the prospectivity of targets like Lucero and Cobrecon, as well as the numerous other targets currently being evaluated in the belt.”
Highlights:
* Both holes CBC-05 and CBC-06 were drilled near the southeast end of the surface geochemical anomaly.
* The most southerly of the holes (CBC-06) intersected 63.5 meters grading 0.25% copper and 0.2 g/t gold, also expressed as 0.37% copper equivalent.
* Results are pending for the east-directed pair of holes, CBC-07 and CBC-08, drilled from the same platforms.
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