CopperBank Commences Drilling at Pyramid
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2017 / Copperbank Resources Corp. ("CopperBank" or the "Company") (CSE: CBK) (OTC PINK: CPPKF) is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling at its 100% controlled Pyramid Copper project, located on the Alaska Peninsula. Two diamond core drill rigs are on site and in operation, to complete a first phase of drilling composed of a minimum of 3,000 metres. The program targets the lateral extensions of known porphyry style copper mineralized zones with the goal of increasing the historical resource. The second phase of drilling will take bigger step-outs to test areas of know mineralization and/or alteration observed at the surface. An alteration halo of approximately 12 square kilometres is reported by the USGS (I-2272, 1995) around the 2 square kilometres outlined so far by the drilling work. This program will allow a better understanding of the mineralization distribution and control and might establish the link between the main known mineralized zones.
A detailed map of the proposed drilling plan can be found on the company website http://copperbankcorp.com/alaska-projects/about-pyramid.
Gianni Kovacevic, CopperBank Executive Chairman, comments, "This is a long awaited follow-up program to the drilling performed by our predecessors in 2010, 2011, and 2012. With the Pyramid deposit open in numerous directions, our technical team has carefully crafted this drill program to address the open areas of known mineralization. Subject to results, we aim to update the historical inferred resource released in June of 2013."
About Pyramid
The Pyramid deposit is a copper-molybdenum-gold exploration project where CopperBank has an option to earn a 100% interest. The project is located on private property with the subsurface controlled by The Aleut Corporation, an Alaska Native-owned corporation. Applying a 0.4% copper cut-off, Pyramid has a historic (SRK, June 2013) NI 43-101 Resource Estimate with inferred mineral resources of 122 million tonnes at 0.41% copper, 0.02% molybdenum, and 0.10 g/t gold. A Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources. The Company is not treating the historical estimate as current mineral resources.
For more information on CopperBank Resources visit the website at www.copperbankcorp.com. Brigitte Dejou, P.Geo and Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information in this release.
On behalf of CopperBank Resources Corp.
"Gianni Kovacevic"
Executive Chairman
Address: Suite 1500, 409 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2
Tel: 604-889-0852
E-mail: gk@copperbankcorp.com
Website: www.copperbankcorp.com
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SOURCE: Copperbank Resources Corp.