The project is located immediately adjacent to the north of Aldebaran Resources’ Altar porphyry copper system in San Juan province.
By Panorama Minero
Highlights include
• Drillhole PIU-08 intersects 570m @ 0.39 % Cu, 0.24 g/t Au, 2.69 g/t Ag1 from 188 m (Incl. 298m @ 0.54% Cu, 0.39 g/t Au, 3.45 g/t Ag from 192 m)
• Extends modelled high-grade shell of the Piuquenes Central deposit further to the east.
• Significant step-out, collared 240m south west of PIU01-2024 and 80 m north of PIU03-2024.
• Establishes initial high-grade Cu-Au deposit at Piuquenes Central with clear potential to build a substantial Cu-Au resource base in a cluster of adjacent deposits. Supported by new discovery at Piuquenes East where maiden drillhole PIU06 reported 208m @ 0.31% Cu, 0.13 g/t Au, 1.24 g/t Ag from 292m2, incl.98m @ 0.49% Cu, 0.16 g/t Au, 1.26 g/t Ag from 292m
Piuquenes Central is a recently discovered, gold rich copper porphyry deposit while Piuquenes East is a new standalone porphyry breccia system which was drill tested by Pampa Metals for the first time in February and March 2025.
Other large porphyry copper projects in the San Juan Miocene porphyry belt include El Pachón (Glencore), approximately 30 km to the south, the operating Los Pelambres copper mine (60% Antofagasta plc) in Chile, and Los Azules (McEwen Mining) 50 km to the northeast.
