The Canadian junior mining company reported new advances at Pyros and Zorro, two of the projects it is developing within a regional land package exceeding 160,000 hectares in San Juan Province.
By Panorama Minero
Luis Arteaga, Vice President of Exploration at Sable Resources, provided an update on the geological evolution of the Pyros system and the regional expansion of the Zorro project, both located within San Juan’s metallogenic belt, which also hosts projects such as Los Azules and the Vicuña District.
Rather than simply reporting isolated drilling results, the company presented a district-scale exploration strategy based on structural reinterpretation, regional target generation, and the search for open systems hosting multiple styles of mineralization.
Pyros and the Reinterpretation of the Porphyry System
Pyros has been defined by the company as a Miocene copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry system that continues to expand its mineralized footprint in San Juan.
Arteaga described Pyros as “a progressive discovery,” explaining that each drilling campaign has partially modified the initial geological interpretation of the system.
“In every drilling campaign we have carried out, we have found new things,” the Canadian junior executive stated.
According to the latest work presented by the company, Pyros has already outlined a mineralized footprint approximately 720 meters by 580 meters in size, following campaigns that included 11 drill holes totaling more than 3,400 meters across the Cu-Au-Mo system.
The company explained that some recent drill holes began to show a correlation with structural magnetic anomalies (“Mag Tilt features”), leading to a reinterpretation of the system’s mineralized geometry.
According to Sable, recent work identified mineralized corridors linked to a possible ring geometry, where some of the most consistent mineralization is not necessarily concentrated in the classic porphyry core but also along the structural margins of the system.
This reinterpretation prompted the company to direct new drilling toward both margins of the anomaly, seeking continuity of copper and molybdenum mineralization within areas that remain open.
Recent drilling also intersected higher-grade magmatic-hydrothermal breccia zones, including intervals of 20 meters grading 1.64% CuEq (Copper Equivalent) and sections of 8 meters grading 3.06% CuEq within the mineralized flanks of the system.
Technical information presented by Sable further indicates that Pyros remains open in multiple directions, particularly to the south and within areas where copper and molybdenum geochemical anomalies have not yet been drilled.
Zorro and the Regional Expansion of Targets
Arteaga also reviewed progress at Zorro, a project strategically located near Chita Valley and the Don Julio project, both situated within the same regional corridor in San Juan.
According to Sable, Zorro emerged from internal target-generation work integrating geology, geophysical anomalies, and surface mineralized occurrences.
The company highlighted that the area hosts multiple Cu-Au-Ag targets associated with magnetic and geochemical anomalies, as well as sectors that had never previously been explored or drilled.
Technical documentation presented by Sable also shows the presence of at least five mineralized corridors trending northwest, with apparent widths ranging from 10 to 50 meters, within a regional system covering 5,236 hectares and associated with a magnetic anomaly measuring approximately 7 kilometers by 4 kilometers.
Within these corridors, Sable identified surface values of up to 3.2% copper, along with silver and gold anomalies distributed across different parts of the system.
The company also indicated that part of the exploration potential remains concealed beneath shallow Quaternary cover, creating opportunities for expansion into areas that are not yet exposed at surface.
District-Scale Exploration and New Copper Corridors
Beyond Pyros and Zorro, the presentation delivered another important message regarding the exploration approach that is increasingly shaping activity in San Juan: the transition from isolated targets toward fully integrated district-scale exploration models.
