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エクスカリバー・メタルズ社、スパイグラスリッジで初の掘削プログラムを開始

-- エクスカリバー・メタルズ(EXCL.V)は火曜日、ネバダ州ナイ郡のベルヘレン・プロジェクトにおいて、スパイグラス・リッジ金銀鉱床ターゲットで第1段階の逆循環掘削(RC掘削)プログラムを開始したと発表した。同社は、この掘削は「複数の優先度の高いゾーンのうちの最初の1つ」であり、今後大規模な鉱床発見につながる可能性があると付け加えた。 同社によると、掘削請負業者が現場に到着し、計画されている8本のRC掘削孔のうち最初の掘削が開始された。最初の3,000メートルのプログラムは、「地表サンプリング、変質マッピング、および最近実施されたCSAMT地球物理探査で確認された、明確な鉱化構造とそれに伴う変質が、堅固な金銀熱水鉱床系と整合していることを踏まえ、深部における優先度の高い金銀鉱化作用を検証する」ことを目的としている。 ジョン・ギルバートCEOは、「スパイグラスでの掘削開始は、エクスカリバーにとって大きな節目となる」と述べた。 「昨年秋に当社の適格取引が完了して以来、このプロジェクトに注力してきました。技術的な側面から掘削目標を確定するために、数ヶ月にわたる準備期間を経てきました。私たちの中には、長年このプロジェクトに取り組んできた者もおり、いよいよ次の段階へと進むことになります。スパイグラス鉱区は、ベルヘレン鉱区における複数の優先度の高い鉱区のうちの最初の鉱区であり、これらが大規模な鉱床発見につながる可能性を秘めていると確信しているため、非常に期待しています。」 同社の株価は、トロント証券取引所ベンチャー市場で直近の取引で2%安の0.24ドルで取引されている。

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