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Midas Minerals Says Drilling at Namibia Prospect Intercepts Copper-Silver Mineralization, Shares Fall 6%
Midas Minerals (ASX:MM1) said drilling at the Spaatzu prospect within the Otavi copper project in Namibia intercepted significant copper and silver mineralization, according to a Monday Australian bourse filing.Portable X-ray fluorescence readings from a drill hole included a 32-meter interval with readings averaging 1.8% grade of copper and 11 grams-per-tonne grade of silver from 152 meters, within a 52-meter mineralized interval. It also hit an intercept of 13 meters at 1.77% grade of copper and a 39.5 g/t grade of silver from 72 meters.Further drilling is required to delineate the full extent of mineralization and understand structural and lithological controls, it said.Its shares fell 6% in recent trading on Monday.
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