en.Wedoany.com Reported - Red Metal Resources Ltd. (CSE: RMES) announced preliminary results from a 3D induced polarization (IP) survey completed over the southern portion of its Carrizal copper-gold-cobalt project near Vallenar, Atacama Region, Chile, with all six survey lines returning clear chargeability anomalies.
The IP survey was completed by Geophysical Studies Chile using a biased 3D distributed array with time-domain pole-dipole IP resistivity based on the GDD MultiRx system. The southern grid consists of six lines (L0, L200, L400, L600, L800, and L1000), each approximately 2,000 meters long with 200-meter line spacing, receiver electrode spacing of 125 meters within lines, and infinite current electrodes located approximately 3.0 kilometers from the target area. Current was injected by a GDD-Tx4 transmitter (5,000 W / 2,400 V / 20 A) via transmitter electrodes placed between each pair of receiver electrodes. When injecting along the main line, adjacent lines simultaneously recorded signals on 32 channels using two dual 16-channel GDD receivers. Using multiple overlapping acquisition blocks, this configuration achieved true 3D data acquisition with line n-levels up to 20. The survey targeted the primary sulfide zone at depths between 100 and 500 meters.
Preliminary results define chargeability trends on all six continuous IP lines, traced for approximately one kilometer in the southern portion, remaining open along strike and at depth. The chargeability response coincides with two structures that have been surface-sampled and one structure that has been sampled and drill-tested. A secondary chargeability trend was identified at depth in the eastern portion of lines L800 and L1000, coinciding with a mapped and sampled vein. In the southern portion, high chargeability coinciding with historical drilling overlaps spatially with low resistivity zones. The coincidence of high chargeability and low resistivity is interpreted as a favorable indicator of disseminated to semi-massive sulfide mineralization. This trend remains open at depth on the northern side of the block. To date, drilling completed on the project has not tested the highest IP anomalies delineated in this survey.
Caitlin Jeffs, P.Geo., President and CEO of Red Metal Resources, stated that these preliminary IP results are very encouraging, and the company has obtained strong chargeability anomalies coinciding with mapped and sampled structures, enabling the identification of drill-ready targets by integrating geophysics, historical drilling, and surface geology.
Next steps: Once results from the northern portion of the survey grid are obtained, all IP results will be integrated with historical drilling, mapping, and geochemical data into a 3D model to refine and prioritize drill targets; subsequently, drilling is planned to test the highest-priority targets coinciding with IP anomalies, structural interpretation, surface mapping, and historical drilling results. The IP results disclosed in this news release are based on geophysical inversion modeling and are preliminary; geophysical anomalies themselves do not represent mineralization and require drill verification. Technical information has been reviewed and approved by Caitlin Jeffs, President and CEO of the Company, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
