The project covers about 11,300 hectares and more than 15km of continuous strike length of the prospective Dominador Fault Zone in the Palaeocene-Eocene volcanic belt.
The company said the principal targets are low-sulphidation, precious metals quartz veins of a type similar to those found at Yamana’s El Penon mine located along trend some 40km to the north-northeast.
The initial program at Pampa Sur will include up to 3,000m of reverse circulation drilling that will target a series of geochemical anomalies in soils, colluvium and epithermal vein quartz float, together with geophysical anomalies that are believed to represent silicified structures and/or alteration zones related to possible precious metals veins at depth.
The company will drill a series of scissor hole pairs placed along the geochemical and geophysical survey lines, targeted at several priority anomalies.
Most of the targeted anomalies occur in areas of thin to moderate thicknesses of soil or colluvial cover that obscure the underlying bedrock.
