ECR Minerals confident of high gold recovery rates

Gold and base metals miner ECR Minerals drilled 13 angled diamond drill holes in April and May to an aggregate depth of 1,112 metres (m) at the El Abra prospect in Argentina.

Gold and base metals miner ECR Minerals drilled 13 angled diamond drill holes in April and May to an aggregate depth of 1,112 metres (m) at the El Abra prospect in Argentina.

The best overall intersection of the programme on its wholly-owned Sierra de las Minas gold project area in La Rioja Province was the 3.9m down-hole at 11.6 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including 0.2m at 109.1 g/t gold. Of 13 holes drilled, three holes intersected very high grade gold mineralisation and four more holes intersected mineralisation grading in excess of 1.0 g/t gold.

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