samalayuca copper property, chihuahua state, mexico
TORONTO, Jan. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VVC Exploration Corporation (“VVC” or the “Company”) (TSX-V:VVC) is pleased to provide a summary of final results from the 2017/2018 diamond drilling program at Company’s Samalayuca Copper project in Northern Chihuahua state, Mexico (the “Property”). The drilling program was conducted in three phases, beginning in August 2017 and ending in November 2018. Sixty-two (62) drill holes (DDH’s) totalling 6700 meters tested a 5-kilometer long mineralized zone covering approximately two thirds of the length of the property. A total of 2,990 core samples were taken. Fifty-seven (57) of the 62 holes had sections with copper grades greater than 0.1% copper, with some sections as high as 0.95%, and estimated true mineralization widths up to 36 meters, as detailed in News Releases on Jan. 17, 2019, and Oct. 11, Aug. 17, Aug. 2 and Feb. 8, 2018, including accompanying maps and sections (Oct. 11 and Aug. 17, 2018) which are filed on SEDAR. A plan map of the drilling is shown on Map 1 (attached and filed on SEDAR) with drilling highlights summarized on Tables 1 and 2.