Adding Value Through Continued Discovery
Regulus Resources Inc. (TSX V.REG) is a well-funded Canadian exploration company lead by the former management of Antares Minerals Inc.; John E. Black, Kevin B. Heather and Mark Wayne. Regulus was created through the spin-out of the Rio Grande Cu-Au project in Argentina from Antares Minerals during the sale of Antares and the giant Haquira Cu-M-Au deposit in Peru to First Quantum Minerals (TSX.FM, UK FQM) in 2010 for approximately C$650 million. Regulus has recently acquired a new flagship project, the AntaKori Cu-Au-Ag project in northern Peru, by means of a friendly merger with Southern Legacy Minerals and is well positioned to repeat the previous success of Antares Minerals.
REG now has a strong portfolio of projects located in 5 countries. Three of these projects, including the flagship AntaKori Cu-Au-Ag project in Peru, have reportable resources as summarized in the following table.
Resource Category | Tonnes Millions | Au (g/t) |
Cu (%) |
Ag (g/t) |
Au (M ozs) |
Cu (B lbs) |
Ag (M ozs) |
Au EQ (M ozs) |
Cu EQ (B lbs) |
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AntaKori Cu-Au-Ag | |||||||||
Inferred | 294.8 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 10.2 | 3.40 | 3.1 | 93.3 | 12.81 | 5.1 |
Rio Grande Cu-Au | |||||||||
Indicated | 55.3 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 4.4 | 0.64 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 1.81 | 0.7 |
Inferred | 101.1 | 1.00 | 0.7 | 14.4 | 2.93 | 1.2 | |||
Puchuldiza Au | |||||||||
Inferred | 30.1 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
Au EQ and Cu EQ were calculated using the following metal prices: Au = $US 1200 /oz, Cu = $US 3.00 /lb, Ag = $US 20 / oz
KEY RESULTS and CATALYSTS FOR 2018
- AntaKori Project – collaborative exploration agreements in place with neighbors Minera Coimolache (Tantahuatay Mine) and Minera Colquirrumi – access to much larger area
- 18,000m drilling program in progress at AntaKori – 3 rigs currently drilling – will increase to 4 rigs soon
- 12 drill holes reported to date – some of the more significant intercepts include:
- 184 m with 1.54% Cu, 1.05 g/t Au and 11.9 g/t Ag from 250 m depth
- 524 m with 0.65% Cu, 0.47 g/t Au and 7.9 g/t Ag from 205 m depth
- 328 m with 0.42% Cu, 0.22 g/t Au and 8.6 g/t Ag from 172 m depth
- 323 m with 0.52% Cu, 0.15 g/t Au and 8.3 g/t Ag from 267 m depth
- 595 m with 0.35% Cu, 0.24 g/t Au and 5.5 g/t Ag from 241 m depth
- 388 m with 0.41% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au and 7.8 g/t Ag from 219 m depth
- 437 m with 0.45% Cu, 0.18 g/t Au and 4.9 g/t Ag from 81 m depth
- 258 m with 0.43% Cu, 0.29 g/t Au and 4.6 g/t Ag from 8 m depth and
- 145 m with 0.70% Cu, 0.42 g/t Au and 12.0 g/t Ag from 288 m depth
Mineralization is high sulphidation epithermal style with underlying Cu-Au skarn
- Drilling continues with target for completion of revised resource estimate by Q4 2018
- Re-evaluate strategy for Rio Grande and other Argentine projects in improved investment climate
- Drilling program completed at Golden Brew JV in Nevada (10,000 ft) – results encouraging