By: OrePulse

Leviathan Metals Corp, a mineral exploration company, reported initial assay results on November 10 from an ongoing diamond drilling program at its wholly owned Central Project in Botswana's Kalahari Copper Belt, saying the figures likely mark the outer edge of a larger mineralized zone.

The company said assays from targeted intervals in six holes included 2.3 meters grading 0.15% copper from a depth of 228 meters in hole CEN_DD_0031, and 1.29 meters grading 0.47% copper and 11.9 grams per tonne silver from 142.9 meters in hole CEN_DD_017. Other intercepts included 1.0 meter at 0.1% copper and 5 grams per tonne silver from 162 meters in hole CEN_DD_009, and 1.06 meters at 0.2% copper and 10.91 grams per tonne silver from 116.8 meters in hole CEN_DD_016.

Leviathan said the mineralized intervals fell within a geological envelope stretching more than 4 kilometers, and that lead and zinc occurring near the copper served, in the company's assessment, as a favorable indicator of zoning around the deposit. Nearly all of the holes drilled showed visible copper sulfide mineralization — a visual indicator of copper-bearing minerals in the drill core — and almost every hole intersected the targeted contact between the D'Kar and Ngwako Pan formations, a geological boundary the company had used to guide its drill targeting. Leviathan also said a dome-shaped subsurface structure, inferred earlier from geophysical surveys conducted before drilling began, had since been confirmed by the drilling results.

Leviathan Chief Operations Officer Jeremy Crozier commented on the findings, saying: "Initial results from shallow drilling at Central appear consistent with the margins of a broader mineralizing system. Beyond these vectored targets, significant areas of Central remain very thinly tested."

The company had drilled roughly 7,000 meters across 26 holes at Central to date, meaning the six holes assayed so far represented only a portion of the completed program, with results from the remaining holes yet to be released. Leviathan attributed the slower pace of reporting to variability in the performance of certified reference materials, the quality-control standards used to check the accuracy of laboratory assays. The company said it was working to resolve the issue so that outstanding results could be released.