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Portable x-ray fluorescence analysis has shown copper results up to 17.37 per cent at Antilles Gold’s El Pilar project in Cuba. Credit: File Antilles Gold says it has confirmed high-grade copper results using portable x-ray fluorescence analysis on the latest diamond drillhole sunk into the company’s El Pilar copper-gold porphyry deposit in Cuba. Data from the results shows a 29m hit grading 2.05 per cent copper from 151m including 11m going 4.7 per cent, with a 1m section at

Antilles Gold is conducting diamond drilling at its El Pilar oxide deposit in Cuba. Credit: File Antilles Gold has recorded positive new gold and copper hits from diamond drilling at its El Pilar oxide deposit in central Cuba, in addition to a whopping 49.3 grams per tonne gold at its nearby Gaspar prospect. The company recently completed five diamond holes at El Pilar and three at the adjacent Gaspar deposit, with management saying the results reinforce the development of it

Antilles Gold has seen more copper in El Pilar core. Credit: File. Intense visual copper mineralisation in diamond core at Antilles Gold’s El Pilar project in Cuba has been backed-up by portable x-ray fluorescence analysis (pXRF) of samples, with a resource estimate looming. The latest diamond drillhole produced pXRF hits from the top of the copper oxide zone to the end-of-hole, with copper results as high as 2m at 3.08 per cent from 56m, 3m at 1.73 per cent from 150m, 6m at

Antilles Gold is closing in on a resource estimate in Cuba. Credit: File Solid new copper and gold intersections at Antilles Gold’s El Pilar project in Cuba will form part of a looming maiden mineral resource estimate as the company forges towards its proposed Nueva Sabana mine. Management today revealed headline results of 3m at an eye-catching 37.54 grams per tonne gold from 20m and 25m at 3.35 per cent copper from 53m, including 9m at 7.86 per cent. It says the “outstandin

Exploration Director, Dr Christian Grainger examining drill core at El Pilar Credit: File Australian explorer Antilles Gold’s El Pilar deposit in Cuba has returned some bonanza gold grades, with one interval returning an eye-watering 2m at 84.82 g/t gold. The latest drill campaign points to two distinctive zones – one for gold and one for copper, with both showing promising stand-alone grades. Four diamond cores taken from its El Pilar oxide deposit in central Cuba have inter

Antilles Gold’s massive sulphide and quartz veinlets and disseminated fine pyrite. Credit: File Australian explorer Antilles Gold says three diamond cores taken from its Gaspar copper-gold prospect at its El Pilar project in central Cuba show porphyry and breccia-style copper mineralisation up to 190m thick. The company says core from its easternmost hole at Gaspar shows a 190m pyritic porphyry halo with mineralisation in veining and minor brecciation. It says it is particula

Antilles Gold has improved gold grades at El Pilar. Credit: File Australian explorer Antilles Gold says metallurgical testwork on ore from its El Pilar deposit in Cuba produced a 54.8 grams per tonne gold concentrate from a head grade of 2.2g/t, with 84 per cent recovery. The company has started discussions with a major commodity trader to procure about $31.2 million for its proposed low cap-ex Nueva Sabana open-cut mine at the deposit, through advances on gold concentrate pu

Antilles Gold is ramping up its hunt for Cuban copper. Credit: File Antilles Gold has confirmed the presence of what it says is an extensive porphyry copper system at depth at its El Pilar deposit in Cuba after plunging three new diamond drillholes into the promising project. The company says “strong copper results” were returned within both the oxide and underlying sulphide zone, reaffirming the near-term development potential of its El Pilar play. It says chalcopyrite and c

Antilles Gold exploration director Dr Christian Grainger examining El Pilar drill core. Credit: File Antilles Gold believes new copper intervals have confirmed the near-term development potential of its El Pilar oxide copper-gold deposit in Cuba and says production could start as early as 2025. The company has completed 3000m of diamond drilling from a 7000m program and results reveal copper intersections of 13m at 2.12 per cent copper from 80m and 5m grading 1.46 per cent co

Antilles Gold diamond drilling at its El Pilar project. Credit: File Antilles Gold has struck even more mineral paydirt at its El Pilar deposit in Cuba, with assays as high as 12m at 4.8 grams per tonne gold from surface and 24m at 2g/t gold from 5m, in addition to a lengthy copper hit of 98m at 0.73 per cent from 29m and 7m at 1.82 per cent copper from 55m. The company’s recent assays are from two holes that were drilled to 211.5m and 425.5m and showed respective copper hits

Antilles Gold diamond core that returned 4.52 per cent copper from its El Pilar project in Cuba. Credit: File Antilles Gold has revealed deep assays from the first of six diamond holes at its El Pilar copper-gold discovery in central Cuba, suggesting multiple zones of mineralisation and supporting the company’s model of a deep copper-porphyry system beneath shallower copper-gold mineralisation. The latest batch of assays include 25m at 0.95 per cent copper from 167m, includin

Antilles Gold has encountered more high–grade gold and copper after drilling at its El Pilar deposit. Credit: File Australian explorer Antilles Gold has boosted its open-pit mining plans with more high–grade gold and copper hits in central Cuba as it closes in on a maiden mineral resource estimate for its growing El Pilar discovery. The company’s most recent assays from a 7000m drilling campaign went as high as 11m at 28.3 grams per tonne gold from 30m, including a 2m-thick s

Antilles’ diamond core its gold–silver mine at Demajagua in Cuba. Credit: File. Antilles Gold has further swelled its mineral resource estimate at the La Demajagua gold–silver mine on the Island of Youth in Cuba, adding an impressive 30 per cent to the resource size. The latest resource update has banked another 147,000 ounces of gold and an additional 1.535m ounces of silver. After converting the silver and some antimony credits to a gold equivalent number, Antilles says it

Antilles Gold has recorded impressive results from drilling at its El Pilar project in Cuba. Credit: File Antilles Gold has returned solid gold and copper results from ongoing drilling at its El Pilar oxide deposit in central Cuba, as the company aims to define a mineral resource for its proposed Nueva Sabana mine. Its latest assay highlights show a 9m hit going 17.28 grams per tonne gold from 63m, including a 2m intercept at a whopping 74.01g/t gold from 70m. Additional gold

Antilles Gold has hit the mineralisation with its first two diamond drill holes at its El Pilar porphyry intrusive in Cuba. Credit: File Antilles Gold has struck mineralisation in the first two diamond drill holes sunk into its El Pilar copper-gold porphyry intrusive in central Cuba and believes the two intersections are “highly encouraging”. The porphyry intrusive is one of three clusters recently identified from geophysical and induced polarisation (IP) surveys undertaken a

Core from Antilles Gold’s El Pilar project. Credit: File Antilles Gold is crunching the numbers on its mining potential after hitting gold at its El Pilar deposit in central Cuba. The headline results include 16m going 6.3 grams per tonne gold from 2m, containing 4m at 11.75g/t, 7m running 5.27g/t from 1m, including 3m grading 10.87g/t and 6m giving up 2.07g/t gold from 5m, containing 1m at 7.41g/t. Management says it is 2200m into a 7000m drilling program aimed at establishi

Antilles Gold returned impressive results from preliminary drilling at its El Pilar copper-gold porphyry project. Credit: File Antilles Gold believes it could have one hand on a tier-one copper-gold project at its El Pilar exploration concession in Cuba, with a 3D model based on ground magnetics and surveys showing three big porphyry deposits. The company says if upcoming drilling replicates the results of a single hole drilled into the El Pilar deposit last year – that retur

Antilles Gold’s promising El Pilar copper-gold project is on flat, undeveloped land in central Cuba. Credit: File Antilles Gold has finalised 3D modelling and interpretation of its ground magnetic and induced polarisation (IP) surveys completed across a 700-hectare area at its El Pilar project in central Cuba. It has enabled the company to etch out a cluster of highly-prospective copper-gold mineralised porphyries along a 1350m strike length, spearheaded by big intrusive bodi

Antilles Gold has launched a 7000m drilling program to a depth of 100m at its El Pilar gold-copper oxide deposit in central Cuba. Management says results from the campaign will go into a maiden mineral resource at the deposit, which is expected to be development-ready by the fourth quarter of this year. The El Pilar oxide concession is currently being transferred into Antilles’ joint venture with the Cuban Government’s mining company. GeoMinera SA. Depending on the results of