Intrepid Metals Corp. has made public assay results from the new Clanton Zone at the company’s flagship Corral Copper Property in Cochise County, Arizona.
The company has completed its 2025 drill programme at Corral, with a total of 21 drill holes across the Clanton, Ringo, Earp, and Holliday zones. Assay results for the final six drill holes are still pending.
The Clanton Zone is situated approximately 200m south of the Ringo Zone and has been traced over a distance of 180m.
This new zone consists of carbonate replacement deposit-style copper-gold-silver mineralisation, similar to Ringo, but separated by the West Star Hill Fault.
The latest drill hole, CC25_040, intersected 71.70m of 0.88% Copper Equivalent1 (“CuEq”), including 24.35m of 2.30% CuEq and 7.90m of 5.32% CuEq. The Clanton Zone also includes CC24_016, which intersected 198.00m of 0.93% CuEq, including 72.20m of 1.73% CuEq.
“The latest results from Corral continue to build on the momentum we’ve established, confirming the strength of the system and its potential to support long-term growth,” said Mark Morabito, Chairman and CEO of Intrepid Metals.
Morabito added, “The discovery of a new zone south of Ringo is particularly exciting, as it expands our exploration footprint and unlocks further opportunities to create shareholder value. Together, these advances underscore the significant upside that remains across the property.”
The emerging Clanton Zone is defined by three holes, including CC24-16, CC_24_17, and CC25_40. The Clanton Zone is separated from the Ringo Zone by the northwest-trending West Star Hill Fault and is a shallowly east-dipping open-ended lens of CRD mineralisation that is continuous for at least 180 meters, and is between 25 and 30 meters thick.
Historic drilling in the area was used to guide exploration drilling south of the West Star Hill Fault.
Intrepid is confident that by combining modern exploration techniques with historical data and maintaining a clear focus on responsible development, the Corral Copper Property can quickly advance to an advanced exploration stage project and move towards development studies, as stated in a press release issued on Thursday.
Intrepid Metals Corp. is a Canadian company focused on exploring for high-grade, essential metals, such as copper, silver, and zinc, in mineral projects located near established mining jurisdictions in southeastern Arizona, USA.
The Corral Copper Property, situated near historic mining areas, presents an advanced exploration and development opportunity in Cochise County, Arizona. Corral is located 15 miles east of the famous mining town of Tombstone and 22 miles north of the historic Bisbee mining camp, which has produced more than 8 billion pounds of copper. Production from the Bisbee mining camp, or within the district as disclosed in the next paragraph, is not necessarily indicative of the mineral potential at Corral.
