Solaris Resources (TSX:SLS) has reported assay results from its ongoing drill program at its Warintza Project in Ecuador. The company is currently operating discovery drill programs and aiming for mineral resource growth at the project.

Solaris announced this morning that it has extended Warintza Central to South, Southeast, and still open, while announcing that drill results from maiden drilling at Warintza South are now expected in January 2022. 

Mr. Jorge Fierro, Vice President, Exploration, commented in a press release: “These latest results continue to expand the dimensions of Warintza Central to the south and southeast where it remains open. Our next series of holes will target extensions to the north and northeast. In January, we are looking forward to the results of the first-ever drilling at Warintza South, where we are targeting the fourth major discovery within the 7km x 5km cluster of copper porphyries on this property.”

Figure 1 – Long Section of Warintza Central Drilling Looking Southeast

Figure 2 – Plan View of Warintza Drilling Released to Date

Figure 3 – Long Section of 3D Geophysics Looking Southwest

Highlights

• Five additional holes reported in this press release have expanded the dimensions of Warintza Central to the south and southeast where it remains open, with the highest-grade intervals within each hole starting at or near surface (refer to Figures 1 & 2)

• SLS-37 was collared in the middle of the Warintza Central grid and drilled vertically into a partially open volume near surface, returning 868m of 0.58% CuEq¹ from 28m depth; further drilling from this platform will target northern and southern extensions of the zone

• SLS-38 was collared at the northeastern limit of the grid and drilled east into an open volume, returning 244m of 0.70% CuEq¹ from 58m depth, within a broader interval of 822m of 0.35% CuEq¹ that included dilution from a weakly-mineralized mafic intrusive

• SLS-39 was collared on the eastern side of the grid and drilled into a partially open volume to the southeast, returning 915m of 0.56% CuEq¹, including 368m of 0.73% CuEq¹ from 90m depth, with the last 10m of the hole grading 0.61% CuEq¹ suggesting further potential to the southeast

• SLS-40 was collared at the southeastern limit of the grid and drilled into a partially open volume to the southeast, returning 1,048m of 0.46% CuEq¹ from surface, including 382m of 0.64% CuEq¹ from 50m depth, extending mineralization to the southeast where it remains open

• SLS-41 was collared in the middle of the Warintza Central grid and drilled into an open volume to the southeast, returning 592m of 0.52% CuEq¹ from surface, including 496m of 0.58% CuEq¹, extending mineralization to the south where it remains open

• To date, 55 holes have been completed at Warintza Central with assays reported for 41 of these

• Maiden drilling results are expected in January from Warintza South, a target defined by a high conductivity anomaly measuring 2.5km x 2.0km x 0.7km and overlapping copper and molybdenum anomalies where exposed at surface

Table 1 – Assay Results

Table 2 – Collar Location

Source: Solaris Resources

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