London-based mineral company Aterian announced the discovery of additional copper resources on Monday at its Tata mining project in Morocco.
The company said it returned up to 1.50% copper from an 8-meter-thick carbonate sequence and up to 1% copper from an 8.5-meter-thick carbonate sequence, Aterian was quoted saying by MarketScreener.
An additional 0.94% of copper was also recovered during mining operations. Aterian Chair Charles Bray celebrated the positive yield from the Tata project.
“The field team has completed approximately 20 line kilometers of traverse mapping and rock sampling, extending the cumulative strike length of mineralized target horizons to an impressive 32 kilometers,” Bray said.
He added that rich copper veins have also been discovered.
“Additional discoveries include mineralization over apparent thicknesses of up to 8.5 meters and 6 meters in the south and north of the project, respectively.”