Southern Hemisphere Mining has logged 175m of visible copper sulphides from 84m to 256m in a diamond tail beneath an earlier reverse circulation hole at its 100 per cent-owned Llahuin copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile, offering an encouraging look below a known mineralised zone.

The new diamond tail extended a previous reverse circulation hole that returned 81m at 0.53 per cent copper equivalent from 2m, including 48m at 0.62 per cent from 30m.

The diamond core extension revealed chalcopyrite-bearing veining and disseminated copper sulphides from 84m to the end-of-hole at 256m depth.

Management says the visual logging supports its view that Llahuin may host a large vertically extensive porphyry copper system and could help define higher-grade zones within the expanding Cerro-Ferro mineralised corridor. Core samples are now being cut and sent for analysis, with results expected in the next four to six weeks.

The visual results from the diamond tail beneath 24LHRC055 are highly encouraging and represent another important step in unlocking the scale potential of the Llahuin system. The presence of extensive visible copper sulphides below the previously reported RC intercept demonstrates that mineralisation remains open at depth.

The intercept follows the company’s launch last month of a 1000-metre diamond drilling program across Ferro South, Ferro Central and Cerro, aimed at extending mineralisation at its 218Mt Llahuin resource, defined last July.

If the awaited assays match the visual sulphides, Southern Hemisphere may be edging closer to a deeper prize at Llahuin.

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