{"id":"san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","canonicalSlug":"san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","language":"en","title":"San Lorenzo Gold Intersects Significant Copper-Gold Porphyry Mineralization at Salvadora Property in Chile","summary":"San Lorenzo Gold Corp. announced diamond drilling assay results from the Caballo Blanco zone on its Salvadora copper-gold property in the coastal cordillera of Chile, confirming wide copper-gold porphyry stockwork.","body":["San Lorenzo Gold Corp. reported diamond drilling assay results from the ongoing phase two exploration campaign at its 100 percent owned Salvadora copper-gold property, located approximately 15 kilometers northeast of the historic El Salvador copper mining complex in the Atacama region of northern Chile. Drill hole SAL-26-08, drilled at the Caballo Blanco zone, intersected 148.0 meters grading 0.54 percent copper and 0.28 grams per tonne gold from a downhole depth of 82 meters, including a higher-grade interval of 44.0 meters grading 0.82 percent copper and 0.44 grams per tonne gold.","Mineralization is hosted within a multi-phase dacite-porphyry intrusive complex cross-cutting Cretaceous andesitic volcanic host rocks. Extensive quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite stockwork veinlets and potassic alteration assemblages dominate the core, indicative of proximity to the core potassic zone of a major Andean porphyry system. Induced polarization and ground magnetic surveys show that the Caballo Blanco chargeability anomaly extends continuously for more than two kilometers along a northeast structural corridor.","The Salvadora property encompasses 8,760 hectares situated at moderate elevations between 1,200 and 1,800 meters above sea level, providing year-round operating conditions and access to high-voltage power transmission lines, paved highways, and maritime port facilities at Chanaral. The technical team is utilizing two diamond drill rigs testing down-dip continuations of the high-grade potassic core below 400 meters vertical depth while simultaneously testing satellite IP chargeability targets at the Arco Iris prospect.","Management stated that intersecting continuous porphyry copper-gold mineralization with attractive grades in a world-class mining jurisdiction reinforces the district-scale discovery potential of the Salvadora property. Chile remains the premier copper producing nation globally, and assets benefiting from low elevation, established road infrastructure, and port proximity command substantial economic advantages over high-altitude Andean deposits. San Lorenzo confirmed that further assay results from ongoing holes SAL-26-09 and SAL-26-10 will be reported as laboratory testing concludes."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"San Lorenzo Gold Intersects Significant Copper-Gold Porphyry Mineralization at Salvadora Property in Chile\n\nSan Lorenzo Gold Corp. announced diamond drilling assay results from the Caballo Blanco zone on its Salvadora copper-gold property in the coastal cordillera of Chile, confirming wide copper-gold porphyry stockwork.\n\nSan Lorenzo Gold Corp. reported diamond drilling assay results from the ongoing phase two exploration campaign at its 100 percent owned Salvadora copper-gold property, located approximately 15 kilometers northeast of the historic El Salvador copper mining complex in the Atacama region of northern Chile. Drill hole SAL-26-08, drilled at the Caballo Blanco zone, intersected 148.0 meters grading 0.54 percent copper and 0.28 grams per tonne gold from a downhole depth of 82 meters, including a higher-grade interval of 44.0 meters grading 0.82 percent copper and 0.44 grams per tonne gold.\n\nMineralization is hosted within a multi-phase dacite-porphyry intrusive complex cross-cutting Cretaceous andesitic volcanic host rocks. Extensive quartz-magnetite-chalcopyrite stockwork veinlets and potassic alteration assemblages dominate the core, indicative of proximity to the core potassic zone of a major Andean porphyry system. Induced polarization and ground magnetic surveys show that the Caballo Blanco chargeability anomaly extends continuously for more than two kilometers along a northeast structural corridor.\n\nThe Salvadora property encompasses 8,760 hectares situated at moderate elevations between 1,200 and 1,800 meters above sea level, providing year-round operating conditions and access to high-voltage power transmission lines, paved highways, and maritime port facilities at Chanaral. The technical team is utilizing two diamond drill rigs testing down-dip continuations of the high-grade potassic core below 400 meters vertical depth while simultaneously testing satellite IP chargeability targets at the Arco Iris prospect.\n\nManagement stated that intersecting continuous porphyry copper-gold mineralization with attractive grades in a world-class mining jurisdiction reinforces the district-scale discovery potential of the Salvadora property. Chile remains the premier copper producing nation globally, and assets benefiting from low elevation, established road infrastructure, and port proximity command substantial economic advantages over high-altitude Andean deposits. San Lorenzo confirmed that further assay results from ongoing holes SAL-26-09 and SAL-26-10 will be reported as laboratory testing concludes.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["mining","metals","finance"],"eventDate":"2026-11-02","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T16:09:07Z","modifiedAt":"2026-11-02T16:09:07Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-11-02T16:07:43Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-31","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://sanlorenzogold.com/news/san-lorenzo-gold-intersects-significant-copper-gold-mineralization-at-salvadora-property-in-chile","name":"San Lorenzo Gold Corp.","checkedAt":"2026-11-02","publishedAt":"2026-10-31"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/san-lorenzo-gold-salvadora-copper-gold-drilling-nov2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update","resource-register"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"CL","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}