Talisman Metals PLC reports the results of its recently completed stream sediment sampling program at the Company’s Fougnar licenses, which are 25km west of the Tizert copper-silver mine in Morocco.
The stream sediment work, in combination with historical field work and mapping, confirms the priority of established drill targets. Additionally, a previously unknown area of potential mineralisation has been discovered and will be added to the anticipated drill program scheduled for the summer 2026, see Figure 2. Talisman believes that the sediment rock formations at Fougnar have excellent potential to host a large sediment-hosted copper-silver deposit, similar to other such deposits in the Anti-Atlas area of central Morocco.
Tim McCutcheon, Talisman’s CEO stated, “The main work focus at the Fougnar Project to date has been on the northern section, due to outcropping mineralisation. However, significantly copper-anomalous samples were collected on the southern part of the Fougnar Project over a 1km long interval. We now have expanded the target zone to an even larger area to drill.”
Highlights
● A total of 132 stream sediment samples were collected across the Fougnar Project;
● Multiple anomalous catchments were identified, with assay results of up to:
200 ppm Cu (Copper), 6,510 ppm Ba (Barium), 502 ppm Pb (Lead), 161 ppm Zn (Zinc)
● Newly identified target corridors extend over approximately 4 km across six distinct target
areas (see Figure 2), in addition to the existing 2.5 km mineralised trend identified along strike;
● Historical trenching areas containing known mineralisation were successfully confirmed by stream sediment sampling and used as orientation areas to establish threshold values for copper geochemical anomalies;
● Several geochemical anomalies are spatially associated with mapped structural features identified in the field and interpreted from ground TEM surveys and favourable lithological units within the basal series stratigraphy (see Figure 2).
The Tizert Group of Projects is comprised of three Projects; Tizert North, Fougnar and Tizert South, made up of five Research Permits held 100% by Talisman via a Moroccan subsidiary. The exploration targets in the three Projects are Cu-Ag of the Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Copper (SHSC) deposit type, the second most important type of copper deposit globally. The Fougnar and Tizert South Projects are approximately 20-30 km from the very large Tizert Cu-Ag deposit that is being developed by the Managem Group.
