Ero Copper reports new copper zone below Vermelhos mine in Brazil
Underground miners at the the Vale do Curaça (MCSA) copper complex in northeastern Bahia State in Brazil. Credit: Ero Copper.
Ero Copper (TSX: ERO) says it has identified a new zone of mineralization at its Vermelhos project, an underground mine under development in Brazil and part of the company’s MCSA mining complex, which includes the Pilar underground mine and the Surubim open pit mine, in the country’s northeastern state of Bahia.
The new discovery, named the Novo zone, was found about 200 metres below the existing infrastructure of the Vermelhos mine. Drillhole FVS-922 intersected 13.8 metres grading 2.62% copper from 554 metres, including 4 metres of 5.52%, and drillhole FVS-872 returned 4.2 metres grading 5.72% copper starting from 205 metres downhole, including 2 metres of 9.60% copper.