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Castillo crows about major copper strike

JUNIOR explorer Castillo Copper says drilling at its Big One target in Queensland’s Mt Oxide project has delivered thick, high-grade intercepts that are “game-changing” for the deposit, which was last mined in 1997.

Drilling at Castillo's Big One deposit, in Queensland's Mt Isa copper district

Drilling at Castillo's Big One deposit, in Queensland's Mt Isa copper district

The company believed the existing workings at the Big One were a window into a larger iron-oxide copper gold system, and successfully drilled 20 holes late last year, targeting known high-grade mineralisation...

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