Mogotes’ expanded Albor copper-gold target: key drilling insights for mine planners
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on MINING.com
30 Second Briefing
New drilling at Mogotes Metals’ Filo Sur project in the Vicuña district has expanded the Albor copper-gold target, with hole FS_DDH_016 returning 180 metres from 108 metres depth grading 0.51% copper, 0.37 g/t gold, 2.8 g/t silver and 119 ppm molybdenum, including 9 metres at 1.32% copper and 1.34 g/t gold from 276 metres. The mineralisation remains open along the Macho Muerto Fault Zone and at depth, with 7,000 metres of drilling planned this year across the 100-sq.-km property.
Technical Brief
- Filo Sur covers 100 sq. km on the eastern flank of the Andes Cordillera.
- The project sits immediately south of Filo del Sol, BHP–Lundin Mining’s polymetallic joint venture.
- Mogotes commenced exploration at Filo Sur in 2022 and is in its inaugural drill campaign.
- Albor is the second discovery at Filo Sur, following the Cruz del Sur copper-gold-silver-molybdenum zone.
- Mineralisation at Albor remains unconstrained along the Macho Muerto Fault Zone strike and at depth.
- Geological features logged in hole FS_DDH_016 are reported as analogous to those at Filo del Sol.
- Additional assays are pending from other targets, including holes in the Luz del Sol system.
- Filo Sur is one of three Mogotes projects, alongside Copper Cliffs (Montana) and Beskauga (Kazakhstan).
Our Take
Mogotes’ Filo Sur drilling in the Vicuña district sits alongside NGEx Minerals’ recent high-grade copper-gold-silver hits at Lunahuasi in northern Argentina, signalling that juniors are still actively chasing district-scale porphyry and epithermal systems in the Andes despite volatile copper sentiment in our wider Mining coverage.
The 100 sq.-km Filo Sur property size and multi-metal signature (copper, gold, molybdenum, silver) suggest Mogotes is targeting a large porphyry-style system comparable in scale conceptually to other Andean cluster plays held by majors like BHP and Lundin Mining, which can make early-stage results strategically interesting for future farm-ins or asset rationalisation.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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