Additionally, the Company reports that it has staked an additional five unpatented BLM lode mining claims (covering approximately 76 acres) to the north and northeast of the MAN deposit. These claims are adjacent to, as well as to the east of the patented Hope claims purchased in September of 2006 covering the Courtland area.
Lastly, the Company has applied for three Arizona State Exploration Permits covering an estimated 1,360 acres. The State Exploration Permits are located to the south and southeast of the MAN deposit, and cover projected extensions along strike of high-grade, copper-zinc-silver-gold mineralization.
Aurelio now controls a total of 145 patented and unpatented claims and seven State Exploration Permits in the Turquoise Mining District, with a total land position in excess of 5,000 acres stretching more than five miles long and over one mile wide.
The Company has previously reported a potential resource of 52.3 million tons @ 0.65% copper-equivalent on the MAN claims, and an additional 8.4 million tons @ 0.65 % copper-equivalent on the Courtland claims (equaling a total of 790 million pounds of copper equivalent material). A separate resource calculation is in progress for the South Courtland area, where drilling continues to intercept significant thicknesses of oxide copper and zinc mineralization.
About The Company
Aurelio Resource Corporation is a mineral exploration and development company focused on achieving mid-tier producer status. The Company's wholly-owned Hill Copper-Zinc Project is located east of Tucson, AZ and contains a number of potentially low-cost, bulk-tonnage, open-pit-mineable deposits close to surface containing significant amounts of copper, zinc, silver and gold. Presently, the in-house calculated resource for the entire Hill project is estimated by the Company to be nearly 800 million pounds of copper at a copper-equivalent grade of 0.65% (copper and zinc combined). Aurelio has also acquired the rights to explore, and an option to purchase, the Gavilanes gold porphyry deposit in Durango, Mexico.
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