IMC Exploration Group plc announced assay results from its second, third and fourth drillholes from a 1,100m drilling programme at its West Avoca property on PL 3850 Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The drill programme focused on exploring the unmined, south-western extension of the Avoca Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag-Au deposit.

Mineralisation has now been successfully traced over a strike length of 300m between the first and fourth holes of this programme. Furthermore, historical drilling 700m to the southwest of 21-3850-04 encountered 3.0m grading 0.7% Cu indicating that the mineralising system remains open. This represents a minimum strike length of c. 1000m, most of which remains to be drill tested.

Drillholes 21-3850-02 and -03 were drilled on the same section and represented a 50m north-easterly step out from the previously reported 21-3850-01. The mineralised section in 21-3850-02 from 143.5-147.5m (4.0m grading 7.7% zinc + lead) is interpreted as the along-strike and up-dip projection of the 18.7m intercept grading 6.5% zinc + lead in 21-3850-01 (reported on 26th October 2021). Drillhole 21-3850-03 tested 150m downdip from the intercept in 21-3850-02 and encountered copper mineralisation suggestive of either metal variation along strike within the system or possible faulting to juxtapose the zinc-lead mineralised horizon with the deeper copper horizon.

The section from 202.75-211.70m graded 8.95m at 0.5% copper. The 7.05m between 210.75m-217.8m analysed 0.23g/t Au. From 252m, drilling difficulties were encountered and the drill hole was not able to test the projected deepest copper horizon.

Drillhole 21-3850-04 tested the mineralisation c. 300m along strike to the south=west of 21-3850-03. Extensive zones of sulphide mineralisation were encountered with the best zinc grades from 181.0-184.0m (3m grading 2.2% zinc + lead) and copper grades from 206.0 – 210.0m (4m grading 0.3% copper). A section from 240.3-240.8m assayed 1.5% copper.

Grades of up to 0.23 g/t gold over a 1m interval are present. Minimal drilling has taken place to the south-west of 21-3850-04 but all indications are that the Avoca mineralising system remains open to the south-west.