Tempus Resources Limited announced that it has commenced the Phase 2 exploration program at its Valle del Tigre Project (VdT) located in south-eastern Ecuador. The Phase 2 program is a larger scale follow-up to the initial reconnaissance work conducted during February 2021 where areas with anomalous gold and copper were discovered. Phase 2 exploration will include a Mobile Metals Ion (MMI) geochemistry sampling program over an area of
focus of approximately 12.5 square kilometres, where approximately 1,100 MMI samples will be taken. Sample spacing is planned at 200 m x 50 m. Where possible, stream sediment and grab samples will also be collected. The Phase 2 program will overlap Phase 1 and cover the airborne geophysics chargeability anomaly identified by Tempus in 2019. Trends identified by the geophysics coincide with known regional structures important to mineralization in the area. The geophysics highlights the NNW-SSE structure bound by NE-SW structures at VdT, which is similar to the controlling structures present at Fruta del Norte. Results from the initial Phase 1 sampling program confirmed the presence of gold and copper mineralization
at Valle del Tigre. Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) analysis used for the soil samples successfully demonstrated trends of over 2 km that are anomalous in gold and copper, bismuth, molybdenum, and nickel. MMI analysis is proving to be very effective as a vectoring tool for gold, copper, and other pathfinder elements in the Rio Zarza ("RZ") and VdT area.