Infinity Metals has announced an expansion of the Swansea copper project area in La Paz County, Arizona, US, by 47%.
The company currently holds full ownership over all newly acquired claims, growing the project’s total tenure to cover more than 5km of strike length along interpreted mineralised structures that include historical workings and mineral occurrences.
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The latest expansion includes 16 new mineral lode claims and four Placer claims, on top of the 34 claims previously held under an option agreement.
These new claims, which are located to the west, east, and north of the original Swansea project area, cover surface stockpiles reported to be mineralised.
Infinity Metals stated that a review and compilation of data is underway for both historical workings and existing stockpiles.
According to the company, the Swansea site has a history of structurally controlled copper mineralisation, with previous mining delivering a total of 29 million pounds of copper at an average head grade of 2.43% over the life of the mine.
Post-mining exploration drilling has yielded high-grade results above 1.0% copper, with intervals such as 18.3m at 3.8% copper from 125m depth and 19.5m at 2.32% copper from 122m, among others.
Infinity Metals is conducting baseline studies as part of preparations for drilling approvals.
These activities are taking place on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), where significant exploration including drilling will require compliance with the Plan of Operations submission process.
Other exploration activities, such as geophysical or aeromagnetic surveys, are permitted under less restrictive frameworks.
The company also stated it is continuing to develop its copper-molybdenum strategy in the Nevada-Arizona region and is assessing further projects and potential board appointments.
Infinity executive chairman Adrian Byass said: “As work continues, we have confirmed areas which could host extensions and repeats of the high-grade copper mineralisation previously mined at Swansea. Ensuring we have acquired these areas prior to the next stage of work was critical.”
