Tombstone Exploration has received approval from the Arizona State Land Department for four new state permits, which cover an 8km² area at the eastern edge of the Tombstone Mining District.
According to the reports, the leases – named ‘Zebra property’ – have total proven and probable reserves of 100,632t, averaging 0.0919oz/t gold, and the mineralisation is thought to be epithermal in origin.
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Tombstone Exploration will evaluate the existing data, and design an exploration programme to confirm the historic information and search for both high-grade gold mineralization, along with large tonnage, low-grade gold mineralisation.
Tombstone Exploration president Alan Brown said the firm has made significant progress in expanding its acreage and will now focus on exploration.
