Impact: Positive
Libero announced complete assays from the first diamond drill hole (MD-043) of the Phase 1 (5,000m) drilling program at its 100%-owned Mocoa porphyry Cu project in Colombia. MD-043 returned 0.89% CuEq (0.62% Cu and 0.083% Mo) over 557m with higher-grade sub-intervals. We estimate that MD-043 extended mineralization a further ~300-400m below the existing resource boundary as well as laterally away from hole M25. We believe hole MD-043 should help upgrade the existing ~4.6B lb Cu resource at Mocoa from the inferred to indicated category and could likely improve the resource grade. In our view, upgrading the inferred resources to a higher classification at Mocoa and deposit growth are key to a potential re-rating.
