Projects

Perro Chico

Mariana optioned the Perro Chico property, comprising six concessions (549 Ha), in Chile’s III Region, approximately 75 km S of Copiapo. Mariana can acquire a 100% interest in Perro Chico by making staged payments totalling US$205,000, with a final buyout of US$600,000 at the end of the 39 months option period.

Perro Chico includes several minor copper workings and poorly exposed copper-bearing outcrops. The most important targets are Manto Belleza and Carolina. At Manto Belleza, a copper-bearing skarn has been traced over a strike length of about 400m and is at least 5m thick. Rock chip samples gave up to 2.2 g/t gold and 1.8% copper. Carolina is a small hill 2km E of Manto Belleza, with shallow artisanal workings that follow a 10-20m wide shear zone within silicified sedimentary rocks. A four metre long chip sample across the shear zone assayed 1.4 g/t gold and 0.3% copper.

The mineralization at Manto Belleza is skarn-type but shows some IOCG characteristics. Mariana has applied for a some 7,000ha of concessions located within a 10 x 10 km area surrounding Perro Chico. The company will conduct gravity geophysical surveying in the covered area with proposed drilling later in the year if results warrant.

Perro Chico Map Perro Chico Concession Map