Mineralisation extends at El Cedro
First drill hole at El Cedro returns 267.4m at 0.65g/t gold from surface, including higher grade intervals, remaining open at depth.
- CED001 intersection 267.4m @ 0.65g/t Au from surface
- Including 46.4m @ 1g/t Au from 19.2m
- Including 28.25m @ 1.01g/t Au from 118m
- Including 22.2m @ 1.01g/t Au from 225m
- Including 2.15m @ 3.89g/t Au from 232m
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Pepas Plan of Works (PTO) completed- consultation to commence.
First hole at El Cedro (CED001) continues to show consistent gold mineralisation from surface and remains open at depth.
CED001 - 267.4m @ 0.65g/t Au from surface; including:
46.4m @ 1g/t Au, from 19.2m
28.25m @ 1.01g/t Au from 118m
22.2m @ 1.01g/t Au from 225m
2.15m @ 3.89g/t Au from 232m
Hole CED001 has been restarted after premature termination due to drilling issues - planned to continue to original target depth of 500m.
Multi-element assay results expected in the coming weeks
Colombian PTO completed for Pepas deposit. Consultation with ANM to now commence.
London, October 14th, 2026. Orosur Mining Inc. (“Orosur” or the “Company”) (TSXV/AIM:OMI), is pleased to announce an update on the progress of exploration activities at the Company’s exploration project at Anzá in Colombia (“Anzá” or the “Project”).
Orosur CEO Brad George commented:
“These developments mark a real step forward, adding to our momentum. With temporary drilling issues resolved, CED001 continues to deliver, providing evidence of a mineral system of substantial scale. We are also moving into the pivotal approval and permitting process for the Pepas deposit, further enhancing the Company’s potential.”
Anzá – Colombia
The Anzá Project in Colombia comprises a number of granted exploration titles and applications totalling roughly 530km2, within the Mid-Cauca gold belt, west of Medellín.
These titles and applications are 100% owned by two Colombian companies, Minera Anzá and Minera Monte Aguila, both wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.
Since acquiring 100% control of the Project, the Company has focussed its attention on three prospects:
Pepas - a shallow, high-grade gold deposit for which the Company has calculated a Mineral Resource Estimate (“MRE”), announced February 10th 2026.
APTA - a high-grade body of gold mineralisation that has seen approximately 40,000m of drilling since 2012, with drilling ongoing.
El Cedro - a cluster of gold/copper porphyry intrusions and associated flanking hydrothermal systems in the south of the Project area at which drilling has recently commenced and is already producing promising assays.
Figure 1. Anzá Project Location
El Cedro
The El Cedro prospect lies to the south of the same integrated licence that hosts both other key prospects, Pepas and APTA, and is roughly 4km south of the APTA base camp.
Work on the area began some years before Orosur’s tenure, when Anglo American undertook reconnaissance mapping and sampling, identifying a highly prospective gold/copper porphyry system. An extensive area of anomalous soil and rock chip geochemistry was delineated. No drilling was undertaken.
Work on the prospect did not progress until late 2021, when the Company’s previous JV partner MMA, re-entered the area to carry out mapping, sampling and ground geophysics that largely confirmed Anglo American’s previous work and mapped two large dioritic intrusions and associated hydrothermal systems within a broad N-S structural corridor. No drilling was undertaken.
Figure 2. El Cedro location
Post resumption of control of the Project in November 2024, the Company completed larger scale surface mapping programs, geochemical surveys and drone mounted magnetic surveys, focusing on identifying structures and hydrothermal features proximal to the intrusions that could have the potential for higher grade metal accumulations.
First drilling commenced at the El Cedro system on August 26th, 2026.
The first drill hole at El Cedro (CED001) was positioned on the SE flank of the northern intrusion, close to the major structures that divide the northern and southern intrusions and are viewed as having controlled the emplacement of these systems and subsequent hydrothermal development.
The multiple objectives of CED001 were to test the flanks of the northern intrusion for potential intrusion related alteration that might produce wider scale mineralisation, and to intersect possible down dip extensions of multiple high grade vein systems that had been exposed in the adjacent creek system (Figure 3).
Figure 3. El Cedro, CED001 Plan
Gold assays for the first 267.4m have been received, with the entire interval being mineralised, for a composite intersection of 267.4m @ 0.65g/t Au, from surface.
Within the composite intersection, multiple veins were intersected returning assays in excess of 3g/t Au. This intersection ended in mineralisation, and thus remains open at depth.
| Hole Number | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CED001 | 0 | 267.4 | 267.4 | 0.65 |
| including | 19.20 | 65.5 | 46.3 | 1 |
| including | 118.75 | 147 | 28.25 | 1.01 |
| including | 225.2 | 247.4 | 22.2 | 1.01 |
| including | 232.25 | 234.4 | 2.15 | 3.89 |
Table 1. Intersection
CED001 continues to intersect thick sequences of strongly altered and brecciated rocks displaying evidence of multiple hydrothermal events, consistent with a major intrusion related mineralized system. Initial interpretations are identifying multiple phases of intrusions, coupled with repeated reactivation of controlling structures that have combined to create a favourable, large-scale setting for gold mineralization.
Being proximal to a major intrusive system, the mineralization being encountered at El Cedro is very different in style to Pepas and APTA. While results from CED001 are very positive, detailed understanding of the nature of and controls upon mineralization is at the preliminary stage, and will require more data, especially more detailed geochemical assay data.
Figure 4. CED001 Section
Drill sample assay results received thus far are limited to output from an accredited fire assay facility in Medellin. Full, multi-element assay, necessary for detailed interpretation, requires an ICP-MS facility which is not currently available in Colombia. Samples must instead be sent to laboratories elsewhere in North or South America, with a substantially longer turnaround time for results. Full multi-element results are expected in the coming weeks.
Hole CED001 was originally planned to extend to 500m downhole, however was prematurely terminated at 267m due to issues related to the drill rig and its operation. Discussions have been held with the contractor to understand the operational issues that have resulted in this premature termination and to improve performance.
The Company still considers the deeper target zones upon which CED001 was targeted to be of high importance, and as such, a new hole, CED001A, has been positioned immediately alongside CED001 with the first 260m to be drilled as quickly and as cheaply as possible, with no core recovery. Coring would then recommence from 260m onwards to the 500m target depth.
PTO Completed at Pepas.
The Company has completed the final draft of the required Programa de Trabajos y Obras (Plan of Works) (“PTO”) for the Pepas deposit.
The PTO is a substantial Colombian document that outlines a proposed mining plan that is then submitted to the relevant authorities, marking the commencement of the permitting and approval process for the development of a mining operation.
The PTO is drafted in accordance with guidelines set down by the Colombian Agencia Nacional de Mineria (“ANM”) and is based upon resources and reserves calculated according to the Combined Reserves International Reporting Standards Committee system (CRIRSCO).
CRIRSCO is largely compatible with other resource and reserve reporting codes such as JORC and CIM and thus there is no material difference in the mineral resource used in the PTO and that published by the Company on February 10th, 2026. However, as CRIRSCO is an advisory rather than regulatory body, a PTO is not compliant with NI43-101 and therefore the technical and commercial details contained within the PTO are unable to be communicated publicly to the market.
Upon completion, the Company can now commence the process of consultation with the ANM to present the PTO for examination, identify modifications if required and then develop plans for the necessary social and environmental programs that would form the basis of the permitting and approval process.
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