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ATEX Demonstrates Scalability and Discovers Overprinting High-Grade System in Phase IV Drill Program

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Results for Partial Holes ATXD25A & ATXD26A Point to Further Expansion and High-grade in Phase V

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 25, 2024) - ATEX Resources Inc. (TSXV: ATX) ("ATEX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results for partial drill holes ATXD25A and ATXD26A, the seventh and eighth holes from its Phase IV drill campaign at the Valeriano Copper-Gold Project ("Valeriano" or the "Project") located in the Atacama Region, Chile.

Highlights from the Phase IV program include:

  • A new conceptual geology model being confirmed through drilling at the end of Phase IV and setting up for an exciting Phase V drill program.

    • New model outlines increased continuity and size potential of the Early Porphyry ("EP") units along a strike length of 1.2km and a width of approximately 0.5km defined in drilling to date. The EP remains open along strike and associated wall rock mineralization remains open in all directions.

    • Within this EP body, additional drilling demonstrated potential for greater continuity and a strike length of >1.0% CuEq mineralization. ATXD16A, which intersected 594m grading 0.92% CuEq (0.67% Cu, 0.32 g/t Au, 1.13 g/t Ag and 71 g/t Mo) in the southeast remains open to the southeast and the trend continues northwest towards ATXD11B where it remains open.

  • Discovery of a new high-grade overprinting event indicated by ATXD26 which intersected 122.0m of 1.60% CuEq (1.11% Cu, 0.49 g/t Au, 2.71 g/t Ag and 348 g/t Mo) including 68m of 2.02% CuEq (1.39% Cu, 0.6 g/t Au, 3.81 g/t Ag and 473 g/t Mo) above the contact of the high-grade porphyry trend, and could represent a new discrete high-grade domain within the resource envelope and nearer to surface.

Highlights from partial holes ATXD25A and ATXD26A:

  • ATXD25A intersected 224.2 metres of 0.47% CuEq (0.37% Cu, 0.07 g/t Au, 0.57 g/t Ag and 112 g/t Mo) from 1,230 metres downhole.

    • ATXD25A was targeting mineralization in hole ATXD25 which previously expanded the extent of the mineralized porphyry corridor to the west.

    • The drill hole was paused in mineralization associated with a contact between wall rock and Mineralized Porphyry units, expanding the known extent of this unit to the northwest and opening new space for further expansion along strike.

    • The drill hole was paused due to early seasonal storms and will be completed during Phase V drilling.

  • ATXD26A intersected 31.45 metres of 0.62% CuEq (0.45% Cu, 0.13 g/t Au, 1.31 g/t Ag and 175 g/t Mo) from 792 metres downhole.

    • ATXD26A, drilled out of ATXD26, will continue to follow up on mineralization intersected in ATXD26 and test continuity of high-grade mineralization above the intersection in ATXD24 (312.4 metres of 1.00% CuEq (0.73% Cu, 0.30 g/t Au and 77 g/t Mo). See Company news dated July 13, 2023.

    • Mineralization in this drill hole was associated with potassic altered Rock Milled Breccia ("RMB") containing fragments of earlier mineralized porphyry units.

    • The drill hole was paused short of target depth due to early seasonal storms and will be completed during Phase V drilling.

  • ATXD27 was paused with over 1,000m remaining to drill and will target the northern extension of mineralization intersected in ATXD26. ATXD27 will be completed during Phase V drilling.