District-Scale Porphyry Cluster Potential Emerging at La Verde Cu-Au Discovery

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Recent geochemical and geophysical work (CNW Group/Hot Chili Limited)
Recent geochemical and geophysical work (CNW Group/Hot Chili Limited)
Recent geochemical and geophysical work: Legend (CNW Group/Hot Chili Limited)
Recent geochemical and geophysical work: Legend (CNW Group/Hot Chili Limited)

Highlights

  • Potential large porphyry cluster emerging: Multiple look-alike magnetic features adjacent to Hot Chili's La Verde copper-gold (Cu-Au) porphyry discovery highlight potential for a broader district-scale porphyry system

  • Three priority porphyry targets identified, blind exploration opportunity: Generated by recent geochemical and geophysical work programmes, two targets are concealed under shallow gravel cover

  • Phase-two La Verde drill program expanded: Next drilling planned to extend the La Verde Cu-Au discovery (still open laterally and at depth), in addition to first-pass drilling of these additional targets

PERTH, Australia, May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Hot Chili Limited (ASX: HCH) (TSXV: HCH) (OTCQX: HHLKF) ("Hot Chili" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on regional exploration in the area surrounding the La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery ("La Verde"), which is located approximately 30km south of the Company's Costa Fuego Copper-Gold Project ("Costa Fuego" or "the Project") planned central processing hub at low elevation in the coastal range of the Atacama region, Chile.

Following the recently announced drill results confirming the 1,000 m by 750 m footprint across La Verde and identification of multiple spatially distinct higher-grade centres from near-surface (refer to announcement dated 19 May 2025), the Company is excited to share that regional exploration activities have identified three look-alike targets which highlight the potential for a district scale porphyry cluster surrounding La Verde.

The integration of a 3D magnetic inversion model from ground magnetic data shows a spatial correlation between the mineralised tonalitic porphyry intrusion and a NNE-SSW trending weakly magnetic anomaly over La Verde. This magnetic anomaly sits within a localised circular magnetic-low feature. This relationship has been used to identify three additional circular magnetic-low features (lookalike targets) adjacent to La Verde, all of which are well-positioned at the intersection point of major regional structures (Figure 3).

In addition to the geophysical data, the Company has also completed 3D geochemical probability modelling using an extensive regional soil geochemistry programme.

Probability models of potential mineralisation were generated by Fathom Geophysics, using algorithms developed from an extensive study of the spatial distribution of pathfinder element associations across the Yerington copper-gold porphyry deposit in Nevada, USA.