At a glance
Total area of the property
Height above sea level
Anticipated mine type
Primary commodity targeted
Production milestone
Ownership
Overview
One of five mineral assets in Xstreco's Peruvian portfolio and the largest by area, reactivated under our staged development programme. Churubamba spans approximately 3,500 to 5,200 metres above sea level in the Eastern Cordillera of Huanuco department, northwest of the city of Huanuco and roughly 454 kilometres and around 14 hours by road from Lima. The property targets copper and molybdenum. Relations with the communities around the property are good, and the formal engagement programme is scheduled as part of the next phase of work.
Location
Huanuco
By-products
Molybdenum, cobalt
Access
Approximately 454 km and around 14 hours by road from Lima via Huanuco, with the final 4 km on a bridle path. Huanuco is also served by a one hour flight from Lima
Permits and approvals
The property is at the advanced exploration permit application stage. Development and production activity follow the grant of the relevant instrument.
How activities are assessedWork programme
The geological setting of the property and the exploration programmes completed on it.
Geological setting
Churubamba sits at high altitude in the Eastern Cordillera of central Peru, on old metamorphic rocks and an overlying sequence of conglomerates, quartzites and shales intruded by granitic bodies. An altered zone crosses the property, showing the zoning characteristic of a porphyry system, with a leached cap over part of it. A regional fault trend runs through the ground, with a second, local set at a different orientation.
Work completed
Two campaigns have been carried out. A referential assay campaign in 2021 was followed by reconnaissance geological and geochemical work in 2022, taking point samples at exposures of visible mineralisation over the altered zone and its margins. Technical work to date is concentrated on the altered zone.
Xstreco is privately held and is under no obligation to publish mineral resource or mineral reserve information. No resource, reserve or production figure is published on this page. Detailed technical information is available to qualified parties on request.
Working responsibly
A single framework of our Group requirements applies to every activity on this property.
How we work with communities
Our assets sit in settings where farming, pasture and settlement long precede mining. Engagement is with people already living on the ground.
Engagement continues for the life of the activity and through its closure.
Our approach to communitiesNews and notices
Updates relating to this asset, most recent first.
A geological summary of the Churubamba property, covering mapping and reconnaissance geochemical sampling over the altered zone and its margins, was reported in December 2022.
Detailed information
Detailed technical and financial information on this asset, including the independent field reports held on file, is available to qualified parties on request.
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