Midnight Sun Announces Significant New Targets at Kazhiba
Midnight Sun Mining Corp. (TSXV: MMA / OTC: MDNGF) (“Midnight Sun” or the “Company”) has announced the successful results from its 2024 geochemical and geophysical exploration programs, which have uncovered significant new sulphide and oxide copper targets at the Kazhiba property. Exploration drilling is scheduled to begin in early Q2, with the aim of testing these newly identified targets.
The Partial Ionic Leach geochemistry results have revealed a strong copper anomaly stretching over four kilometres, which aligns with high chargeability and low resistivity zones identified in the induced polarization (IP) survey.
This new sulphide copper anomaly coincides with an existing, subtle historical geochemical anomaly, located in a geological setting similar to that of many deposits within the Zambian Copperbelt.
In addition to the sulphide target, the geochemical survey also discovered three new copper anomalies with a similar signature to the known Kazhiba oxide copper occurrence, which was drilled in late 2024 (refer to the news release dated January 29, 2025).
Kevin Bonel, COO of Midnight Sun, commented, “We are thrilled with the results from the Partial Ionic Leach sampling and IP survey, which have led to the identification of new and promising copper targets.
The coincidence of a well-defined copper anomaly in favorable geology, combined with the underlying high chargeability and low resistivity unit, strongly suggests that we may have identified a copper mineralized stratigraphic unit.
This development not only provides a potential sulphide source for the high-grade oxide copper mineralization at Kazhiba but also gives us additional targets to explore, which could further benefit our Cooperative Explorative Plan with First Quantum.”
The exploration program, which included Partial Ionic Leach sampling and an IP survey over the Kazhiba Target, produced encouraging results and several high-priority targets.
The copper-in-soil anomaly detected by the Partial Ionic Leach sampling spans approximately 4 kilometres and is located within Katangan sediments, overlying older basement lithologies of the Kazhiba Dome.
Geophysics suggests that the Kazhiba Dome is an unexposed, shallow basement inlier, a typical feature of the Zambian Copperbelt region.
Alongside the geochemical sampling, an IP survey was conducted over “Kazhiba Target 2” to test for an unexposed sulphide mineralized stratigraphic unit beneath the Kazhiba Dome.
The survey revealed a chargeable and low resistivity unit that strongly correlates with the copper-in-soil anomaly identified earlier, providing further support for the presence of a mineralized source beneath the surface.
Given the coincidence of the historical and new copper anomalies, as well as the favorable geological and geophysical characteristics, this target is now considered a highly promising candidate for the discovery of a new copper mineralized unit.
Exploration drilling is slated to begin in early Q2 2025, with plans to test Kazhiba Target 2 for the presence of copper sulphide mineralization within the Kazhiba licence.
Drilling will also extend the current oxide copper footprint and explore the three new partial leach copper anomalies for additional oxide copper occurrences.
