Royal Road Minerals Receives Drilling Permits for Copper-Gold Project in Morocco

Doha – Royal Road Minerals Limited, a mineral exploration and development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has received all necessary drilling permits for its Alouana copper-gold polymetallic project in Morocco, according to an official press release on October 23.

The Alouana Project Area, located in Morocco’s eastern region, consists of 4 exploration licenses covering 84 square kilometers.

The project has a history of small-scale mining dating back to the early 20th century, with approximately 45 underground and open-pit copper-gold polymetallic workings identified within the area of interest. However, no previous drilling has been conducted on the project.

The company has completed extensive exploration work, including soil geochemical sampling, geological mapping, grab and rock-chip channel sampling, and ground magnetics across the Alouana Main Area.

Rock-chip samples have returned impressive results, with copper values up to 21%, gold up to 5.9 grams per tonne, silver up to 493.8ppm, and tungsten up to 0.4%.

Royal Road Minerals plans to conduct approximately 2000 meters of scout exploration drilling, which will commence this year once access roads and drill pads have been constructed.

The drilling program aims to establish the thickness of shallow-dipping mineralization at the Open Pit Zone (OPZ) and map its lateral extent towards the southwest at the Hill Top Zone (HTZ).

The company will also test the potential economic thickness of the Eastern Breccia Zone (EBZ) vein-breccia bodies and assess the extent of copper mineralization in the wall-rock.

Tim Coughlin, Royal Road’s President and CEO, commented on the upcoming drilling program, stating, “This drill program is very much a case of exploring with the drill-rig, objectives are clear and holes have been carefully planned in order to fully test the potential of the mineralized system at Alouana. We are excited to get the program underway,” according to the press release.

Royal Road Minerals’ mission is to apply expert skills and innovative technologies to discover and develop copper and gold deposits of significant scale while ensuring minimal environmental impact and no net loss of biodiversity. The company currently explores in Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

The right to acquire the Alouana project is held by Royal Road Arabia Limited (RRA), a 50-50% joint-venture between Royal Road and MIDU Company Limited, a Saudi Arabian investment holding company.

In October 2023, RRA entered into an option agreement to acquire 100% of Izughar Resources S.A.R.L, the Moroccan company holding title to the Alouana licenses.