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EL SALTO

El Salto is a Gold, Copper and Molybdenum project that appears to be part of the "Yellow Belt" in San Juan Province, Argentina. TNR has an option to earn a 100% interest in this property. El Salto Photo Gallery

PROPERTY LOCATION

The 3,300 hectare El Salto property is located along the Eastern Andes of San Juan Province, just 50 kilometres from TNR's El Tapau Property. El Salto is accessible year-round by paved and gravel roads.
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Technical Details

The 3.300 hectare El Salto property in San Juan Province, is located at an altitude of 1600m in the Precordillera of the eastern Andes. The property lies within the area known as the "Yellow Belt" district of San Juan with the signature of Copper-Gold-Molybdenum porphyry systems. The yellow belt district hosts two well-known copper deposits, the El Pachon Deposit (724 MT @0.65% Cu) in Argentina and, the Los Pelambres Mine (1487 MT @0.66% Cu) near the Chile-Argentine border (Falconbridge/Xstrata and Antofagasta web sites).

TNR completed a reconnaissance mapping/prospecting and sampling program in the 2007 field season. The results of this and historical data suggest the property is predominantly underlain by sedimentary (quartzite, arenite) and mafic volcanic (basalt) sequences, which have been intruded by gabbro and granite to granodiorite. The two significant feldspar-phyric granitic bodies, exposed in the northern and southern parts of the property, intruding the northwest-trending sedimentary sequences, underlie the central part of the property. The chargeability anomaly resulting from an IP survey completed on the property suggests the two intrusions may be interconnected under the sedimentary cover hence possibly representing a single intrusion.

A total of 216 rock chip/grab and 20 stream-sediment samples were collected in 2007 field season and sent to Alex Stewart Assayers (ISO9002) in Argentina for multi-element analyses. The rock chip/grab samples yielded anomalous to highly anomalous copper values ranging from 500ppm to 4000 ppm (72 samples) and one sample assayed >10,000 ppm. A vuggy silica float sample assayed 4.23 g/t gold and 11.7 g/t silver and is strongly anomalous both in arsenic (4096 ppm) and antimony (445 ppm).