RTG Mining (ASX:RTG) said assays received from the diamond drilling campaign at the Chanach gold-copper project in the Kyrgyz Republic showed potential for high-grade copper and gold mineralization, according to a Tuesday Australian bourse filing.
It completed all 13 planned holes as part of 4,300 meters of diamond drilling. It hit intercepts of 6.05 meters at 9.23 grams per tonne grade of gold from 31.4 meters, as well as 21.9 meters at 0.39% copper from 52.2 meters.
The firm's shares fell 8% in recent trading on Tuesday.