Tombstone Porphyry-Precious Metals Project
Tombstone Porphyry-Pprecious Metals Project became part of the JV partnership under the Letter of Intent signed by Liberty Star’s CEO/President James A Briscoe and Pedro Villgran Garcia, CEO/President of Mayo Gold Exploration of British Columbia. According to the news released June 11th 2008 Mayo Gold could earn a 50% stake in the Tombstone Porphyry-Precious Metals Project, which consists of 33 unpatented federal lode mining claims over a projected covered porphyry copper mineral center in Cochise County, Arizona. Mining throughout the region began in the late 19th Century and led to the rise of legendary boomtown Tombstone, Arizona. Many of these mining sites, including what is now Liberty Star’s land, reside within a large volcanic and intrusive geologic feature known as a caldera. These caldera structures are present throughout southern Arizona, making the region one of the richest porphyry copper areas on the planet. Fuller exploration and development of the Tombstone Mining District was stalled by altered sedimentary rock that was too hard for the drill technology of the day. With copper prices on a continued upward trajectory, and modern mining technology in place, the terrain along this large caldera is again of great interest to the international mining community. Through geochemical sampling and computer modeling, Liberty Star founder and CEO James Briscoe, discovered a compelling drill target for a very large limestone hosted porphyry copper-replacement deposit. If exploration is successful, mining projected for this target would be underground and could produce copper, moly, gold, silver, lead, and zinc. While there are no drilled mineral resources on this property, it is adjacent to the old historic Tombstone Consolidated mines and the target is defined by technical work to allow an immediate start to drill testing.
