Aldebaran Resources Inc. reported results for five drill holes of the 2023/2024 field campaign at the Altar copper-gold project in San Juan, Argentina. The holes reported herein (ALD-24-235, ALD-24-236, ALD-24-237, ALD-24-238 and ALD-24-239) were all substantial step-outs to the north or south of known mineralization. With the drill holes reported today, we've extended known mineralization substantially to the north and south.

To date, most of the reported drilling results from the 2023/2024 campaign have been from holes on the edges of the deposit where there was little to no drilling completed historically. While these holes may not be the most exciting from a grade perspective, they provide valuable information and are necessary to complete a resource update later this year. Moving forward, most of the remaining holes will focus on the core of the deposit, with a particular focus on growing Altar United and Altar East.

These results are important for several reasons: extending the mineralized footprint outward to the north and south will allow to capture better grade mineralization at depth for the upcoming mineral resource update, and at the same time the company are converting near surface rock from waste to mineralization. Hole 239 is interesting as the hole ended due to drill rig depth capacity; however, the grades are increasing with depth, which suggests we may be getting close to an undiscovered mineralized porphyry intrusion.