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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Hercules Metals Corp V.BIG

Alternate Symbol(s):  BADEF

Hercules Metals Corp., formerly Hercules Silver Corp., is a Canada-based exploration company. The Company is focused on developing Idaho's newest copper and silver district. The 100% owned Hercules Project, located northwest of Cambridge, hosts the recently discovered Leviathan porphyry copper system. The Hercules Property represents 8,850 acres consisting of one patented lode claim, 416... see more

TSXV:BIG - Post Discussion

Hercules Metals Corp > New Rock exposure
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Post by CaptainM on May 01, 2024 12:26pm

New Rock exposure

RetiredGeo, is that Chalcocite or silver?

https://x.com/HerculesSilver_/status/1785702449501606272
Comment by CaptainM on May 01, 2024 12:30pm
The purplelish and blueish looks like Bornite?
Comment by Varadero on May 01, 2024 12:44pm
Monthly silver drilling highlights — April 2024. Interesting, how many of $Silver intercepts are from $Copper projects!
Comment by Retiredgeo on May 01, 2024 2:36pm
I suspect that the battleship grey is Chalcocite (CuS). The spot of deep purple could be Bornite (Cu5FeS4) or copper tarnish.  Specularite Hematite (Fe2O3) will give a similar grey colour but I suspect that the geological environment is all wrong.  A very tantalizing photo, problably from Belmont.  This would be a drill pad road down at the bottom of camp creek..
Comment by Retiredgeo on May 01, 2024 2:57pm
The silver-lead-zinc veins in the Hercules rhyolite are "veins" meaning mineralized fractures.  They tend to be thin and tabular and linear in cross section.   I'm not seeing any veining in the photo.  That looks like mineralized volcanic rock to me.  The Silver is native/metal Silver.  In a freshly broken rock it would shine like aluminum.  I'm ...more  
Comment by CaptainM on May 01, 2024 4:05pm
Clearly the market isn't attaching much value to the photos released by BIG.  5 consecutive down days and back to 0.7x's   
Comment by Retiredgeo on May 01, 2024 4:36pm
The market reacts to assays.  Everything else is obscure clutter.