-- Sunstone Metals (ASX:STM) said its new diamond drilling program at the Copete porphyry system within the Bramaderos project in Ecuador intersected wide intervals of gold-copper mineralization within the first two drill holes, according to a Tuesday Australian bourse filing.
It hit intercepts of 200 meters at 0.45 grams-per-tonne grade of gold-equivalent, including 0.33 g/t grade of gold and 0.07 % copper, as well as 162.2 meters at 0.32 g/t grade of gold-equivalent, including 0.20 g/t grade of gold and 0.07 % copper.
Its shares jumped 16% in recent trading on Tuesday.