# Fitzroy Minerals Reports Wide Copper Mineralization Intervals from the Buen Retiro Copper Project, Chile, and Provides an Exploration Update

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/FTZ/news/5508337594110774/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-03-23T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Fitzroy Minerals Inc.

- Ticker: FTZ

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: northern Chile

- Primary commodity: Copper

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Drill results, Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-17 22:55:22 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Fitzroy Minerals has reported wide copper mineralization at the Buen Retiro project in Chile, highlighted by a 384m interval at 0.23% Cu in hole BRT-DDH045. The company is currently conducting infill drilling to support a maiden mineral resource estimate and has prepared a 2,800 kg bulk sample for upcoming heap leach metallurgical testing.

Reasoning: The release reports significant width in copper mineralization at the Buen Retiro project, supported by robust QA/QC disclosure and progress toward metallurgical testing, though grades remain in the low-to-moderate range.

- Positive factor: Wide mineralization intervals reported in BRT-DDH045

- Positive factor: Consistent copper mineralization throughout the hole

- Positive factor: QA/QC protocols and certified standards disclosed

- Positive factor: Bulk sample prepared for metallurgical testing

- Negative factor: Grades are relatively low \(0.23% - 0.30% Cu\) for a discovery-scale system

Facts used in scoring: 9

## Classification and evidence

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: Release includes details on blanks, standards, duplicates, and certified INTEM standards.

Evidence · text

> The Quality Assurance \(QA\) and Quality Control \(QC\) samples prepared by the Company represent about 12% of the total primary core samples.

**Infill Drilling**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery.

Why it applies: The company explicitly states infill drilling is underway to support a maiden resource estimate.

Evidence · text

> Infill drilling underway to allow for a maiden mineral resource estimate ahead of a PFS.

**Heap Leach Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.

Why it applies: the document describes a heap\_leach route \("heap leach"\)

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 9. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (8)

### BRT-DDH044

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-0)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH044
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.3
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 10 m
- From: 142 m
- To: 152 m
- Intercept Depth: 142 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH044:142-152

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Low-grade intercept in a larger program.

Evidence · table

> 0.30

Context: 10

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-1)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.23
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 384 m
- From: 4 m
- To: 388 m
- Intercept Depth: 4 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:4-388

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Large scale intersection of mineralization.

- Positive factor: Significant width of 384m

Evidence · table

> 0.23

Context: 384

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-2)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.33
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 94 m
- From: 30 m
- To: 124 m
- Intercept Depth: 30 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:30-124

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade sub-interval within the main hole.

Evidence · table

> 0.33

Context: 94

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-3)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.45
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 26 m
- From: 30 m
- To: 56 m
- Intercept Depth: 30 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:30-56

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Stronger grade sub-interval.

Evidence · table

> 0.45

Context: 26

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-4)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.32
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 44 m
- From: 80 m
- To: 124 m
- Intercept Depth: 80 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:80-124

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Standard grade sub-interval.

Evidence · table

> 0.32

Context: 44

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-5)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.42
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 7 m
- From: 174 m
- To: 191 m
- Intercept Depth: 174 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:174-191

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Narrower high-grade interval.

Evidence · table

> 0.42

Context: 7

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-6)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.4
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 13 m
- From: 288 m
- To: 301 m
- Intercept Depth: 288 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:288-301

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Standard grade sub-interval.

Evidence · table

> 0.40

Context: 13

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BRT-DDH045

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-drill-facts-7)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BRT-DDH045
- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.69
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 9 m
- From: 325 m
- To: 334 m
- Intercept Depth: 325 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: BRT-DDH045:325-334

#### QA/QC

- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: standards, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Highest grade sub-interval reported.

Evidence · table

> 0.69

Context: 9

#### Tags used in scoring

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### heap leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/fitzroy-minerals-reports-wide-copper-mineralization-intervals-from-the-buen-reti--a8ffe265-2c0d-4bb8-944f-68242ef2b1dc#fact-metallurgical-facts-8)

Buen Retiro · copper

#### Identity

- Project: Buen Retiro
- Commodity: copper
- Region: chile
- Reported Region: northern Chile
- Ticker: FTZ

#### Test Work

- Program Status: scoping
- Test Type: heap leach
- Sample: 2,800 kg bulk sample from infill drilling

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Early stage metallurgical testing to support heap leach concept.

- Positive factor: Bulk sample ready for testing

Evidence · text

> A 2,800 kg bulk sample ready for heap leach metallurgical test work at SGS Laboratories.

#### Tags used in scoring

**Heap Leach Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.

Why it applies: processing\_route matches the heap\_leach signal

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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