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The project is on the Gaspé Peninsula. The release describes the work as exploration for a possible porphyry copper-skarn system, rather than as a discovery of copper mineralization.","The company says the late-August helicopter survey covered 1,405 line-kilometres. Its preliminary interpretation outlined two intense, circular magnetic anomalies associated with intrusive bodies in calcareous mudrock. Cleghorn calls these high-priority skarn targets. It also describes weaker linear anomalies that cross the regional tectonic fabric and may reflect cross-cutting dykes, fractures or faults. These are interpretations of geophysical patterns, not assays or confirmation of an orebody.","A seven-person prospecting and geological team then spent two weeks following up the anomalies and reported historical occurrences. The company says the team mapped about 80% of the property; the northwest corner was inaccessible. The program included 139 grab or chip rock samples from outcrops and 82 stream-sediment samples. Cleghorn said all analytical results, including petrographic work on the principal intrusive rocks and alteration, were pending when it issued the release.","Rocco comprises 99 mineral claims covering 5,467 hectares in NTS map sheet 22A/11. Cleghorn says forestry roads provide access to most of the ground. The geological interpretation centres on Ordovician shale and calcareous mudrock and Devonian calcareous units separated by the Grande-Rivière Fault, with Silurian-Devonian porphyry dykes of the Lemieux intrusive suite. The company compares that setting with the nearby Gaspé Copper Mountain district, where similar host rocks and intrusions are known. A neighbouring deposit’s geology or resource is not evidence that Rocco contains comparable mineralization.","The release presents the 2026 program as a sequence: airborne geophysics identified targets, field crews checked selected features, and laboratory work is expected to test rock and stream samples for metals and skarn-indicator minerals. That sequence matters because the magnetic response alone cannot establish copper grade or continuity. The stream samples may help trace geochemical signals, while petrography may characterize the intrusions and alteration; neither result was yet available in the announcement.","Cleghorn said IOS Geosciences carried out the field program and that Réjean Girard, a Quebec-licensed geologist, reviewed the technical content as the qualified person. The company also disclosed stock-option grants in the same release, but those are separate from the exploration update. The material project information is the completed survey and field-sampling work, with laboratory outcomes still to come.","Rocco was staked in July 2026, according to the company’s earlier announcement. The October update adds work completed since then: the 1,405-line-kilometre survey, the two interpreted circular anomalies, partial property mapping and the sample inventory. It does not report assay values from the 2026 samples. The next assessment of the targets therefore depends on results and their geological context, rather than on the survey shapes alone.","The release cites the operating history and resource estimates of the separate Gaspé Copper project as regional context. Those figures belong to another property and are not measurements for Rocco, so they are not included in the Rocco data block. For this prospect, the reported figures describe land area, survey coverage and field-sample counts; no current mineral resource or reserve estimate is reported."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"CA","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"نطاق المسح وأخذ العينات الميداني ونسبة المساحة المرسومة في مشروع Rocco.","de":"Gemeldeter Vermessungsumfang, Feldprobenahme und kartierter Anteil bei Rocco.","en":"Reported survey coverage, field sampling and mapped share of the Rocco property.","es":"Cobertura del levantamiento, muestreo de campo y proporción cartografiada de Rocco.","fr":"Couverture du levé, échantillonnage de terrain et part cartographiée de Rocco.","pt":"Cobertura do levantamento, amostragem de campo e parcela cartografada de Rocco.","tr":"Rocco mülkünde bildirilen araştırma kapsamı, saha örneklemesi ve haritalanan pay."},"id":"rocco-2026-survey-field-program","items":[{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"مساحة Rocco","de":"Fläche Rocco","en":"Rocco area","es":"Superficie de Rocco","fr":"Superficie de Rocco","pt":"Área de Rocco","tr":"Rocco alanı"},"measure":{"aggregation":"stock","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-hectares","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"hectare"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"hectares","value":5467,"valueQualifier":"exact"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"كيلومترات خطوط المسح الجوي","de":"Linienkilometer der Flugvermessung","en":"Airborne survey line-kilometres","es":"Kilómetros de líneas del sondeo aéreo","fr":"Kilomètres-lignes du levé aérien","pt":"Quilómetros de linhas do levantamento aéreo","tr":"Hava araştırması hat-kilometresi"},"measure":{"aggregation":"flow","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-survey-line-kilometres","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"kilometre"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"km","value":1405,"valueQualifier":"exact"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"المساحة المرسومة","de":"Kartierter Anteil","en":"Property mapped","es":"Porción cartografiada","fr":"Part cartographiée","pt":"Parcela cartografada","tr":"Haritalanan mülk payı"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-mapped-share","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"percent"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"percent","value":80,"valueQualifier":"approximate"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"عينات الصخور المجموعة","de":"Entnommene Gesteinsproben","en":"Rock samples collected","es":"Muestras de roca recogidas","fr":"Échantillons de roche recueillis","pt":"Amostras de rocha recolhidas","tr":"Toplanan kaya örnekleri"},"measure":{"aggregation":"flow","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-rock-samples","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"count"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"count","value":139,"valueQualifier":"exact"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"عينات رواسب المجاري المجموعة","de":"Entnommene Bachsedimentproben","en":"Stream-sediment samples collected","es":"Muestras de sedimentos recogidas","fr":"Échantillons de sédiments recueillis","pt":"Amostras de sedimentos recolhidas","tr":"Toplanan dere sedimanı örnekleri"},"measure":{"aggregation":"flow","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-stream-samples","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"count"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"count","value":82,"valueQualifier":"exact"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"أفراد الفريق الميداني","de":"Mitglieder des Feldteams","en":"Field team members","es":"Integrantes del equipo de campo","fr":"Membres de l’équipe de terrain","pt":"Membros da equipa de campo","tr":"Saha ekibi üye sayısı"},"measure":{"aggregation":"unspecified","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-team-size","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"count"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"count","value":7,"valueQualifier":"exact"},{"basis":"observed","label":{"ar":"مدة المتابعة الميدانية","de":"Dauer der Feldnachverfolgung","en":"Field follow-up duration","es":"Duración del seguimiento de campo","fr":"Durée du suivi de terrain","pt":"Duração do acompanhamento de campo","tr":"Saha takip süresi"},"measure":{"aggregation":"flow","frequency":"irregular","geography":"canada","id":"rocco-field-duration","periodRole":"reference-period","unitCode":"week"},"period":"2026-09","unit":"weeks","value":2,"valueQualifier":"exact"}],"methodology":{"ar":"تصف القيم الأعمال المنجزة أو المعلنة في مشروع Rocco خلال 2026. أعداد العينات هي أعداد، وتغطية المسح بالكيلومترات الخطية، ونسبة المساحة المرسومة تقريبية. كانت نتائج التحليل معلقة في البيان ولا تُستنتج هنا.","de":"Die Werte beschreiben 2026 bei Rocco abgeschlossene oder gemeldete Arbeiten. Proben sind Stückzahlen, die Vermessung wird in Linienkilometern und der kartierte Anteil näherungsweise in Prozent angegeben. Analysen standen laut Mitteilung aus; Ergebnisse werden hier nicht abgeleitet.","en":"Values describe work completed or reported at the Rocco prospect in 2026. Sample counts are counts, survey coverage is in kilometres of lines, and mapped coverage is an approximate percentage. Assay results were pending in the release; none are inferred here.","es":"Los valores describen trabajos realizados o comunicados en Rocco durante 2026. Las muestras se cuentan como unidades, la cobertura del sondeo se expresa en kilómetros de líneas y la proporción cartografiada es aproximada. Los ensayos estaban pendientes y aquí no se infieren resultados.","fr":"Les valeurs décrivent les travaux réalisés ou rapportés au prospect de Rocco en 2026. Les échantillons sont comptés, la couverture du levé est exprimée en kilomètres-lignes et la part cartographiée est approximative. Les analyses étaient en attente; aucun résultat n’est déduit ici.","pt":"Os valores descrevem trabalhos concluídos ou reportados em Rocco em 2026. As amostras são contagens, a cobertura do levantamento é expressa em quilómetros de linhas e a parcela cartografada é aproximada. As análises estavam pendentes; não se inferem resultados.","tr":"Değerler Rocco sahasında 2026’da tamamlanan veya bildirilen çalışmaları gösterir. Örnek sayıları adettir, araştırma kapsamı hat-kilometre ve haritalanan alan yaklaşık yüzde olarak verilir. Açıklamada analiz sonuçları beklemedeydi; burada sonuç çıkarımı yapılmamıştır."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/320315/Cleghorn-Proceeds-with-Field-Work-at-Rocco-Copper-Prospect-Gasp-Qubec","https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/320316/Cleghorn-complete-la-premire-phase-de-travaux-de-terrain-sur-le-projet-de-cuivre-Rocco-pninsule-gaspsienne-Qubec"],"title":{"ar":"قياسات برنامج استكشاف Rocco لعام 2026","de":"Messwerte des Rocco-Explorationsprogramms 2026","en":"Rocco 2026 exploration program measurements","es":"Mediciones del programa de exploración 2026 de Rocco","fr":"Mesures du programme d’exploration 2026 de Rocco","pt":"Medições do programa de exploração 2026 de Rocco","tr":"Rocco 2026 araştırma programı ölçümleri"},"type":"metrics","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T08:55:00Z"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026/data/rocco-2026-survey-field-program?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026/data/rocco-2026-survey-field-program?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"rocco-2026-survey-field-program"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"editorial_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of industry, engineering and logistics connections.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-business","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"topic","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"event_id":"event-2bf3f1b2-a26d-5de4-ba05-450402c2afa7","event_period":"2026-09","event_period_basis":"source-review","id":"cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-25T10:05:24+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-25T10:05:24+00:00","reading_minutes":3,"region":"world","section_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of industry, engineering and logistics connections.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-business","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"section","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/business-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"slug":"cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-25","name":"Cleghorn Minerals Ltd.","publishedAt":"2026-10-22","url":"https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/320315/Cleghorn-Proceeds-with-Field-Work-at-Rocco-Copper-Prospect-Gasp-Qubec"},{"checkedAt":"2026-10-25","name":"Cleghorn Minerals Ltd. (French release)","publishedAt":"2026-10-22","url":"https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/320316/Cleghorn-complete-la-premire-phase-de-travaux-de-terrain-sur-le-projet-de-cuivre-Rocco-pninsule-gaspsienne-Qubec"}],"summary":"The company says airborne surveys outlined two intrusive-related magnetic anomalies; rock and stream samples are awaiting laboratory results.","text":"The company says airborne surveys outlined two intrusive-related magnetic anomalies; rock and stream samples are awaiting laboratory results.\n\nCleghorn Minerals reported on October 22 that its 2026 field program at the Rocco copper prospect in Quebec had followed an airborne magnetic and very-low-frequency electromagnetic survey with ground mapping and sampling. The project is on the Gaspé Peninsula. The release describes the work as exploration for a possible porphyry copper-skarn system, rather than as a discovery of copper mineralization.\n\nThe company says the late-August helicopter survey covered 1,405 line-kilometres. Its preliminary interpretation outlined two intense, circular magnetic anomalies associated with intrusive bodies in calcareous mudrock. Cleghorn calls these high-priority skarn targets. It also describes weaker linear anomalies that cross the regional tectonic fabric and may reflect cross-cutting dykes, fractures or faults. These are interpretations of geophysical patterns, not assays or confirmation of an orebody.\n\nA seven-person prospecting and geological team then spent two weeks following up the anomalies and reported historical occurrences. The company says the team mapped about 80% of the property; the northwest corner was inaccessible. The program included 139 grab or chip rock samples from outcrops and 82 stream-sediment samples. Cleghorn said all analytical results, including petrographic work on the principal intrusive rocks and alteration, were pending when it issued the release.\n\nRocco comprises 99 mineral claims covering 5,467 hectares in NTS map sheet 22A/11. Cleghorn says forestry roads provide access to most of the ground. The geological interpretation centres on Ordovician shale and calcareous mudrock and Devonian calcareous units separated by the Grande-Rivière Fault, with Silurian-Devonian porphyry dykes of the Lemieux intrusive suite. The company compares that setting with the nearby Gaspé Copper Mountain district, where similar host rocks and intrusions are known. A neighbouring deposit’s geology or resource is not evidence that Rocco contains comparable mineralization.\n\nThe release presents the 2026 program as a sequence: airborne geophysics identified targets, field crews checked selected features, and laboratory work is expected to test rock and stream samples for metals and skarn-indicator minerals. That sequence matters because the magnetic response alone cannot establish copper grade or continuity. The stream samples may help trace geochemical signals, while petrography may characterize the intrusions and alteration; neither result was yet available in the announcement.\n\nCleghorn said IOS Geosciences carried out the field program and that Réjean Girard, a Quebec-licensed geologist, reviewed the technical content as the qualified person. The company also disclosed stock-option grants in the same release, but those are separate from the exploration update. The material project information is the completed survey and field-sampling work, with laboratory outcomes still to come.\n\nRocco was staked in July 2026, according to the company’s earlier announcement. The October update adds work completed since then: the 1,405-line-kilometre survey, the two interpreted circular anomalies, partial property mapping and the sample inventory. It does not report assay values from the 2026 samples. The next assessment of the targets therefore depends on results and their geological context, rather than on the survey shapes alone.\n\nThe release cites the operating history and resource estimates of the separate Gaspé Copper project as regional context. Those figures belong to another property and are not measurements for Rocco, so they are not included in the Rocco data block. For this prospect, the reported figures describe land area, survey coverage and field-sample counts; no current mineral resource or reserve estimate is reported.","title":"Cleghorn reports Rocco survey targets and completed field sampling in Quebec","topics":[],"translations":[{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=tr","language":"tr","url":"https://newsverum.com/tr/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=en","language":"en","url":"https://newsverum.com/en/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=ar","language":"ar","url":"https://newsverum.com/ar/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=fr","language":"fr","url":"https://newsverum.com/fr/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=es","language":"es","url":"https://newsverum.com/es/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=de","language":"de","url":"https://newsverum.com/de/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},{"api_url":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026?lang=pt","language":"pt","url":"https://newsverum.com/pt/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"}],"url":"https://newsverum.com/en/news/cleghorn-rocco-copper-field-surveys-and-sampling-quebec-october-2026"},"version":"1"}