Metminco Signs Option Agreement to Purchase 100% of the La Piedra Cu-Au-Mo Porphyry Project in Chile

Metminco Limited (ASX:MNC) announced that its subsidiary intends to acquire the La Piedra project in Chile.

The press release is quoted as saying:

Metminco plans to complete a  surface mapping and  sampling program by the end of Q4 2011, as well as a surface geophysical survey (ground magnetics and Induced Polarisation),prior to  initiating  a drilling program to  evaluate  the  identified  copper  and molybdenum anomalies.

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