AVU:CC - Avrupa Minerals Submits Mining License Application for Sesmarias VMS Project, Portugal
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Vancouver, BC, July 9, 2025 – TheNewswire - Avrupa Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: AVU) is pleased to announce that it has formallysubmitted a Mining License Application (“MLA”), along with allnecessary documentation, covering its 100%-owned Sesmarias copper-zincVMS project located in the northern portion of the Iberian Pyrite Belt(“IPB”) of Portugal. The Portuguese Mining Bureau,Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia (“DGEG”), will now take thenecessary time to review the submitted documentation, and as isusually the case, may request further clarifications and/or additionaldocumentation before a decision on granting the license ismade.
Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals,noted, “The submission ofthe Mining License Application is the culmination of nearly 15 yearsof work in the Portuguese portion of the IPB, and 11 years of worksince the discovery of Sesmarias. Persistence and continued upgradeof the 3D geo-structural model of the Sesmarias mineralization throughseveral joint ventures and an Avrupa-funded drilling program has ledto an advanced understanding of the prospect and a robust explorationmodel to search for further mineralization around Sesmarias and in theIPB, itself. There are still plenty of easily accessible targetsat/within the Sesmarias massive sulfide body, and we see opportunityfor potentially enlarging the Central Zone at Sesmarias and bringingthe massive sulfide mineralization in the Northern and Southern Zonesinto a possible resource story. We look forward to working with theDGEG in the coming months to insure a positive transition into thenext phase of the Sesmarias Project.”
The Company is actively seeking a mining partner tojoin in moving the project forward.
Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is a growth-oriented junior exploration and developmentcompany directed to discovery of mineral deposits, using a hybridprospect generator business model. Avrupa holds one 100%-ownedlicense in Portugal, the Alvalade VMS Project, and holds 49% of the JVcompany, AVU Kosova, that operates the Slivova Gold Project in Kosovo. The Company is actively advancing six prospects in central Finlandthrough its partnership in Akkerman Finland Oy. Avrupa focuses itsproject generation work in politically stable and prospective regionsof Europe, presently including Portugal, Finland, and Kosovo. TheCompany continues to seek and develop other opportunities aroundEurope.
For additional information, contact Avrupa Minerals Ltd. at1-604-687-3520 or visit our website at www.avrupaminerals.com .
On behalf of the Board,
Paul W. Kuhn, President & Director
This news release was prepared byCompany management, who take full responsibility for its content. Paul W. Kuhn, President and CEO of Avrupa Minerals, a LicensedProfessional Geologist and a Registered Member of the Society of Mining Engineers, is aQualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 of theCanadian Securities Administrators. He has reviewed the technicaldisclosure in this release. Mr. Kuhn, the QP, has not only reviewed,but prepared and supervised the preparation or approval of thescientific and technical content in the news release.
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