Mining News: Northern Neighbors: Canada Zinc expands Cardiac Creek core

Canada Zinc Metals Corp. reported high-grade zinc results from the first two holes of a planned 5,000-meter drill program focused on resource expansion down-dip of the current indicated resource and expansion of the robust and high-grade zinc-lead-silver system in the central core of the Cardiac Creek deposit at its Akie project in northern British Columbia. The first hole of the program, A-15-121, targeted the down-dip extension of the core zone at Cardiac Creek. From a depth of 419.2 meters, this hole cut 64.3 meters (true width) averaging 6.1 percent zinc, 1.3 percent lead and 14.24 grams per metric ton silver, including 28.5 meters averaging 10.2 percent zinc, 2.3 percent lead and 20.45 g/t silver. Targeting the lateral extension of the core zone, hole A-15-122 cut 39.2 meters (true width) averaging 5.8 percent zinc, 1.1 percent lead and 11.16 g/t silver, including 23.4 meters averaging 8.6 percent zinc, 1.7 percent lead and 14.64 g/t silver. “Assays from the first two holes of the 2015 exploration drill program continue to confirm our understanding that the high grade core of the deposit continues laterally and at depth,” said Canada Zinc President and CEO Peeyush Varshney.

–Shane Lasley