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Drilling Commences at Limerick Project
Drilling Commences at Limerick Project.
About this update from Alba Mineral Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3905Z Alba Mineral Resources PLC 17 May 2019 \n\n[Click on or paste the following link into your website browser to view the associated PDF document (including maps and images): \nhttp://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/3905Z_1-2019-5-17.pdf\n \nAlba Mineral Resources plc\n(\"Alba\" or the \"Company\")\n \nDrilling Commences at Alba's Limerick Base Metals Project in Ireland\n \nAlba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA), the diversified mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to report that drilling has commenced on Alba's 100% owned Limerick Base Metals Project (under Prospecting Licence (\"PL\") 3824) in the Republic of Ireland. \n \nAlba's Executive Chairman, George Frangeskides, commented: \n\"This excellent news that drilling has commenced at Limerick means that we have now hit all our principal objectives for our mining operations in this quarter (Q2 2019): we have announced a maiden resource estimate for our 100% owned Thule Black Sands Project; we have completed Phase 1 of our regional exploration campaign at Clogau in Wales; and we have now commenced drilling in Ireland.\nThe Irish Zinc Ore Field has been a major source of zinc production since the 1960s and is host to some very significant, high-grade zinc mines, not least the Tara Mine, with an ore body of ~110 million tonnes at a grade of 9.8% zinc and 2.6% lead, making it the largest zinc/lead deposit in Europe. Also, Glencore's Pallas Green deposit which has a resource of 42 Mt @ 8% zinc.\nOf the only five drill holes previously completed on Alba's Limerick Project, one drill hole intercepted six metres of semi-massive and disseminated pyrite within the target limestone, including a two-metre mineralised interval containing zinc. The presence of pyrite is encouraging since it often indicates the presence of base metal sulphides at other properties in the Limerick basin.\nI will be on site in Limerick today to see the progress of drilling for myself, and I look forward to reporting on the results in due course.\"\n \nDetails of Drilling Campaign\n \nAlba is pleased to report that drilling has commenced at its Limerick Base Metals project. The drilling targets a number of areas of identified soil and gravity anomalies identified during Alba's previous field programmes. The...