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Arizona Metals Corp Announces the Drill Program at Its Kay Mine Project in Arizona Will Resume on May 21st, 2020
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 15, 2020) - Arizona Metals Corp. (TSXV: AMC) (the "Com...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Arizona Metals Corp Announces the Drill Program at Its Kay Mine Project in Arizona Will Resume on May 21st, 2020Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 15, 2020) - Arizona Metals Corp. (TSXV: AMC) (the \"Company\" or \"Arizona Metals\") is pleased to announce that the exploration drill program at its Kay Mine Project in Arizona will resume on Thursday, May 21st, 2020.The Phase 1 drill program at the Kay Mine Project was temporarily suspended on March 27th, 2020 as the result of a \"stay-at-home\" order issued by the State of Arizona in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.On May 12th, 2020, the Governor of Arizona announced that the \"stay-at-home\" order will expire on Friday, May 15th, 2020. Arizona Metals Corp has contracted two drill rigs from Boart Longyear. The first drill will be mobilized from the drill facility in Glendale, Arizona, to the Kay Mine Project on May 21st, 2020, and the second on May 28th, 2020.Boart Longyear has instituted Covid-19 monitoring procedures for all drill crew members, including daily temperature and symptom checks. Arizona Metals Corp will be provided with daily health tracking updates for the drill crews and has also instituted its own social distancing policies for employees at site. Arizona Metals plans to complete the Phase 1 drill program of which approximately 3,000m remain. The addition of the second drill to site will allow for simultaneous drilling of the North and South Zone lenses, and an accelerated timeline to complete the Phase 1 program. Drill data will be used to design and plan an extended Phase 2 drill program.About Arizona Metals CorpArizona Metals Corp owns 100% of the Kay Mine Property in Yavapai County, which is located on a combination of patented and BLM claims totaling 1,300 acres that are not subject to any royalties. An historic estimate by Exxon Minerals in 1982 reported a \"proven and probable reserve of 6.4 million short tons at a grade of 2.2% copper, 2.8g/t gold, 3.03% zinc, and 55g/t silver\". The historic estimate at the Kay Mine was reported by Exxon Minerals in 1982. The historic estimate has not been verified as a current mineral resource. None of the key assumptions, parameters, and methods used to prepare the historic estimate were reported, and no resource categories were used. Significant data compilation, re-drilling and data verification may be required ...