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Drilling to Commence at the Stonepark Zinc Project
Drilling to Commence at the Stonepark Zinc Project.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1968H Connemara Mining Company plc 09 March 2018 \n\n9th March 2018\n \nConnemara Mining Company plc (\"Connemara\")\n\n\n\n \nDrilling to Commence at the Stonepark Zinc Project\n \n \nConnemara Mining Company (LON:CON), the Irish gold and zinc exploration and development company, is pleased to update shareholders on the re-commencement of drilling at the Stonepark Zinc Project, located in Limerick, which will be undertaken by our joint venture partner Group Eleven Resources Corp. (\"Group Eleven\").\n \nPatrick Cullen, Chief Executive Officer, commented \"We are excited to see work is underway at Stonepark. We are especially pleased to confirm commencement of expansion and confirmatory drilling. Stonepark is an advanced project and a key asset. We plan to maintain Connemara's share in the project going forward and are allocating £250,000 from our recent fundraising to cover expenditure commitments in the coming 12 months.\"\n \nThe Stonepark Zinc Project is a joint venture between Group Eleven (76.56% interest) and Connemara (23.44% interest). Drilling at Stonepark is scheduled to start in the next few weeks; initially at the Stonepark North Prospect, to improve the understanding of the structural controls on mineralisation. Subsequent drilling will be based on results from initial drilling and regional fieldwork.\n \nAt Stonepark, Group Eleven aims to determine if exploration success at the adjacent Pallas Green Project (owned by Glencore plc and hosting a JORC 2012-compliant Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 44 million tonnes grading at 8.0% Zn&Pb as at 31-Dec-2016) can be replicated within the same Waulsortian Limestone Units located within the Company's extensive adjoining project area. Group Eleven aims to expand all three established mineralised zones (Stonepark, Stonepark North, and Stonepark West; drilled by Teck Resources Ltd between 2007 and 2011), test five existing regional prospects and re-examine the entire Limerick Basin (which underlies Stonepark and Group Eleven's contiguous PG West Property) to ascertain potential for carbonate replacement deposit type mineralisation, as well as, seek large regional feeder structures and corridors.\n \nGroup Eleven recently commenced regional fieldwork at Stonepark, consisting mostl...