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BeMetals Commences Resource Expansion and Confirmation Drilling Program At The High-Grade South Mountain Zinc-Silver Project in Idaho
VANCOUVER, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2019 / BeMetals Corp. (TSXV: BMET) (“BeMetals&...
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[{"type":"text","content":"BeMetals Commences Resource Expansion and Confirmation Drilling Program At The High-Grade South Mountain Zinc-Silver Project in IdahoVANCOUVER, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 1, 2019 / BeMetals Corp. (TSXV: BMET) (“BeMetals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of BeMetals’ initial core drilling program at the high-grade South Mountain Zinc-Silver Project (“South Mountain” or the “Project” or “Property”) in southwestern Idaho, U.S.A. This summer’s drilling campaign is designed to test potential extensions and confirm the grade distribution of the mineral resource outlined in the independent technical report titled, “National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the South Mountain Project Owyhee County, Idaho, USA.”, with an effective date of April 1, 2019, and available on the Company’s website at www.bemetalscorp.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.Highlights of the PLANNED 2019 RESOURCE EXPANSION drilling ProgramBeMetals to drill approximately 20 holes for some 2,500 metres from five underground drilling platform locations within the Sonneman adit.The drilling program is designed to test potential down plunge extensions to the mineralised zones and confirm the grade distribution of the current polymetallic mineral resource. Explore and scope the Texas Zone where the potential exists for an increased copper component to the mineralisation based upon historical mining records.Provide a first phase of new drilling data towards the completion of a preliminary economic assessment study in 2020. John Wilton, President and CEO of BeMetals, stated, “We are very pleased to have launched today’s underground drilling at the high-grade South Mountain Zinc-Silver Project. This will be our first opportunity to trace the mineralisation within close proximity to the existing Sonneman level, where we see good potential to increase our resource base. BeMetals is one of very few junior mining development and exploration companies to be actively operating two concurrent core drilling programs this summer. In addition to drilling at South Mountain, our core drilling campaign at the Pangeni Copper Exploration Project in Zambia is now well-underway. Initial drilling results from both ...