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Blende Silver Corp. - Drilling and Exploration Program Update
(TheNewswire) October 20, 2021 - TheNewswire - Vancouver, Canada - Bl...
About this update from Blende Silver Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"Blende Silver Corp. - Drilling and Exploration Program Update\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n October 20, 2021 -\n \n \n TheNewswire -\n \n \n Vancouver, Canada - Blende Silver Corp. (the\n“Company”)\n \n \n (TSXV:BAG)\n \n \n announced today an update on its drilling and exploration\nactivities at the Company’s wholly owned Blende Silver-Zinc-Lead\nproject located 63 km north of Keno Hill, Yukon.\n \n \n \n \n The Company’s summer/fall 2021 exploration program\nfocused on advancing the project towards the completion of a\npreliminary economic assessment. This included diamond drilling for\nboth metallurgical and resource expansion purposes, an extensive\nprogram of 3D induced polarization geophysics as well as camp upgrades\nto support future drilling and exploration activities.\n \n \n \n \n The Company drilled 3 holes at the Blende project after\ncompleting significant camp revitalization work. Currently, one hole\nis being assayed with the company awaiting results and core from two\nadditional holes is being prepared for assay. Assay results from\ndrilling will be released upon receipt.\n \n \n \n \n Exploration is focused on what is currently a 5 km\nmineralized trend striking NW to SE at the Blende project with\nInferred and Indicated resources in the East and West pits,\napproximately 2 km apart which contain Inferred 37.32 Million oz\nsilver, 1.706 Billion lbs. zinc and 1.505 Billion lbs. lead, and\nIndicated 4.5 Million oz silver, 187 Million lbs. zinc and 167 lbs.\nlead, which makes the project one of the largest carbonate hosted\nsilver-zinc-lead projects in western Canada (see News release May 20,\n2021).\n \n \n \n \n About Blende Silver Corp.\n \n \n \n \n \n Blende Silver Corp. is a Vancouver-based junior resource company\nfocused on silver-zinc-lead exploration and development at the\ncompany’s flagship Blende Deposit in north-central Yukon. The 100%\nowned property is the largest carbonate-hosted Ag-Zn-Pb deposit in\nYukon and one of the largest undeveloped Ag-Zn-Pb deposits in Western\nCanada. It is winter-road accessible, 5,345 ha and situated 63 km\nnortheast of Keno Hill, Yukon. The property has had more than $9.2M in\npast exploration ($5.2M by Blende Silver); including 25,195 meters of\ndrilling in 132 drillholes.\n \n \n \n \n For further information plea...