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Power Metallic Intercepts Lion Style Sulphides (Lion East and Lion West) Following Recently Recognized High Grade Structural Trends
Power Metallic Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Power Metallic") (TSXV: PNPN) (OTCBB: PNPNF) (Frankfurt: IVV1) is pleased to provide an exploration update of recent drilling and results of regional exploration from its fall drill program
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[{"type":"text","content":"TORONTO, March 3, 2026 /CNW/ - Power Metallic Mines Inc. (the "Company" or "Power Metallic") (TSXV: PNPN) (OTCBB: PNPNF) (Frankfurt: IVV1) is pleased to provide an exploration update of recent drilling and results of regional exploration from its fall drill program","length":290,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Lion East and Lion West Target Areas","length":36,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Structural analysis of mineralization orientation from Lion Zone drill core, while confirming the dominant steep westerly plunge of the Lion Zone, also identified a shallow easterly plunge that appears to control the highest-grade zones within the Lion Zone (Figure 1). Currently four (4) easterly trending structures have been identified.","length":339,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Recent drilling targeted the shallowest of these trends to determine if this mineralization trend had validity and would extend beyond the known boundaries of the Lion Zone. The first hole in this program, PML-26-054 has intersected 5m of Lion style mineralization with visible copper in narrow massive lenses (Figure 2) and disseminated and stringer style chalcopyrite.","length":370,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"With the confirmation of the easterly plunging trend extending high grade mineralization to the east, hole PML-26-067 was drilled on the western edge of Lion along the same structural trend in an area previously believed to be low grade, and at a vertical depth of approximately 50m this hole intersected 1m of massive copper sulphides (Figure 3) and 3.3 meters of disseminated copper mineralization. Follow-up holes are currently being drilled to establish the size of these two extensions to Lion.","length":499,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Of significance, the easterly trending structure currently being tested has a trend that aligns with mineralization intersected 350 meters east of Lion in hole PML-25-021 (see news release November 4, 2025), adding further support to the structural trend. This opens the potential of hundreds of meters of strike along the trend plunge direction of this shallowest trend line.","length":376,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Finally, a three additional easterly plunging trends below the shallowest one currently being tested have yet to be tested by...