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Excellon Commences 2018 Exploration Program at Platosa and Appoints New Director
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nExcellon Commences 2018 Exploration Program at Platosa and Appoints New Director\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: TOP; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prnsblb0{\nBORDER-LEFT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnsbt0{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt\n}\n.prnsbl0{\nBORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prnpl6{\nPADDING-LEFT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:0pt\n}\n.prnrbrb0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnpr6{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbr0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbtb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt\n}\n.prnvat{\nVERTICAL-ALIGN: TOP\n}\n.prntal{\nTEXT-ALIGN: LEFT\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n­­­­­­­­­­­TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2017\n\n\n\n­­­­­­­­­­­TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2017 /CNW/ - Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX:EXN, EXN.WT and EXN.WT.A; OTC:EXLLF) (\"Excellon\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the commencement of an extensive surface exploration program on the 21,000-hectare Platosa Property in Durango, Mexico targeting further extensions to the Platosa Mine system and new manto and skarn discoveries. The program is planned to include: \n\n\n30,000 metres of diamond drilling to:\n\ndefine additional mineralization near existing infrastructure at the Platosa Mine from underground drill platforms, following up on successful drilling from earlier in 2017;\ntest and discover new manto mineralization along the prospective Platosa Corridor, which has recently been defined by geophysical analyses over a five-kilometer strike north and south of the Platosa Mine, with surface drilling commencing this week; and\ntest skarn targets (~500m below surface) northeast of the 2012 Rincon Del Caido discovery (\"Rincon\") in more prospective settings.\nextensive soil geochemistry and induced polarization (\"IP\") surveys at developing targets including Saltillera, Jaboncillo and San Gilberto; the latter two targets have not been expl...