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Happy Creek provides update on Fox and West Valley properties
(via Thenewswire.ca) May 27, 2013 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Happy Creek Minerals Ltd....
About this update from Fox Tungsten Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"Happy Creek provides update on Fox and West Valley properties(via Thenewswire.ca)\n \n \nMay 27, 2013 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V:HPY, the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an update on its Fox tungsten and West Valley copper properties. \n\n \n \nThe Fox property is located approximately 75 kilometres northeast of 100 Mile House in the south central Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. The Company has explored the Fox from an early stage. Outcrops, trenches and drilling have returned strong tungsten grades over considerable thickness that are at or near surface, and over a distance of three kilometres. On November 19, 2012, the Company announced final drill results including 19.4 metres of 0.82% W03 (tungsten trioxide) and 24.7 metres of 0.68% W03 in the RC prospect. Drilling located a km to the north returned 5.0 metres of 0.68% W03. A kilometre to the south of the RC prospect, F12-27 returned 4.1 metres of 1.78% W03, 14.8 metres of 4.08% W03 and 24.0 metres of 0.79% W03. Tungsten prices are currently around $36/kg W03.\n\n \n \nDuring 2012, approximately 900 kg of drilled and \"non-ex\" blasted muck was collected from the BN, RC and BK trenches. The samples were delivered to Met-Solve Laboratories Inc. of Langley, B.C. for preliminary mineralogy and metallurgy. A composite sample used for test work averaged 1.04% W03, 0.27% zinc, 0.09 g/t gold, 1.58 g/t indium and 1.19 g/t silver. \n\n \n \nInitial testing looked at the mineralogy and response of the material to gravity and flotation at different grinding or particle sizes - fine and coarse. The best W03 recovery (83%) and zinc recovery (89%) was achieved by a coarse grind (80% passing 196 micron) using gravity followed by flotation of the tails. Met Solve Laboratories reports \"The first phase of test work established that tungsten can be recovered primarily by gravity and zinc by flotation to potentially produce two separate high grade products. Results determined the preferred grind size, optimum mass yield, and a combination of gravity and flotation processes to be used for the 2nd phase test work.\"\n\n \n \nDavid Blann, President and CEO of Happy Creek states: \"We are learning more about the mineralogy and geology of the Fox tungsten skarn and the initial metallurgical characteristics are positive. More definitive results fr...