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Metallic Minerals Commences Phase 1 Drilling at Keno Silver Project in Yukon, Canada
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 23, 2020 / Metallic Minerals (TSX.V:MMG)(OTC PINK:MMNGF) (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Metallic Minerals Commences Phase 1 Drilling at Keno Silver Project in Yukon, CanadaVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 23, 2020 / Metallic Minerals (TSX.V:MMG)(OTC PINK:MMNGF) (\"Metallic Minerals\" or the \"Company\") announces mobilization of the first of two drills planned to be utilized in carrying out the 2020 exploration program on the Company's 100%-owned Keno Silver project in the high-grade Keno Hill silver district of Canada's Yukon Territory. The 166 square kilometer property is the second largest land position in the district, directly adjoining Alexco Resource Corp., which is set to return to production in Q4 2020. Keno Hill is one of the world's highest-grade silver districts, with nearly 300 million ounces of silver in past production and current M&I resources1,2. The district also benefits from excellent existing infrastructure, including grid power, road access and nearby community services.Phase one of the 2020 program will utilize a reverse circulation drill to test multi-kilometer-scale anomalies discovered in 2019 at the East Keno target area where surface sampling programs and target refinement work has been ongoing. The second phase will include deployment of a diamond drill, with the aim of expanding known areas of mineralization through step out drilling at the advanced-stage target areas. Metallic Minerals recently released high-grade results from surface and underground sampling and modelling at its West Keno targets (see news release May 26, 2020) and also plans to follow-up on these areas.Metallic Minerals Chairman & CEO, Greg Johnson, commented: \"We are pleased to have launched our full 2020 field programs in the Keno Hill region. Our exploration activities began in June at the Company's earlier-stage McKay and Silver Hill projects, to the north of Keno Hill, and we are now ramping up activities on our flagship Keno Silver project, beginning at the East Keno target area. It is very exciting that this phase one drilling program will see the first holes ever drilled in this under-explored part of the historic Keno Hill silver district and we look forward to testing these newly identified multi-kilometer-scale geophysical and geochemical targets. The phase two drill program will focus on our advanced-stage targets, in the west and central parts of the district, by undertaking step out drilling ...