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Durango Acquires Bentonite, Perlite and Zeolite Projects in BC
(via TheNewswire) Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / February 16, 2017 - Durango Resources ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Durango Acquires Bentonite, Perlite and Zeolite Projects in BC(via TheNewswire)\n\n \n\n\n\n \nVancouver, BC / TheNewswire / February 16, 2017 - Durango Resources Inc. (TSX.V-DGO), (the \"Company\" or \"Durango\") is pleased to announce that it has acquired a 100% interest in British Columbia industrial mineral claims covering five projects which include bentonite, perlite, and zeolite BC MINFILE occurrences.\n\n\n \nOne zeolite project is located adjacent to the recently announced acquisition by Ashburton Ventures (TSX.V-ABR), as outlined in the Ashburton news release dated January 30, 2017. The Durango acquisition overstakes the irregular-shaped mining lease of the Z-1 zeolite quarry/mine near Cache Creek, British Columbia, being acquired by Ashburton and is within approximately 800 metres of the centre of the mining lease.\n\n\n \nThe second zeolite project is also located in the Cache Creek area, along Hwy 1/Hwy 97. Durango is acquiring 100% of an occurrence of zeolite, known as Perry Ranch, reported in 2011. The acquisition covers an area that is reported as \"...approximately 300 metres long and contains several layers to 10 metres depth.\" (1) \n\n\n \nThe third claim block covers the Uncha Lake perlite occurrence (2), and is located near Burns Lake, British Columbia. Past work discusses the occurrences as a perlite unit interbedded within porphyritic rhyolite layers which are reported to be 2.0 - 9.0 metres thick. The perlite is light grey to pale greenish-grey with some perlitic glass occurrences. The perlite generally dips shallowly to the south and is 7.6 to 23.9 metres thick. The report goes on to state that historical reports indicate that in 1955, nineteen trenches were exposed at approximately 45 metre intervals, exposing 2,400 metres of bedrock. Six perlite layers along a zone 850 metres long and 500 metres wide were exposed. (2) (3)\n\n\n \nDurango is also acquiring the past-producing Princeton Bentonite occurrence, near Princeton, British Columbia, which was historically reported to have produced 771 tonnes of bentonite between 1926 and 1944. (4)\n\n\n \nThree additional titles adjacent to the Dot Mordenite BC MINFILE occurrence near Merritt, British Columbia, which has been reported as a potential zeolite prospect, area also part of this land package. (5) (6)\n\n\n \nFurther details on these acquisitions will ...