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Project Generator SLAM Exploration Acquires Additional Zinc-Lead Claims in Bathurst Mining Camp - Video Available on InvestmentPitch.com
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 24, 2017) - SLAM Exploration (TSXV: SXL)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Project Generator SLAM Exploration Acquires Additional Zinc-Lead Claims in Bathurst Mining Camp - Video Available on InvestmentPitch.comVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 24, 2017) - SLAM Exploration (TSXV: SXL) (OTC: SLMXF) has acquired additional mineral claims in the Bathurst Mining Camp in New Brunswick, Canada. The Bathurst Mining Camp, which occupies a roughly circular area of approximate 70 kilometres diameter in northern New Brunswick, boasts some 46 mineral deposits with well defined tonnage and another 100 mineral occurrences.InvestmentPitch.com has produced a \"video\" which discusses this news. If this link is not enabled, please visit www.InvestmentPitch.com and enter \"SLAM\" in the search box. Cannot view this video? Visit:http://www.investmentpitch.com/video/0_2ht1zgui/Slam-Exploration-TSXV-SXL-Acquired-Additional-Mineral-Claims-in-the-Bathurst-Mining-Camp-New-BrunswickFollowing the new acquisition of the North Rim zinc project, adjacent to the Caribou mine property operated by Trevali Mining, Slam now owns 9 projects covering 22,600 hectares of prospective land in the Bathurst Mining Camp. The company built this portfolio based on a database including airborne and ground geotechnical surveys as well as previous, and in some cases, extensive drilling results compiled from previous exploration work and government sources.For example, previous drilling in 1997, on the 2,345 hectare North Rim property, recorded a 0.5 metre intercept grading 7.51% zinc, 2.03% lead, 0.16% copper and 40 grams per tonne silver, from a hole that straddled the south boundary of the property. The 1,376 hectare Satellite property, adjacent to and west of Trevali's Heath Steele Mine property, reported 1.4 metres grading 3.35% zinc, 3.35% lead and 0.3% copper.In 1983, a 3.8 metre core from the company's 2,572 hectare Lower 44 property, located 20 kilometres south of Trevali's Caribou mine, graded 12.9% zinc, 5.35% lead, 0.78% copper, 70.6 grams per tonne silver and 1.37 grams per tonne gold. Slam has an excavator on this property, and is currently digging a series of trenches to test the strike extent of 3 zones and expand upon positive historic drill results. Slam's 1,350 hectare Connector property is located between the former producing Brunswick No. 6 and No. 12 mines owned by Glencore. According to a New Brunswick Gover...