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Slave Lake Zinc Confirms High-Grade District Potential at O'Connor Lake; Assays Return Up to 7.75% Lead and 6.62% Zinc
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 7, 2026) - Slave Lake Zinc Corp. (CSE: SLZ) ("the Company" or "SLZ") is pleased to announce encouraging geochemical results from its late 2025 geologic review at the O'Connor Lake exploration property in the South Slave area, Northwest Territories. The program has successfully validated the Company's regional exploration model, identifying high-grade mineralization in multiple new structures several kilometres distant from the historic Shaft
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