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InvestorIntel: Tinka Resources, Looking for (and Finding) Silver, Hits Even More 'Paydirt' with Zinc
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 15, 2013) - Tracy Weslosky, Publisher and Editor-...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nInvestorIntel: Tinka Resources, Looking for (and Finding) Silver, Hits Even More 'Paydirt' with ZincToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 15, 2013) - Tracy Weslosky, Publisher and \nEditor-in-Chief of InvestorIntel interviews Andrew Carter, President and CEO of \nTinka Resources Limited (TSXV: TK) (OTCPK: TKRFF) (Frankfurt: TLD). Tinka is a \ncompany with a history of achieving exploration benchmarks. The company's \nprimary focus is on its combined 100% owned Colquipucro and Ayawilca projects \nconsisting of 46 contiguous mineral tenements covering an area of 9,827 \nhectares, located in west-central Peru.\nThe Colquipucro project is described on Tinka's website \nhere (http://www.tinkaresources.com/s/Colquipucro.asp) as \"a sandstone-hosted, bulk tonnage, \noxide silver deposit with mineralization that begins from surface, believed to \nbe the first documented deposit of its type in Peru.\"\nTracy initiates the conversation by asking Andrew to discuss \nTinka's most recent drill results. In order to place them into context, he \nstarts by referring to the company's May 22 News Release, wherein the Ayawilca \nproject - originally framed as a silver resource, was expanded to include zinc. \nIn this release, the results from two diamond drill holes were covered. Drill \nhole A13-04, the first to intercept significant copper, revealed a 10 metre \ninterval averaging 1.07% Cu. In this interval the presence of silver (averaging \n51.6 g/t AG) was also noted.\nAndrew said that the intercepts in drill hole A13-05 \"in a \nrecent independent report was classified as the second best zinc drill hole this \nyear. If you look at the cutoff grade of 1% and add the below cutoff grade, you \nhave a drill hole of over 200 metres of 5.5% zinc - analogous to a 60 story \nbuilding.\"\nTracy mentioned that zinc seems to be rising in importance on \nthe critical metals' list, alongside an increasing global interest in zinc \noverall.\nAndrew agreed, stating that the demand for zinc is increasing \nalongside falling supplies due to mine closings, etc. Several analysts have \npredicted that there will surge in the price of zinc in the next two years, \nalong with a dramatic increase in demand.\nAndrew mentioned that Tinka has completed an Environmental \nImpact Analysis (EIA) at Ayawilca, was necessary because the company was \napplying for ...