Vendetta Commences 2016 Drilling Program at the Pegmont Lead-Zinc Project

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[{"type":"text","content":"Vendetta Commences 2016 Drilling Program at the Pegmont Lead-Zinc ProjectVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 2, 2016 / Vendetta Mining Corp. (TSXV: VTT) (\"Vendetta\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling activities on the Pegmont Lead-Zinc Project located in the Mount Isa region of Queensland, Australia.\nPhase 1 drilling will focus on the near surface sulphide mineralization at the Burke Hinge Zone (\"BHZ\") and on Zone 5 which has demonstrated higher zinc grades, highlights of which can be found in Table 1 below.\nThe objectives of the program are: \n\n Complete Phase 1 drilling in the BHZ and Zone 5 for a total of 4,600 m in 25 drill holes;\n Complete metallurgical flotation test work on the BHZ and Zone 5; \n Update the NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate, including for the first time the BHZ and Zone 5 during Q4 2016.\n\nLocated on a granted Mining Lease, mineralization at the BHZ outcrops and plunges shallowly to the south west with sulphide mineralization starting 24 m below surface. The BHZ was initially drilled in 1996 with further drilling conducted by Vendetta in the 2014 program resulting in the discovery of a tight anticline structure that has a significant accumulation of lead-zinc mineralization in the fold hinge. The BHZ is currently drilled on a nominal 15-20 m hole spacing on 45 m sections. \nVendetta conducted its initial exploration drilling in Zone 5 in 2014. The program confirmed the presence of a second mineralized horizon and demonstrated that the zinc grade increases in Zone 5 - confirming the Company's geological model for the Pegmont deposit. Zone 5 has a known strike of 500 metres and is located between 110 and 380 m below surface, it is open down-dip and along strike. The Company will also undertake a minor program of shallow reverse circulation (\"RC\") drilling on regional exploration targets. \nVendetta Retains Former MMG Metallurgist \nTo oversee the metallurgical program, the Company has retained the services of Geoff Richmond, an accomplished metallurgist with over 45 years of mineral processing experience. Most recently, Mr. Richmond spent 6 years as Principal Metallurgist at MMG Limited and its predecessor companies. He was project metallurgist during the detailed engineering phase at Las Cruces Mine in Spain (now First Quantum) and was Laboratory Manager at...

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