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Viscount Commences Exploration Program at Silver Cliff, Colorado
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 6, 2016) - Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VML)(OTCQB:VLMGF) ("Viscount" or "the Company"), is pleased to an
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 6, 2016) - Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VML)(OTCQB:VLMGF) (\"Viscount\" or \"the Company\"), is pleased to announce the Phase 1 exploration program at the Silver Cliff Property (the \"Property\") in Colorado will begin by identifying historic drill collar locations, surface sampling, detailed geologic mapping, geophysics, and geochemistry. The Company will begin drilling later this year for the confirmation of the historical geological work and resource estimation, to substantiate the value of Silver Cliff. The Company has access to data including locations of historic resource estimates, drill holes, old mines, and exploration targets. Target models for the Property provided in the available information include near-surface blanket-style mineralization and high grade vein deposits which remain generally untested. \"We are very excited to have our geological team on the ground to confirm and build on the historical reserve,\" said Jim MacKenzie, President & CEO of Viscount. \"We feel that Silver Cliff has the potential for one or more world-class silver deposits that could be defined within the existing claims.\" About Silver Cliff PropertyThe Silver Cliff property lies within the historic Hardscrabble Silver District in Colorado. The Property consists of 96 lode claims where high grade silver, gold and base metal production came from numerous mines during the period 1878 to 1894. It is located 44 miles WSW of Pueblo Colorado and has year-around access by paved road. The property underwent substantial exploration between 1967 and 1984 for the purpose of defining mineral inventories. The major explorers were Freeport, Hecla, Homestake, Moly Corp, Coca Mines and Tenneco Minerals. Silver Cliff is thought to overlie a large caldera and porphyry system which increases the prospect's potential to host a number of deposits from both precious metals to base metals. This has been demonstrated in the mineralogy and grade historically extracted from numerous underground mining operations dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Past drilling at Silver Cliff was designed to test only the flat-lying shallow mineralized bodies with vertical holes but not the high-angle mineralized structures which are likely the ultimate controls for the emplacement of these mineralized bodies. ...