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Viscount Mining to Commence Phase 2 Drill Program at Silver Cliff Project
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 19, 2017) - Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VML)(OTCQB:VLMGF) ("Viscount" or the "Company") is pleased to a
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 19, 2017) - Viscount Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:VML)(OTCQB:VLMGF) (\"Viscount\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that its Phase 2 twin drilling program will start shortly at Silver Cliff, Colorado. Results will assess upside potential and contribute to the verification of historical resources at the nearly flat-lying Kate Silver Deposit which at less than 70 feet (21 metres) depth, and up to 88 feet (27 metres) apparent true thickness, would have open pit mining potential. Viscount has contracted Arseneau Consulting Services (ACS) to provide overall supervision of the drill program. Dr. Gilles Arseneau, a professional geologist, has chosen 10 of the Kate Silver Deposit historical drill holes to be twinned. They will be drilled to an average depth of about 328 feet (100 metres) versus an average of 197 feet (60 metres) for historic drilling at Kate. Historical records show that deeper rhyolite tuff layers have elevated silver concentrations. In particular, a number of the few historic holes deeper than 197 feet (60 metres) either ended in or passed through mineralized tuff and Emmons (1896, p. 10) reported \"films or stains of metallic sulphides, said to assay high in silver… lining delicate cracks in the tuff\" units intercepted when sinking the 2,640-foot (805 metres) Geyser mine shaft approximately 2625 feet (800 metres) southeast of Viscount's 2016 drill holes. ACS therefore has chosen to test the potential continuity and grade of deeper mineralized tuff with 5 of the 10 planned holes probing to depths of more than 328 feet (100 metres). One or more of the holes also will test prominent cross-cutting faults for high grade silver, either in altered adjacent volcanics or in veins within the fault zones. If the deep drilling locates other horizons with potentially economic concentrations of silver, it will have significant bearing on the next phase of work. A local geologist with intimate knowledge of Silver Cliff's geology, Mr. Harald Hoegberg, has been engaged for the permitting process, and on site supervision of the drilling program and to ensure compliance with QA/QC protocol adopted in consultation with the QP and Dr. Arseneau. Viscount has contracted BDW International Drilling Inc. who will move an NQ coring rig onto the property once permitting has been completed...