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Western Alaska Minerals Announces Bonanza-Grades from Waterpump Creek WPC22-21: 5.1 Meters Grading 789 g/t Silver (25.4 oz/t), 22.0% Lead and 14.9% Zinc And 2022 Waterpump Creek Drilling Summary
TUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / January 17, 2023 / Western Alaska Minerals (the "Company" or "WAM") (T...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Western Alaska Minerals Announces Bonanza-Grades from Waterpump Creek WPC22-21: 5.1 Meters Grading 789 g/t Silver (25.4 oz/t), 22.0% Lead and 14.9% Zinc And 2022 Waterpump Creek Drilling SummaryTUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / January 17, 2023 / Western Alaska Minerals (the \"Company\" or \"WAM\") (TSXV:WAM) is pleased to announce that massive sulfides announced visually from drill hole WPC22-21 (See News Release of September 22, 2022) report 5.1 meters grading 789 g/t Silver (25.4 oz/t), 22.0% Lead and 14.9% Zinc. WPC22-21 is the last hole to be reported from the 2022 exploration season at WAM's 100% owned Waterpump Creek Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD), and successfully continues the emerging 400m long mineralized trend defined by holes WPC21-09 through WPC22-22 (See Press Release September 22, 2022 and Table 2 below). Mineralization remains open in several directions and tracing this mineralized body will be one of the principal focuses of an expanded 2023 drill program.Table 1. Composite results from drill hole WPC22-21**. All Waterpump Creek results can be found on our website along with more technical information.DHFrom (m)To (m)Width m*Ag g/tAg optPb %Zn %WPC22-21150.0155.15.178925.422.014.9* Width reported as core length** Previously visual release ( 9/22/2022) reported 4.0 meters of width\"Bonanza silver grades averaging 25.4 oz/T with combined lead-zinc grades of 36.9% in the last hole of our 2022 drilling program are a great way to end the season,\" said Kit Marrs, CEO. \"This intercept continues the upper zone or manto at Waterpump Creek and mirrors similar high-grades in drill holes extending approximately 400 meters to the north. We expect to continue expanding the zone to the south with an aggressive multi-rig program in 2023.\"Highlights of the 2022 Drilling Program (Summarized in Table 2)The emerging Waterpump Creek Manto shows classic multi-phase CRD-style massive sulfide mineralization with silver-rich lead stages cutting earlier zinc-rich stages and late-stage pyritic zones cutting the earlier silver and base metal zones.Similar mineralization has now been cut at similar elevations in 10 WAM drill holes (including WPC21-09) and 6 historical drill holes, indicating a continuous elongate body 30 to 75 meters wide and 400 meters in length (See Figure 2).Mineralization along the body thickens progressively from nort...