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Western Alaska Minerals Reports 337 G/T (10.8 Oz/T) Silver, 16.7% Zinc and 10.0% Lead Over 11.5 Meters in WPC22-11 Drilled Prior to the 101 Meter WPC22-18 Discovery Hole at Waterpump Creek
TUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / August 2, 2022 / Western Alaska Minerals (the "Company" or "WAM") ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Western Alaska Minerals Reports 337 G/T (10.8 Oz/T) Silver, 16.7% Zinc and 10.0% Lead Over 11.5 Meters in WPC22-11 Drilled Prior to the 101 Meter WPC22-18 Discovery Hole at Waterpump CreekTUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / August 2, 2022 / Western Alaska Minerals (the \"Company\" or \"WAM\") is pleased to announce the first assay results for massive Carbonate Replacement Deposit (\"CRD\") sulfide mineralization cut in the Waterpump Creek target area at its 100% owned Illinois Creek Project in western Alaska. The results reported here are from drillholes WPC22-07, 08, 11 and 13; all drilled prior to the 47m and 101m intercepts cut in drillholes WPC22-17 and 18 for which visual observations were reported last week (See News Release of July 20, 2022).The hole highlighted herein is WPC22-11, which cut 11.5m of massive sulfide grading 337 g/t (10.8 oz/t) silver; 16.7% zinc and 10.0% lead, including 3.1m grading 565 g/t (18.2 oz/t) silver; 8.9% zinc and 15.0% lead.The assays (Table 1 below) confirm the high silver, lead and zinc values expected based on previously reported visual mineralogical observations (See News Release of July 5, 2022). Holes WPC22- 17 and 18, for which assays are pending, show similar mineralogy over their 47m and 101m thicknesses, respectively. Drilling continues at 50m spacing.Additionally, visual observations confirm WPC22-20, located 50 meters south and 30 meters east of WPC22-18, hosts two intervals of massive sulfide mineralization: 11.4 meters from 166.6-178.0; and 20.7 meters from 185.2-205.9. The mineralization appears similar to that observed in WPC22-18.\"These high-grade assays confirm our visual sulfide identifications and really whet our appetite for the results from the similar looking, but much thicker intercepts we reported last week from Holes 17 and 18\", said Kit Marrs, President and CEO of Western Alaska Minerals. \"Those holes, along with the newly announced visual intercept in WPC22-20, further define an emerging mineralization trend now over 300m long. We are very excited about the near-term potential for drilling out a preliminary bonanza-grade silver resource with base metal credits high enough to cover operating costs.\"Kit Marrs continued, \"I would like to thank Dr. Peter Megaw for his support and technical input into the company's recognition of the major CRD potential at Illinois Creek. Pet...