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Ximen's 2020 Prospecting Program
9.04 G/T Gold, 72.8 G/T Silver & 1.27% Copper at The Venus Showing - Nelson BC V...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ximen’s 2020 Prospecting Program9.04 G/T Gold, 72.8 G/T Silver & 1.27% Copper at The Venus Showing - Nelson BCVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / February 12, 2021 / Ximen Mining Corp. (TSXV:XIM)(FRA:1XMA)(OTCQB:XXMMF) (the \"Company\" or \"Ximen\") is pleased to announce results from prospecting samples collected at its properties near the Kenville Gold Mine, Nelson, British Columbia.Image of historic Venus mine longitudinal section showing mine levels and areas mined.Analytical results were received recently from rock samples collected last season on claims surrounding the company's Kenville Mine near Nelson, BC. Approximately one week was spent examining the main showings in the Nelson area and a total of 18 rock chip grab samples were collected. Results were obtained for 9 samples to date, four of which returned significant gold results, with two also significant in copper and silver (see table below).Gold(g/t)Silver(g/t)Copper%Nearby ShowingRock TypeSample9.0472.81.27VenusQuartz Vein FloatD00041528.810.26N/AOro FinoQuartz Vein FloatD00041623.991.88N/APingreeQuartz Vein FloatD00041551.76411.01JosieQuartz Vein OutcropD0004154 The highest value was obtained from the Venus showing. Between 1900 and 1941 the historic Venus and Juno mines produced 3,444 ounces gold, 3,070 ounces silver plus minor lead and copper from 5,411 tonnes mined. Calculated grades are 19.8 grams per tonne gold and 17.6 grams per tonnes silver. Quartz veins are mineralized with pyrite and minor galena and sphalerite. The veins vary from a few centimetres to over 1 metre in width and locally occur as quartz stringers in sheared rock. Two main veins were mined; the Venus vein and the Juno vein, which is oriented almost at right angles to the Venus vein.Photo of quartz float at Oro Fino prospect.The Oro Fino is located just over 1 km east of the Kenville mine and the mineralization at Oro Fino is similar to that at the Kenville mine. A 0.15-metre-wide vein is documented on the reverted Evening Star crown grant that has the same attitude as the Kenville veins, indicating that the Kenville vein system possibly continues onto the Oro Fino property. The 2020 sample was collected from quartz float near a pit on the reverted Evening Star crown grant (see photo above).Photo looking south at quartz vein outcrop showing malachite staining. Vein is mineralized with ...