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Akie Project - 2008 Exploration Update
Akie Project - 2008 Exploration Update
About this update from Zincx Resources Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"Akie Project - 2008 Exploration Update\n\n\n\nAkie Project - 2008 Exploration Update\n\nVancouver, British Columbia CANADA, August 11, 2008 /FSC/ - Mantle Resources Inc. (MTS - TSX Venture, MTSZF - OTCBB, AOF7E1 - FWB), is pleased to provide an update on the 2008 exploration program on its 100% owned zinc-lead properties in northeastern British Columbia. To date, 7 holes have been completed (2,678.15 metres) and 2 are currently in progress (at 618 metres of a planned 1,250 metres), for a total achieved meterage of 3,296.15). The Cardiac Creek deposit has successfully been encountered in each of the completed holes over intervals ranging from 18 metres to 24 metres (core length). At present, one drill rig is tasked with testing the immediate strike extent of the Cardiac Creek zinc-lead mineralization while the second is now probing a new area of zinc-lead mineralization located some 2 kilometres to the northwest.\n \n2008 Cardiac Creek Deposit Drill Program\n \nThe key objectives of the 2008 drill program are to determine both the updip and on-strike extent of the deposit as well as to better define the deposit in key areas. Information gained from this work will assist in planning for the 2009 exploration program that may include advanced underground drilling and sampling activities. It is anticipated that this year's drilling campaign will encompass approximately 10,000 metres of drilling in 15 to 20 holes. The contractor for the program is Rodren Drilling Ltd. of West St. Paul, Manitoba.\n \nAll drill core is logged for geology, structure, mineralization and RQD and is photographed. Sections of sulphide mineralization are split by diamond saw and half the core is sampled; all core remaining after sampling is stored at the Akie campsite. The samples, generally representing 0.5 to 1.5 metres of core packed in plastic bags, are forwarded to Acme Analytical Laboratories Ltd., in Vancouver, BC, for analysis. Assay results are pending for all holes. \n \nThe planned 2008 drill program will be greatly aided by the completion of the new access road, facilitating the drilling required to explore the continuation of the Cardiac Creek deposit to the southeast to be carried out over a lengthened field season, with ground support and access to a reliabl...