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Canada Zinc Metals Provides Interim Exploration Update
Canada Zinc Metals Provides Interim Exploration Update Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA, S...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Canada Zinc Metals Provides Interim Exploration UpdateCanada Zinc Metals Provides Interim Exploration Update\nVancouver, British Columbia CANADA, September 24, 2013 /FSC/ - Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (CZX - TSX Venture), is pleased to provide an update on the Company's current $3 million exploration program being conducted on the Akie project and on several of the Kechika Regional properties. \nThe Akie property is the Company's flagship exploration project and host to the Cardiac Creek SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit. The Kechika Regional Project, represented by a series of property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the highly prospective Gunsteel Formation shale. The southernmost project boundary is located approximately 260 kilometres northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.\n2013 Exploration Update\nThe Company has now completed seven holes of a planned nine-hole diamond drill program on the Akie property. The program began with two holes on the West Akie GPS Zone; followed by one hole each on the North Lead Anomaly and the South Zinc Anomaly. The drill is currently testing the Cardiac Creek deposit and has commenced work on the fourth infill hole. The final drill hole of the program is planned to test the SE Extension target area. \nA total of 3,500 meters have been drilled to-date; and a total of 938 core samples, including QA/QC samples, have been sent to Acme Analytical Laboratories in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Results are pending. Samples are collected in accordance with accepted industry standards and procedures and routine QA/QC analysis is conducted on all assay results, including the systematic utilization of certified reference materials, blanks and duplicate samples.\nAn extensive soil sampling program was conducted on the Akie and Mt. Alcock properties and was designed to evaluate geophysical anomalies detected in the VTEM Airborne geophysical survey completed in 2012 as well as expand upon known soil anomalies. A total of 2,390 soil samples have been taken from four separate soil grids on the Akie property (covering an aggregate of 24 km2) and from two soil grids on the Mt. Alcock property (covering an aggregate of 5 km2). The sampling program also included three orientation lines over the Cardiac Creek d...