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ZincX Resources Provides Update on Metallurgical Test Work By Tongling
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 7, 2022 / ZincX Resources Corp. ("ZincX" or the "Compan...
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[{"type":"text","content":"ZincX Resources Provides Update on Metallurgical Test Work By TonglingVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 7, 2022 / ZincX Resources Corp. (\"ZincX\" or the \"Company\", TSX Venture Exchange:ZNX, OTCQB:ZNCXF, FRA:M9R) is pleased to provide an update on the detailed metallurgical test work that is underway on the Cardiac Creek drill core samples collected from the 2021 diamond drilling program. The samples were shipped to China in Q1 2022. The test work is being conducted at the Hunan Research Institute and the work is being overseen by the Company's strategic partner Tongling Non-Ferrous Metals of China (Tongling).The Company has been informed by Tongling that the initial phase of the planned metallurgical test work is currently underway on the drill core. This includes waste disposal tests such as photoelectric waste disposal, centrifugal waste disposal and decarbonization via flotation. Additional test work of the material is ongoing. The Company is anticipating receiving additional information in the coming weeks.The test work will include the following phases: (1) elimination of carbonaceous gangue on lead-zinc-silver flotation; (2) lead-zinc flotation test; (3) beneficiation wastewater treatment and reuse test; (4) mineral processing product inspection; (5) analysis of tailings dry heap storage method; and (6) mineral processing technology and economic evaluation.Mr. Peeyush Varshney, President and CEO commented,\"We are delighted to be working with our strategic partner Tongling to further enhance both the metallurgical characteristics and economical potential of the deposit. We look forward to further updates from Tongling on the ongoing metallurgical test work that is being carried out on the drill core from the Cardiac Creek deposit.\"The 2021 Drill ProgramThe Company completed a large-diameter HQ diamond drill program in 2021 consisting of five holes totalling 2,669 metres with an objective of acquiring mineralized drill core samples for advanced metallurgical testing. The drill holes targeted specific areas of the deposit along the northwest, down-dip, and southeast boundaries of the High-Grade core in order to provide samples that tests the variability of the deposit across its strike and width. All five holes successfully tested the Cardiac Creek Zone with excellent recovery of thick intervals of sphalerite-galena-...