Fireweed Zinc Commences Drill Program at Macmillan Pass

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FIREWEED ZINC LTD. (“Fireweed” or the “Company”) (TSXV: FWZ) is pleased to announce that drilling has started on the 100% owned 544 km2 Macmillan Pass Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in Yukon, Canada. This is in addition to the field work already in progress on the property since July that includes geophysical, geochemical, and geological work. Highlights Two core drills have begun drilling at Boundary Zone Most drilling this season will be at Boundary Zone, further testing the wide and high-grade mineralization intersected in 2019 New discovery targets will also be drilled, including 240 Mile Target Geophysical gravity surveying, geological mapping, geochemical sampling, and prospecting are all underway (see Fireweed news release dated June 11, 2020 for details of 2020 exploration targets on the property) An airborne VTEM-Magnetic geophysical survey over the western Fertile Corridor including the Boundary Zone area is scheduled to start shortly Drilling and field work programs are being further expanded with funds from the recently announced financing CEO StatementBrandon Macdonald, CEO, stated “Two drills are now turning. The prime target this season is Boundary Zone where last year we drilled very impressive intersections including 100 metres of 7.94% zinc from surface including 6.4 metres of 42.88% zinc, the best holes ever drilled in the zone. We will also be drilling new targets based on geophysics and other field work which have good potential for new discoveries. It’s going to be a busy couple months to accomplish the large work program we have planned and we look forward to seeing the results of our efforts.” Core Drilling The first drill began drilling last week and the second drill began drilling this week. Both drills will mainly be deployed to test the Boundary Zone high-grade core and zone extensions. Previous drilling at Boundary intersected wide sections of potential open pit mineralization. Drilling highlights from 2019 include 100 metres of 7.94% zinc from surface, including 6.4 metres of 42.88% zinc within 230 metres of 4.14% zinc. Other targets we plan to drill this summer include the Bog Zone, which has significant historic drill results and is located north of Boundary Zone, and 240 Mile Target, marked by a large gravity anomaly that may indic...

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