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NORTHEAST AND NOR 48 Mineral Exploration | amebc.ca PHOTO: COURTESY GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA were completed, two of which intersected visible chalcocite. At Wildcat, 11 holes totalling 550 metres were completed in favourable stratigraphy but did not encounter significant mineralization. Amarc Resources Ltd. partnered with Hudbay Minerals Inc. to explore its Joy property. The company explored a 40x10- kilometre northeast-trending structural corridor by completing an aeromagnetic survey, IP surveys, soil sampling, mapping and two boreholes totalling about 1,000 metres. A more extensive drilling program is planned for 2019. MGX Minerals Inc. completed exploration drilling on its Fran property. About 16 holes totalling 6,000 metres intersected widespread potentially gold-bearing late-stage sulphides in altered host rocks. Base and precious metal projects At its Akie project, ZincX Resources Corp. drilled targets along strike from the Cardiac Creek deposit. Five boreholes totalling 2013 metres explored the Sitka, Sitka Extension, SE Extension and North Lead Zone showings. Two boreholes at the Sitka showing, about 4 kilometres to the east of Cardiac Creek, intersected sphalerite- bearing quartz veins in sandstone. A-18-144 intersected 5.08 metres grading 3.79 per cent zinc and 0.99 metres at 11.33 per cent zinc. A-18-145 intersected 3.5 metres at 3.72 per cent zinc and 0.86 metres at 11.09 per cent zinc. At a 5 per cent zinc cutoŸ grade, Cardiac Creek has an Indicated resource of 22.7 million tonnes at 8.32 per cent zinc, 1.61 per cent lead and 14.1 g/t silver, and an Inferred resource of 7.5 Mt at 7.04 per cent zinc, 1.24 per cent lead and 12.0 g/t silver. A 2018 preliminary economic assessment, based on a conventional underground mine and concentrator operation, reported a mine life of at least 18 years at a production rate of 4,000 tonnes per day. Akie is the southern part of what the company refers to as the Kechika Regional Project, which consists of contiguous properties extending northwest for 140 kilometres. The project includes Pie, Yuen and Cirque East, in which ZincX shares a 49% interest with Teck Resources Ltd. and Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. Core storage at ZincX Resources' Akie project. Serving the mining industry since 1975 Operating: Bell 206B, 206L4, 407HP, 212S, 212HP, 427 & Astar AS350 BA, B2, B3e sales@yhl.ca WWW.YHL.CA 250 963 9884 Safety • Efciency • Service • STEWART • VALEMOUNT • VANDERHOOF • PRINCE GEORGE • MACKENZIE • TERRACE • FORT ST. JOHN • KAMLOOPS • FORT ST. JAMES • CLEARWATER BC BASES 394387-XX-47.indd 1 2018-10-22 8:48 AM