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W inte r 20 1 9 45 PHOTO COURTESY GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Precious metal projects The Greenwood district continued to see activity from several companies in 2019. KG Exploration Inc. (Kinross Gold Corporation) continued exploring for base metal and epithermal gold mineralization on 27,346 ha optioned from Grizzly Discoveries Inc. Golden Dawn Minerals Inc. continued work near its Lexington, Golden Crown and Phoenix projects. GGX Gold Corp. drilled and trenched at its Gold Drop property, targeting a system of parallel high-grade epithermal veins. In the Kootenays, Apex Resources Inc. started drilling at the Ore Hill project late in the year, targeting narrow, high-grade gold veins and breccias. Magnum Goldcorp Inc. planned a late drill program at the LH project. PJX Resources Inc. drilled at its Gold Shear property, targeting a geophysical anomaly below outcropping quartz veins where grab samples returned assays of 68 to 194 g/t Au. Base and precious metal projects SEDEX and associated polymetallic mineralization in Mesoproterozoic rocks continued to be targets in the East Kootenays. PJX Resources Inc. continued drilling magnetotelluric anomalies on the Vine property and intersected bedding- parallel massive sulphides consisting of mainly pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite. The company also carried out further sampling at its SOUTHEAST REGION Drilling underground at Klondike Silver Corp.'s Silvana project.