The drilling exploration program is based out of Canadian Zinc’s newly renovated exploration camp and core logging facility located 77 kilometres southwest of Millertown in central Newfoundland, where a total of 13 drillholes (4,060 metres) of a planned 8,000 metre drill program has been completed, to date.
Six drillholes (1,743 metres) tested for up and down-dip extensions of the Hurricane prospect mineralization and three drillholes (1,287 metres) tested for extensions to the defined Boomerang-Domino deposit. Highlights include:
Drillhole GA14-278 intersected assaying 13.23% zinc, 8.24% lead, 0.70% copper, 135.8 g/t silver and 0.67 g/t gold over 2.37 metres in the down-dip extension of the Hurricane Prospect, and;
Drillhole GA14-281 intersected assaying 4.45% zinc, 1.82% lead, 0.18% copper, 52.15 g/t silver and 0.82 g/t gold over 2.49 metres in a previously untested area between the Boomerang and Domino massive sulphide lenses.
The 2014 drill program was aimed at expanding the mineral resource at the Boomerang-Domino deposit, extending the nearby Hurricane prospect mineralization, and testing for the southeast extension to the Boomerang-Domino mineralized horizon in the Baxter Pond area, about 2.5 kilometres to the east.
Eight of the drillholes intersected the strongly altered, mineralized rhyolite stratigraphy (footwall), located directly below the mineralized horizon which hosts the Boomerang-Domino deposit and Hurricane mineralization. The two massive sulphide intersections are located along this horizon at the top of the footwall stratigraphy. In drillhole GA14-279, the mineralized horizon and footwall stratigraphy has been cut-out by the Baxter Pond Fault.
Three drillholes (BA14-11, 12, 13; 830 metres) tested for a fault displaced extension to the Boomerang-Domino mineralized horizon in the Baxter Pond area. The Boomerang-Domino mineralized horizon is interpreted to have been displaced over 2.5 kilometres to the southeast by the Baxter Pond fault. All three drillholes intersected altered felsic volcanic rocks similar to that associated with the Boomerang-Domino footwall stratigraphy and alteration system, but no significant mineralization was intersected in the three drillholes.
A single drillhole (GA14-284; 200 metres) tested a moderate zinc-soil anomaly trend located 1,100 metres northwest of the Boomerang-Domino deposit. Iron-rich graphitic mudstones with elevated zinc values were intersected and interpreted to explain the soil anomaly.
A summary of the drill results to date are provided below with maps and sections available on the Canadian Zinc website.
Results of this drill program are being evaluated and used to plan additional drilling in these areas. The drill rig has been moved from the Tulks South project to the adjoining Long Lake project to the southeast and will be used to test for extensions to the mineral resource at the Long Lake deposit.
Exploration Manager Appointed
Canadian Zinc is also pleased to announce the appointment of Gerald C. Squires as Exploration Manager for Newfoundland with the responsibility of managing exploration on Canadian Zinc’s very large 266 square kilometre land position.
Most recently, Gerry was Exploration Superintendent with Teck Resources Ltd. at Teck’s Duck Pond mine where, over the past six years, he supervised exploration and delineation drilling programs in the areas around the Duck Pond deposit. Teck’s Duck Pond mine adjoins Canadian Zinc’s South Tally Pond project with its Lemarchant deposit located approximately 20 kilometres from the Duck Pond mill complex.
Prior to 2008 Gerry was chief geologist for Messina Minerals, a company acquired by Canadian Zinc in 2013, where he was responsible for delineation drilling and interpretation of the high grade polymetallic Boomerang-Domino Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide ("VMS") deposit.
Earlier in his career, Gerry was the Provincial Mineral Deposits Geologist for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and was responsible for mapping, compiling data, and reporting on the base metal mineral deposits and showings in central Newfoundland.
Mr. Squires holds a Master of Science degree in Geology from Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland and is a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador. With expertise in a variety of geological environments, including specifically with VMS deposits, and wide industry and government experience in Newfoundland, he will be a valuable addition to the Company’s exploration team.
