Aquila Resources Inc. (fka AQARF)

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MENOMINEE COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - Aquila Resources has started a winter drilling operation at the Back Forty project in Menominee County, the company announced Tuesday morning.

Aquila says its 4,600 meter drilling operation aims to expand known resources in the area that is rich with zinc and gold.

According to Aquila, the operation will use two diamond drills. One drill will focus on infill and step out drilling on the known resource at Back Forty.

The Back Forty project in Lake Township is still in the permitting process. In late December 2016, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality issued two permits: a final Nonferrous Metallic Mineral Mining Permit and a Michigan Air Use Permit to Install. Two additional necessary permits, a National Pollution Elimination System permit and a permit for wetland impacts are still under consideration.

Aquila explained more of its winter drilling operation in a press release Tuesday morning:

"The focus of the infill and step out program is to expand known resources associated with potential underground mining as well as to convert inferred resources into measured and indicated categories. Drilling will target the southwest extension of the Pinwheel massive sulfide zone as well as Main zone and Deep zone massive sulfide and gold mineralization.

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