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LOL yeah thats good, I think Zinc Will Take a page out of the big oil handbook. They will close the entire plant for refurbishing and others will start doing major maintenance and upgrades thus starting the next big move in zinc. haha
It started with a bang.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57569551/meteorites-slam-into-russia-as-meteor-seen-streaking-through-morning-sky/
Let's see. The zinc ore is in the ground. They are not reporting damage to mining equipment. A warehouse needs a wall fixed, and some windows - sounds like 2x4 and plywood quick framing until it is warmer.
It may only be a small fraction of a percent increase in price, but since that adds up so much maybe they will hire another of those to show up !
Damaged Zinc Plant Cause Price To Rise
Zinc rose in London, narrowing this week’s drop, after an exploding meteorite caused damage at a Russian plant producing the metal.
A shock wave caused by the blast destroyed a wall in a concentrate warehouse at the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant site and smashed windows in other buildings, spokesman Evgeny Ponomarev said today. The plant is working as usual, he said. Chelyabinsk Zinc produced 160,000 metric tons of refined zinc and alloys last year, according to the company website.
“Your immediate knee-jerk reaction is that this is potential supply being taken out of the market,” Nic Brown, head of commodity research at Natixis SA in London, said by phone today. “And then you spend time thinking, ‘How much impact does this have?’”
Zinc for delivery in three months added 0.2 percent to $2,193 a ton by 10:03 a.m. on the London Metal Exchange, paring a climb of as much as 0.9 percent. Prices are down 0.5 percent this week. Copper was little changed at $8,237 a ton and $3.754 a pound for May-delivery metal on the Comex in New York. ....
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-15/zinc-rises-as-meteorite-explosion-causes-damage-at-russian-plant.html
Zinc Rises as Meteorite Explosion Causes Damage at Russian Plant
Most people in Russia in that part of the country have web cams on their dashboards because insurance quit paying claims without one. Thus why we get so many images of this meteorite and it's damage. Heres one
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-15/zinc-plant-damaged-in-meteor-strike/4522308
Canada Zinc Metals Corp. – Exhibiting at Cambridge House Investment Conference and 2013 Mineral Exploration Roundup
Vancouver, B.C. – Wednesday, January 16, 2013– Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture: CZX) (“Canada Zinc Metals” or the “Company) is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at Cambridge House International Inc.’s “2013 World Resource Investment Conference”, being held at the Vancouver Convention Centre at 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, from Sunday, January 20 to Monday, January 21, 2013.
Canada Zinc Metals extends an invitation to all attendees to visit Booth #1031. The Company will be handing out information brochures as well as displaying some of the high grade drill core obtained from the exploration programs at the Company’s flagship Akie property.
The Company is also pleased to announce that on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013, the Company will be an exhibitor at the Map Tent at the 2013 Mineral Exploration Roundup conference being held at the Westin Bayshore hotel in Vancouver, BC.
The Association for Mineral Exploration BC (www.amebc.ca) annually hosts this important 4-day exploration conference which is now in its 30th year. Shareholders and investors are encouraged to visit with management and staff to review the latest exploration data, including the results of the 2012 airborne VTEM survey. The Map Tent will be located in the foyer outside of the Stanley Park Ballroom on level 2 of the Westin Bayshore and staff from the Company will be present from 10 am until 5 pm.
Significant shareholders of the Canada Zinc Metals include Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co. Ltd. and Lundin Mining Corporation.
About the Akie Property
The Akie zinc-lead property is situated within the southern-most part (Kechika Trough) of the regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn Basin, one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the world for the occurrence of SEDEX zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
Drilling on the Akie property by Inmet Mining Corporation during the period 1994 to 1996 and by Canada Zinc Metals since 2005 has identified a significant body of baritic-zinc-lead SEDEX mineralization (Cardiac Creek deposit). The deposit is hosted by variably siliceous, fine grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian ‘Gunsteel’ formation. The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource of 23.6 million tonnes grading 7.6% zinc, 1.5% lead and 13.0 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut off grade).
Two similar deposits, Cirque and Cirque South Cirque, located some 20 km northwest of Akie and owned under a joint venture by Teck Resources and Korea Zinc, are also hosted by Gunsteel rocks and have a combined geologic inventory in excess of 50 million tonnes (not 43-101 compliant) grading approximately 10% combined zinc + lead.
In addition to the Akie property, Canada Zinc Metals Corp. controls a large contiguous group of claims which comprise the Kechika Regional project. These claims are underlain by geology identical to that on the Akie property (Cardiac Creek deposit) and Cirque. This project includes the 100% owned Mt. Alcock property, which has yielded a historic drill intercept of 8.8 metres grading 9.3% zinc+lead, numerous zinc-lead-barite occurrences, and several regional base metal anomalies.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Nice Updates JD, Zink has Big Future Demand...
Such as Zink Bromide Flow Batteries,
they are a huge "Green" move forward
in battery storage technology.
Zink has many industrial uses...
These specialized mining companies are ALL Gold, imo.
Go $CZX!!!
New Anomalies Discovered on Kechika Regional Properties
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Thursday, December 13, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) is pleased to provide an update on the regional exploration program completed on the Akie and Kechika Regional projects. The Akie property is the Company’s flagship exploration project and is host to the Cardiac Creek SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit with a 43-101 compliant indicated and inferred resource recently updated in April of 2012.
The Kechika Regional Project, represented by a series of contiguous property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the prospective Gunsteel Formation shale. The Gunsteel shale is the known host to the Cardiac Creek deposit, Teck/Korea Zinc’s Cirque deposit, and numerous baritic Zn-Pb-Ag mineral occurrences along its mapped extent.
The southernmost project boundary of the Kechika Regional project is located approximately 260 kilometers north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Regional Exploration Program
All analytical results have been received from the Company’s 2012 hydro-geochemistry program which was conducted on several of the Company’s properties including Akie, Pie, Mt. Alcock and Yuen. In total, over 100 samples were collected from primary, secondary and select tertiary creeks and streams and analyzed for sulphate and metal concentrations at Acme Analytical Labs Ltd of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Akie Property:
Sampling on the Akie property focused on testing creeks that drain an area underlain by Gunsteel shale as well as the geology on the eastern side of Silver Creek. Additional samples were taken in the immediate vicinity of the GPS barite showing along the western edges of the Akie property which returned anomalous values in Zn and Pb and other pathfinder elements. A drill hole to test the GPS showing was started in late 2011 but stopped short of its intended depth due to challenging ground conditions. The GPS showing remains a high priority drill target that is located along strike from the Cirque deposit.
Silver Creek has a distinct anomalous Zn signature, with localized increases in Pb, extending from the Central Pie area down to the confluence with the Akie River. This is attributed to the large number of creeks and streams draining known Gunsteel Formation shale to the west where drilling has defined the Cardiac Creek mineralized horizon in 79 drill holes. Of considerable interest are anomalous Zn values originating from the underexplored eastern side of Silver Creek that will require further detailed field evaluation as a potential target for hosting additional Zn-Pb-Ag mineralization.
The sampling downstream of the Cardiac Creek deposit has identified a number of key elements that can be used as a geochemical signature to guide future sampling programs on the Company’s properties.
Pie Property:
Sampling on the Pie property focused on the primary, secondary and select tertiary creeks draining from the West Pie target area and the Central Pie panel of Gunsteel Formation shale. Historical drilling was centered on the Main Pie showing and on a trend towards the south eastern edge of the property. The northern end of the Central Pie area produced a distinct anomalous signature with extremely high concentration of sulphate and high conductivity readings. Additionally, this area is anomalous in Zn, Pb and other key elements. Of particular interest, barite float was found within the creeks and iron seeps were observed within tertiary creeks draining from the Gunsteel Formation shale nearby. Field measurements from follow up sampling in the area continued to record highly anomalous sulphate values and conductivity readings. This area remains untested by drilling and warrants follow up work including detailed mapping of the Gunsteel Formation shale and sampling of the iron seeps.
The West Pie target area returned moderate to anomalous values of sulphate and conductivity measurements and moderate to anomalous values of certain key pathfinder elements towards the center of the area within the interpreted Gunsteel Formation shales.
Mt. Alcock Property:
Sampling on the Mt. Alcock property focused on primary and secondary creeks draining from the Main Barite showing where the historical drilling defined a body of Zn-Pb-Ag-Ba mineralization, and the Eastern panel of Gunsteel shale which is known to host several nodular barite showings and iron seeps. Sampling from the eastern panel of Gunsteel shale returned anomalous values of Zn and moderate to elevated values of pathfinder elements. In an attempt to obtain background values for sulphate, several samples were taken immediately to the east from creeks draining geology interpreted to be from the Road River Group of rocks that typically underlie the Gunsteel Formation shale. However, these creeks unexpectedly returned anomalous concentrations in sulphate. Follow up sampling in these drainages continued to demonstrate anomalous sulphate and Zn values and will require follow up work to reassess the geology and determine the possible source(s) of this anomalism.
Limited historical drilling on the Main Barite showing in 1989 intersected 8.8 metres grading 9.3 % combined Zn+Pb and 1.2 opt Ag in drill hole 89-3. Drill hole 89-9 returned the widest intercept, with 10.5 metres grading 6.8 % combined Zn+Pb and 0.7 opt Ag. This area is a high priority target for follow-up in 2013.
Future sampling programs on the Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock properties will focus on tertiary drainages in order to pinpoint the source of the sulphate and elemental anomalies, and the presence of possible Zn-Pb-Ag mineralization.
Airborne Geophysical Survey
The Company is in receipt of Geotech Ltd.’s final report on the recent 1,526 line kilometre airborne Vertical Time Domain EM (VTEM) geophysical survey flown over the Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock properties. The report is currently under review, however a preliminary examination of the geophysical data indicates a very good correlation between the known geology and the geophysical response. A number of key geological units appear to have been well defined by the survey, including the Gunsteel shale and what are interpreted to be thrust repeat panels of the Gunsteel shale. Detailed mapping in these areas will be required to confirm the preliminary interpretation. These areas have been previously mapped by government survey as older rock units.
A detailed analysis of the VTEM geophysical data in currently underway by Condor Consulting Inc., recognized experts in the field of airborne electromagnetics. Condor’s final report regarding the significance of the survey is expected in late December.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
About the Akie Property
The Akie zinc-lead property is situated within the southern-most part (Kechika Trough) of the regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn Basin, one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the world for the occurrence of SEDEX zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
Drilling on the Akie property by Inmet Mining Corporation during the period 1994 to 1996 and by Canada Zinc Metals since 2005 has identified a significant body of baritic-zinc-lead SEDEX mineralization (Cardiac Creek deposit). The deposit is hosted by variably siliceous, fine grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian ‘Gunsteel’ formation. The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource of 23.6 million tonnes grading 7.6% zinc, 1.5% lead and 13.0 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut off grade).
Two similar deposits, Cirque and Cirque South Cirque, located some 20 km northwest of Akie and owned under a joint venture by Teck Resources and Korea Zinc, are also hosted by Gunsteel rocks and have a combined geologic inventory in excess of 50 million tonnes (not 43-101 compliant) grading approximately 10% combined zinc + lead.
In addition to the Akie property, Canada Zinc Metals Corp. controls a large contiguous group of claims which comprise the Kechika Regional project. These claims are underlain by geology identical to that on the Akie property (Cardiac Creek deposit) and Cirque. This project includes the 100% owned Mt. Alcock property, which has yielded a historic drill intercept of 8.8 metres grading 9.3% zinc+lead, numerous zinc-lead-barite occurrences, and several regional base metal anomalies.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
which 100 million within TNR the markets might discount in the shareprice not fully reflecting that 100M because they cannot move it out of the conntry leaving CZX to wait it out or choose to realize only a percentage by liquidating the holding to others willing to wait
not sure if Argentina is making distinctions between income from resource sales and capital gains from sale of resource bodies
So if LA sold and TNR gets roughly under 100 million then CZX would get around 40 million.
just walking down the avenues
walking down the avenues
Everyone is having the discussion about whether China will have a hard landing or soft landing. We are getting more comfortable with the thought of no landing. Therefore, we are in the process of looking at some very cheap assets because everyone thinks China is about to hit the wall. If China doesn't hit the wall, that's how you get a tenbagger. You probably get a three- or fourbagger just on the relief.
AD: I agree. I like to quote Mark Mobius: "I think China is still flying." We buy very few Chinese companies. We are concerned about the books and local government interference with businesses.
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-independent-viewpoint?oid=163971&sn=Detail
Thanks How Do They Say It ( Tongling Knocking)
Japan nice but China They Need It, They Must Have It Arrrrrggggeeeeerrrr gulp
interesting observation on the Los Azules deposit
So indirectly Tongling thru interests in CZX thru interest in TNR
Now own a position in Los Azules.
They are known to go after only the worlds largest metal deposits.
LA Perfect 4 Them. And MUX too!
Canada Zinc arranges $3-million private placement
2012-11-15 19:53 ET - News Release
Mr. Peeyush Varshney reports
CANADA ZINC METALS ANNOUNCES NON-BROKERED PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Canada Zinc Metals Corp. has arranged a private placement of up to $3-million at a price of 40 cents per unit. Each unit will consist of one flow-through common share and one-half share purchase warrant of the company. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of 60 cents for a period of 18 months from closing.
A finder's fee of 4 per cent will be paid in cash. The company has agreed to allocate the offering to subscribers found by Secutor Capital Management Corp. and Marquest Asset Management Inc.
The private placement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
The proceeds are to be used for further exploration of the Akie Sedex zinc-lead property and to explore the Kechika regional project -- the balance of the company's portfolio of mineral holdings located within the highly prospective Kechika trough, Sedex, zinc-lead basin of northeastern British Columbia.
About the Akie property
The Akie zinc-lead property is situated within the southernmost part (Kechika trough) of the regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn basin, one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the world for the occurrence of Sedex zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
Drilling on the Akie property by Inmet Mining Corp. during the period from 1994 to 1996 and by Canada Zinc Metals since 2005 has identified a significant body of baritic-zinc-lead Sedex mineralization (Cardiac Creek deposit). The deposit is hosted by variably siliceous, fine-grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian Gunsteel formation. The company has outlined an NI 43-101-compliant inferred resource of 23.6 million tonnes grading 7.6 per cent zinc, 1.5 per cent lead and 13.0 grams per tonne silver (at a 5-per-cent-zinc-cut-off grade).
Two similar deposits, Cirque and Cirque South Cirque, located about 20 kilometres northwest of Akie and owned under a joint venture by Teck Resources and Korea Zinc, are also hosted by Gunsteel rocks and have a combined geologic inventory in excess of 50 million tonnes (not NI 43-101 compliant) grading approximately 10 per cent combined zinc plus lead.
In addition to the Akie property, Canada Zinc Metals controls a large contiguous group of claims, which comprise the Kechika regional project. These claims are underlain by geology identical to that on the Akie property (Cardiac Creek deposit) and Cirque. This project includes the 100-per-cent-owned Mount Alcock property, which has yielded a historical drill intercept of 8.8 metres grading 9.3 per cent zinc plus lead, numerous zinc-lead-barite occurrences and several regional base metal anomalies.
Ken MacDonald, PGeo, vice-president of exploration, is the designated qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
http://www.stockwatch.com/News/Item.aspx?bid=Z-C%3aCZX-2015025&symbol=CZX®ion=C
These guys are gona go big time!
In April, 2012, the Company announced a revised NI 43-101compliant resource
calculation for the Cardiac Creek Deposit.
The resource now measures:
Indicated 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off )
Inferred 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off )
This new resource establishes the Cardiac Creek deposit as one of the premier
undeveloped lead-zinc-silver rich base metal projects in the world.
Significant Shareholders Include:
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co. Ltd.
Lundin Mining Corporation
http://www.canadazincmetals.com/
We are pleased to announce that the Canada Zinc Metals Corp. website has undergone a content update and now includes the recent two new NI 43-101 compliant Technical Reports on the Company’s Mt. Alcock and Pie Properties - as well as the updated Akie Property NI 43-101 resource estimate. There are also updated maps and sections in the “Projects” pages plus new information on the recent vertical time domain electromagnetic (VTEM) geophysical survey and hydro geochemistry surveys.
You are invited and encouraged to visit the updated website at www.canadazincmetals.com .
About Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX.V : CZX ; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ )
Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining district in British Columbia, Canada. The Company is the dominant land holder in a world class mineral belt called the Kechika Trough which hosts in excess of 80 million tonnes of base metal resources.
Canada Zinc Metals owns a total of 77,855 hectares in 235 mineral claims which extend northwestward from the Akie property for a distance of 140 km.
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource at its flagship Akie property, including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade). Using this estimate, the deposit contains 2.35 billion pounds of zinc, 471.8 million pounds of lead and 5.6 million ounces of silver in the indicated category, and 2.65 billion pounds of zinc, 482.2 million pounds of lead and 6.1 million ounces of silver in the inferred category (at 5% zinc cut-off).
The deposit remains open in all directions. Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group and Lundin Mining are significant shareholders of the Company.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Preliminary Results from Canada Zinc Metals Kechika Regional Program
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Thursday, November 8, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) is pleased to provide an update on the regional exploration program completed on the Akie and Kechika Regional projects. The Akie property is the Company’s flagship exploration project and is host to the Cardiac Creek SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit. The Kechika Regional Project, represented by a series of contiguous property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the prospective Gunsteel Formation shale. The southernmost project boundary is located approximately 260 kilometers north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Airborne Geophysical Survey
At this time, the Company is in receipt of Geotech Ltd.’s final report on the recent 1,526 line kilometre airborne Vertical Time Domain EM (VTEM) geophysical survey flown over the Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock properties. The survey consisted of 200 metre spaced lines across all three properties. Detailed infill areas over the Cardiac Creek deposit and the West Pie target area of the Pie property were flown with 100 metre line spacing. The primary goal of the survey was to obtain lithological and structural information near surface and at depth across the three properties, as well as define a geophysical response directly from the Cardiac Creek deposit.
The report is currently under review however a preliminary examination of the geophysical data indicates a good correlation between the known geology and the geophysical response. A number of key geological units appear to have been defined by the survey, including the Gunsteel Formation shale hosting the Cardiac Creek deposit (as well as the associated hanging wall and footwall Silurian siltstone), the Gunsteel Formation shale across the central Pie property where the bulk of the historical drilling on the property has taken place; and the prospective, newly interpreted, Gunsteel Formation shale of the West Pie target area.
Condor Consulting Inc., of Lakewood Colorado, has been engaged to review the data and provide a full geophysical interpretative report. Condor are recognized as experts in the field of airborne electromagnetics and provide a full range of services for processing, modeling and analysis of geophysical data. Ken Witherly of Condor previously had provided advice on type and orientation of survey prior to commencement of the survey. The final interpretive report is expected sometime in December. Upon receipt, the Company will review the report and its recommendations for follow-up work. Canada Zinc Metals looks forward to providing a further update on the results of the VTEM survey.
Regional Exploration Program
Preliminary sulphate results have been received from the hydro-geochemistry program conducted across several of the company’s properties including Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock. In total over 120 samples were collected and analyzed for sulphate and metal concentrations.
The analytical sulphate values confirmed the initial field observations with several areas that returned highly anomalous levels of sulphate. These include the northern area of Central Pie, West Pie and Mt. Alcock.
Additional samples taken downstream of the GPS showing returned elevated levels of sulphate that confirm the previously known anomaly. This result continues to demonstrate the viability of this technique. Interestingly, certain drainages underlain by rocks of the Road River Group, generally thought to be non-prospective, returned anomalous values on the Pie, Mt. Alcock and Yuen properties. These areas will need to be investigated further in order to determine a possible source. With a few exceptions the field observations correlated extremely well with the analytical results. At this time the Company is waiting for final results from the metals analysis. These results are expected shortly. Based on the final interpretation, future sampling will focus on tertiary drainages in order to pinpoint the source of the sulphate anomalies and the presence of possible SEDEX style mineralization. For QA/QC purposes, several samples from the 2011 baseline survey were duplicated to test for possible seasonal variation; and a series of duplicates and blanks were inserted roughly every ten samples in the 2012 survey.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Shortage of Zinc Supply Coming
Please find for your information an article by Pinnacle Digest on the looming significant shortage of zinc supply -- “Zinc Mines Are Closing Down - Good News for Zinc Stocks”
http://www.pinnacledigest.com/articles/vol-287-zinc-mines-are-closing-down-good-news-zinc-stocks
Bounce off .35 looking good here.
Canada Zinc Metals Completes Large VTEM
Geophysical Survey on
Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock Properties
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Monday, October 1, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) is pleased to provide an update on the regional exploration program recently completed on the Akie and Kechika Regional projects. The Akie property is the Company’s flagship exploration project and is host to the Cardiac Creek SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit. The Kechika Regional Project, represented by a series of contiguous property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the prospective Gunsteel Formation shale. The southernmost project boundary is located approximately 260 kilometers north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Airborne Geophysical Survey
The Company is pleased to announce that Geotech Ltd., of Aurora, Ontario, has successfully completed a large-scale, 1,526 line kilometre airborne Vertical Time Domain EM (VTEM) geophysical survey over the Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock properties. The primary goal of the survey was to obtain lithological and structural information near surface and at depth across the three properties, as well as define a geophysical response directly from the Cardiac Creek deposit.
A detailed orientation survey with 100 metre line spacing was conducted over the known extent of the Cardiac Creek deposit. This was intended to test the VTEM technology in the field and determine whether expected information was being acquired. The preliminary results from this orientation survey demonstrated a clear response from the Gunsteel Formation shale panel that is host to the Cardiac Creek deposit. In addition, other lithological boundaries such as the hangingwall siltstone and shale and footwall siltstones of the Road River Group were clearly defined. Interestingly, an unexpected positive response was detected to the east of Silver Creek. Based on the preliminary results from the orientation survey a decision was made to proceed with the remainder of the proposed survey over the broader Akie property, and the Pie and Mt. Alcock properties.
Coverage across the remainder of the Akie property, and Pie and Mt. Alcock properties consisted of 200 metre spaced lines. A secondary focus was placed on the West Pie target area with detailed coverage consisting of 100 metre spaced lines extending from the GPS showing to the southeast and to the property boundary to the northwest.
The final results from this survey are expected in late October after which the Company will conduct a thorough and detailed interpretation. This is the first modern airborne geophysical survey undertaken on the Company’s large land holdings. Prospecting, mapping, soil geochemistry and detailed geophysical ground surveys will be considered in 2013 for any anomalies generated by the 2012 VTEM surveys. The survey results on Mt. Alcock and Pie will also help confirm drill targets. Follow-up airborne VTEM survey infill lines may be warranted in 2013 for detail over any areas identified by the 2012 exploration program as having significant potential for sulphides.
Regional Exploration Program
Results for the recently completed water geochemistry survey conducted across a number of the Company’s properties including Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock are still pending but are expected shortly. In total, over 120 samples were collected and analyzed for sulphate and metal concentrations.
Based on the initial field observations of turbidity, several areas returned highly anomalous levels of barium sulphate. These include the northern area of Central Pie, West Pie and Mt. Alcock. An additional sample was taken downstream of the GPS showing confirming its anomalous nature. Interestingly, certain drainages underlain by rocks of the Road River Group, generally thought to be non-prospective, returned anomalous values on the Pie, Mt. Alcock and Yuen properties. These areas will need to be investigated further in order to determine a possible source. The field observations are at this point preliminary results and will be confirmed by the analytical results at a future date, upon which final interpretations will be made. Based on the final interpretation, future sampling will focus on tertiary drainages in order to pinpoint the source of the sulphate anomalies and the presence of possible SEDEX style mineralization. For QA/QC purposes, several samples from the 2011 baseline survey were duplicated to test for possible seasonal variation; and a series of duplicates and blanks were inserted roughly every ten samples in the 2012 survey.
Historical exploration work completed on the Mt Alcock property includes diamond drilling on the Main barite showing in addition to geological mapping, geophysics, and surface geochemistry work on the Main, Nod and Seep grids. Two phases of diamond drilling were completed in 1989 and 1990, with a total of 17 diamond drill holes drilled for 2,264 metres to test a prominent white barite zone. The barite zone has a surface extent up to 500 metres long by an average of 90 metres wide. Anomalous zinc values in soils range from 500 to 6888 ppm (parts per million), and are coincident with anomalous lead values that range from 100 to 16,500 ppm. Grab samples of stratiform barite hosted zinc- lead sulphides in outcrop over a 300 metre strike length returned up to 14.8 % combined zinc- lead and 0.6 ounce per ton silver. The best drill intercept recorded (from limited drilling) was 8.8 metres grading 9.3 % combined zinc- lead, and 1.2 ounces per ton silver, in drill hole 89- 3. Drill hole 89- 9 returned the widest intercept, with 10.5 metres grading 6.8 % combined zinc- lead and 0.7 ounces per ton silver.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Nice read from ilikezm over at
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CZX share price is up over 11% the past few days. Even with this move, the share price is so incredibly undervalued. I"ve been picking some more up in the market. I think ultimately we could see $1.50 or higher on this one. The Akie project has $7 billion of in-situ value metal in the ground.
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This morning, the price of zinc (basis: LME 3-month contract) gained as much as 1.4% to US$0.97/lb, reaching its highest level since February 29, 2012, says Bloomberg."
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About Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX.V : CZX ; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ )
Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining district in British Columbia, Canada. The Company is the dominant land holder in a world class mineral belt called the Kechika Trough which hosts in excess of 80 million tonnes of base metal resources.
Canada Zinc Metals owns a total of 77,855 hectares in 235 mineral claims which extend northwestward from the Akie property for a distance of 140 km.
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource at its flagship Akie property, including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade). Using this estimate, the deposit contains 2.35 billion pounds of zinc, 471.8 million pounds of lead and 5.6 million ounces of silver in the indicated category, and 2.65 billion pounds of zinc, 482.2 million pounds of lead and 6.1 million ounces of silver in the inferred category (at 5% zinc cut-off).
The deposit remains open in all directions. Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group and Lundin Mining are significant shareholders of the Company.
Copyright © 2012 Canada Zinc Metals Corp., All rights reserved.
Though zinc mine production growth has stagnated in 2012, ongoing underinvestment in new mines is expected to create a supply shortage as early as 2014.
While a detailed financial analysis and ongoing detailed mine production planning were excluded from Selwyn’s recent update, the project appears to compare favorably — from an indicated and inferred resource standpoint — with similar zinc projects in development in Canada’s north.
Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX:HBM) projected 4,500 T/d production rate at its developing Lalor project near Snow Lake in Northern Manitoba is comparable to Selwyn’s, but Hudbay houses a smaller probable reserve of 12.591 million tonnes of 7.92 percent zinc. Hudbay is capable of expediting its production rate thanks to existing infrastructure from its Snow Lake property, which is slated to wind down later this year.
Canadian Zinc’s (TSX:CZN) Prairie Creek property also hosts a smaller measured and indicated resources of 5.84 million tonnes grading 10.71 percent zinc, but exploration around the property (not far from Selwyn’s property) remains in its early days.
Continued exploration work is also expected to boost Canada Zinc Metals’ (TSXV:CZX) multi-metal Akie project in North-central British Columbia, which currently houses an indicated resource of 12.7 Mt of 8.38 percent zinc and an inferred resource of 16.3 Mt of 7.38 percent zinc.
Many, if not all, of these projects are likely to receive considerable attention from investors and larger operators should projected zinc market shortfalls materialize as projected.
http://zincinvestingnews.com/3654-selwyn-resources-zinc-canada-yukon-northwest-territories-hudbay.html
Canada Zinc Metals Provides Update on its Akie and Kechika Regional Projects
– VTEM Survey has Commenced
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Wednesday, August 29, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) is pleased to provide an update on the exploration program currently underway on the Akie and Kechika Regional projects. The Akie property is the Company’s flagship exploration project and is host to the Cardiac Creek SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit. The Kechika Regional Project, represented by a series of property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the prospective Gunsteel Formation shale. The southernmost project boundary is located approximately 260 kilometers north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Regional Exploration Program
An orientation water geochemistry survey was completed in 2011 on the Pie and Akie properties with the purpose of testing for increased levels of sulphate in the water column downstream from known mineral occurrences. The Cardiac Creek (Akie), GPS (Akie) and Barite Breccia (Pie) showings all returned elevated to highly anomalous levels of sulphate indicating that this method can be used as an effective regional exploration tool. The addition of small amounts of barium chloride causes barium sulphate (a mineral intimately associated with SEDEX style deposits) to precipitate, producing a visible turbidity in the sample. Comparison of a given sample to known concentrations of sulphate provides the exploration team with the means to obtain real time field results that can identify anomalies for focused follow-up sampling. Samples will later be sent to a laboratory for trace metal analysis and anion analysis providing a precise measurement of sulphate concentration.
An extensive program was planned across the Company’s southern Kechika property blocks to follow up on 2011 results, including more detailed coverage across the Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock properties. Primary samples were taken immediately upstream and downstream of selected key secondary streams’ draining watersheds that are believed to be underlain primarily by the highly prospective Gunsteel Formation shale; host to the known SEDEX deposits in the Kechika Trough. Based on positive field observations of turbidity, a series of secondary samples were obtained at key intersections of tertiary streams within anomalous drainages.
In total, over 100 samples were collected and the program is now complete. Based on the initial field observations of turbidity, several areas returned highly anomalous levels of barium sulphate. These include the northern area of Central Pie, West Pie and Mt. Alcock. An additional sample was taken downstream of the GPS showing and confirms its anomalous nature. Interestingly, certain drainages underlain by rocks of the Road River Group, generally thought to be non-prospective, returned anomalous values on the Pie, Mt. Alcock and Yuen properties. These areas will need to be investigated further in order to determine a possible source. The field observations are at this point preliminary results and will be confirmed by the analytical results at a future date, upon which final interpretations will be made. Based on the final interpretation, future sampling will focus on tertiary drainages in order to pinpoint possible sources of sulphate and possible SEDEX style mineralization. For QA/QC purposes, several samples from the 2011 baseline survey were duplicated to test for possible seasonal variation; and a series of duplicates and blanks were inserted roughly every ten samples in the 2012 survey.
In addition to the water sampling program, a review of the 2006 Pie drill core was undertaken. The 2006 Pie drill program was conducted by Ecstall Mining, and focused on the Central Pie area, immediately west of the main showing and along strike to the southeast near the southern property boundary. The review was intended to confirm the style and character of mineralization previously observed and to obtain a better understanding of the lithologies present within the Central Pie. This information will be used to guide future exploration drill holes on the Central Pie target area.
The Company is also pleased to announce it has commenced a large-scale airborne Vertical Time Domain EM geophysical survey (VTEM). The Company has engaged Geotech Ltd. of Aurora, Ontario, to conduct a detailed orientation survey utilizing their VTEM technology, with 100 metre line spacing planned for the Cardiac Creek deposit area; and expanded coverage of 200 metre line spacing for the remainder of the Akie property. The Company has carefully examined several airborne techniques and after consultation with experienced geophysicists, believes the VTEM survey offers the best opportunity to define lithological and structural contrasts in host stratigraphy; as well as define a response from the deposit itself that would be used elsewhere along the Kechika Trough as an “SEDEX EM” fingerprint.
If the results of this orientation survey are positive, a decision will be made to proceed with a more extensive survey over the Pie and Mt. Alcock property blocks, with a secondary focus on the West Pie target area. The crews and equipment have been mobilized to site and the survey has commenced.
This is the first modern airborne geophysical survey undertaken on the Company’s large land holdings. Prospecting, mapping, soil geochemistry and detailed geophysical ground surveys will be considered in 2013 for any anomalies generated by the 2012 VTEM surveys. The survey results on Mt. Alcock and Pie will also help confirm drill targets. Follow-up airborne VTEM survey infill lines may be warranted in 2013 for detail over any areas identified by the 2012 exploration program as having significant potential for sulphides.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Canada Zinc begins geophysical survey at Akie
2012-08-29 08:35 ET - News Release
Mr. Peeyush Varshney reports
CANADA ZINC METALS PROVIDES UPDATE ON ITS AKIE AND KECHIKA REGIONAL PROJECTS
Canada Zinc Metals Corp. has provided an update on the exploration program currently under way on the Akie and Kechika Regional projects. The Akie property is the company's flagship exploration project and is host to the Cardiac Creek Sedex zinc-lead-silver deposit. The Kechika Regional project, represented by a series of property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the prospective Gunsteel formation shale. The southernmost project boundary is located approximately 260 kilometres north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
Regional exploration program
An orientation water geochemistry survey was completed in 2011 on the Pie and Akie properties with the purpose of testing for increased levels of sulphate in the water column downstream from known mineral occurrences. The Cardiac Creek (Akie), GPS (Akie) and Barite breccia (Pie) showings all returned elevated to highly anomalous levels of sulphate indicating that this method can be used as an effective regional exploration tool. The addition of small amounts of barium chloride causes barium sulphate (a mineral intimately associated with Sedex-style deposits) to precipitate, producing a visible turbidity in the sample. Comparison of a given sample with known concentrations of sulphate provides the exploration team with the means to obtain real-time field results that can identify anomalies for focused follow-up sampling. Samples will later be sent to a laboratory for trace metal analysis and anion analysis providing a precise measurement of sulphate concentration.
An extensive program was planned across the company's southern Kechika property blocks to follow up on 2011 results, including more detailed coverage across the Akie, Pie and Mt. Alcock properties. Primary samples were taken immediately upstream and downstream of selected key secondary streams' draining watersheds that are believed to be underlain primarily by the highly prospective Gunsteel formation shale; host to the known Sedex deposits in the Kechika trough. Based on positive field observations of turbidity, a series of secondary samples were obtained at key intersections of tertiary streams within anomalous drainages.
In total, over 100 samples were collected and the program is now complete. Based on the initial field observations of turbidity, several areas returned highly anomalous levels of barium sulphate. These include the northern area of Central Pie, West Pie and Mt. Alcock. An additional sample was taken downstream of the GPS showing and confirms its anomalous nature. Interestingly, certain drainages underlain by rocks of the Road River group, generally thought to be non-prospective, returned anomalous values on the Pie, Mt. Alcock and Yuen properties. These areas will need to be investigated further in order to determine a possible source. The field observations are at this point preliminary results and will be confirmed by the analytical results at a future date, upon which final interpretations will be made. Based on the final interpretation, future sampling will focus on tertiary drainages in order to pinpoint possible sources of sulphate and possible Sedex-style mineralization. For quality assurance/quality control purposes, several samples from the 2011 baseline survey were duplicated to test for possible seasonal variation; and a series of duplicates and blanks were inserted roughly every 10 samples in the 2012 survey.
In addition to the water sampling program, a review of the 2006 Pie drill core was undertaken. The 2006 Pie drill program was conducted by Ecstall Mining, and focused on the Central Pie area, immediately west of the main showing and along strike to the southeast near the southern property boundary. The review was intended to confirm the style and character of mineralization previously observed and to obtain a better understanding of the lithologies present within the Central Pie. This information will be used to guide future exploration drill holes on the Central Pie target area.
The company has commenced a large-scale airborne vertical time domain electromagnetic geophysical survey (VTEM). The company has engaged Geotech Ltd. of Aurora, Ont., to conduct a detailed orientation survey utilizing its VTEM technology, with 100-metre line spacing planned for the Cardiac Creek deposit area; and expanded coverage of 200-metre line spacing for the remainder of the Akie property. The company has carefully examined several airborne techniques and after consultation with experienced geophysicists, believes the VTEM survey offers the best opportunity to define lithological and structural contrasts in host stratigraphy; as well as define a response from the deposit itself that would be used elsewhere along the Kechika trough as a Sedex EM fingerprint.
If the results of this orientation survey are positive, a decision will be made to proceed with a more extensive survey over the Pie and Mt. Alcock property blocks, with a secondary focus on the West Pie target area. The crews and equipment have been mobilized to site and the survey has commenced.
This is the first modern airborne geophysical survey undertaken on the company's large landholdings. Prospecting, mapping, soil geochemistry and detailed geophysical ground surveys will be considered in 2013 for any anomalies generated by the 2012 VTEM surveys. The survey results on Mt. Alcock and Pie will also help confirm drill targets. Follow-up airborne VTEM survey infill lines may be warranted in 2013 for detail over any areas identified by the 2012 exploration program as having significant potential for sulphides.
Ken MacDonald, PGeo, vice-president of exploration, is the designated qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
http://www.stockwatch.com/News/Item.aspx?bid=Z-C%3aCZX-1991354&symbol=CZX®ion=C
CZX Buying up to 6.82 million shares
Mr. Peeyush Varshney reports
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP. ANNOUNCES RENEWAL OF NORMAL COURSE ISSUER BID
Canada Zinc Metals Corp. has filed a Form 5G with the TSX Venture Exchange and has received approval to purchase, at market price, up to 6,825,681 common shares, being approximately 5 per cent of the company's issued and outstanding common shares, by way of a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the TSX-V. As of the date hereof there are 136,513,638 common shares of the company issued and outstanding. The bid commenced on Aug. 1, 2012, and will stay open for 12 months. The company purchased 2,432,500 common shares under its existing normal course issuer bid over the past 12 months.
http://www.stockwatch.com/News/Item.aspx?bid=Z-C%3aCZX-1982353&symbol=CZX®ion=C
I can see the canaccord trades
today the were two. 2500 and 500
http://www.stockwatch.com/Quote/Detail.aspx?symbol=CZX®ion=C
Yes Nobody Knows, The Notice Was Not Sent out like their other PRs.
while I was digging for news I stumbled upon it.
that is why I'm 2 weeks late reporting it. Most people are not aware of CZX backing TNR in the Novembers Los Azules case either.
This is a .50 level stock that has been taken advantage of by shorts dropping it lower and lower.
In the next 12 Months the company will combat the problem even with no news by buying 2.5 million shares.
Should the TNR MUX case be favorable or settled to TNR this will be huge news for CZX and a huge shot in the arm for TNR.
TNR with CZXs help have hired a outstanding attorney, the best in the business. Making it not so easy for MUX at any rate.
I think it's safe to say CZX is at rock bottom now as so is MUX and TNR.
For me I think this is the sleeper play that should profit big time.
Thanks for the kind words and I hope you are having a blast on the ocean on your charter. Catch me a fish and bring home some of that lost legend hidden treasure. LOL
I'll continue finding hidden treasure for us all in stocks like CZX
Good Luck & Be Safe
All IMO
JD
WHOAA... $CZX IS BUYING DUMPED SHARES!!! POWERFUL ACTION
Should give a boost to pps as planned, imo
Not many watchers and most will miss this one, JD
Thanks for reporting and all your hard work
Canada Zinc Metals Corp. : Announces renewal of Normal Course Issuer Bid
08/02/2012 | 05:10pm US/Eastern
August 2, 2012
Vancouver, British Columbia - Thursday, August 2, 2012 - Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture - CZX) ("Canada Zinc" or the "Company") announces that it has filed a Form 5G with the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") and received approval to purchase at market price up to 6,825,681 common shares, being approximately 5% of the Company's issued and outstanding common shares, by way of a normal course issuer bid (the "Bid") through the facilities of the TSXV. As of the date hereof there are 136,513,638 Common Shares of the Company issued and outstanding. The Bid will commence on August 1, 2012 and will stay open for 12 months. The Company purchased 2,432,500 Common Shares under its existing Normal Course Issuer Bid over the past 12 months.
The Company is engaging in a normal course issuer bid because it believes that the market price of its Common Shares does not properly reflect the underlying value of the Company. The purpose of the bid is to reduce dilution of the Company's shares and to enhance the potential future value of the Common Shares which remain outstanding, thus increasing long term shareholder value. Purchases connected with this Bid will conducted through Canaccord Genuity Corp.'s offices in Vancouver. The Company will pay the market price of the Common Shares at the time of acquisition and will not purchase more than 2% of the total issued and outstanding common shares within any 30 day period.
A copy of the Notice may be obtained by any shareholder of the Company, without charge, by contacting the Company's head office.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
"PEEYUSH VARSHNEY"
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
http://www.4-traders.com/CANADA-ZINC-METALS-CORP-474222/news/Canada-Zinc-Metals-Corp-Announces-renewal-of-Normal-Course-Issuer-Bid-14445005/
Update on Akie and Kechika Regional Projects – 2012 Exploration Program
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Monday, July 23, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) (“Canada Zinc Metals” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on the Akie and Kechika Regional Projects. The Akie property is the Company’s flagship exploration project and is host to the Cardiac Creek SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag deposit. The Kechika Regional Project, represented by a series of property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock, extends northwest from the Akie property for approximately 140 kilometres covering the prospective Gunsteel Formation shale. The southernmost project is located approximately 260 kilometers north-northwest of the town of Mackenzie, in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
The Company has been engaged in ongoing discussions with both the Tsay Keh Dene and Kwadacha First Nations communities that are located at the northern end of the Williston Lake Reservoir. At this time the two communities and the Company have entered into an interim agreement reflected in a Letter of Understanding. The objective over the coming months will be to conclude a formal agreement between the three parties. Canada Zinc Metals remains committed to maintaining a strong beneficial relationship with the two communities in the region.
The Akie Zn-Pb-Ag Project
The Company recently published a NI 43-101 report that provided an updated mineral resource calculation for the Cardiac Creek deposit. This report, authored by Robert Sim, P. Geo, is filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and outlined an indicated resource of 12.7Mt of 8.38% Zn, 1.68% Pb, 13.7g/t Ag and an inferred resource of 16.3Mt 7.38% Zn, 1.34% Pb, 11.6g/t Ag.
In response to the report, a delegation from Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co. Ltd., a major shareholder of Canada Zinc Metals, recently visited the Akie property to review ongoing exploration and infrastructure developments on the Cardiac Creek deposit. The Tongling delegation was very pleased with progress to-date and met with Company management to discuss further potential business developments.
In preparation for underground exploration, a construction program to upgrade the portal access trail and finalize the preparation of the portal site and the waste rock dump was initiated in the fall of 2011. This was largely completed; with a 4 to 6 week program this season expected to complete the balance of the outstanding work. Environmental monitoring and baseline studies will continue throughout the summer months.
The 2012 Exploration Program
The 2012 exploration program is anticipated to primarily focus on the southern Kechika Regional properties following up on the recommended work proposed in the two recently published NI 43-101 reports on the Pie and Mt. Alcock properties.
A prospecting, mapping, and geochemistry program is being planned on the Pie and Mt. Alcock properties to follow up on promising showings and extend soil geochemical anomalies defined in the 2011 field season. The work in 2012 is designed to improve drill target definition on both properties. In addition, prior to finalizing any subsequent drill targets on the Pie property, a review and possible resampling of the 2006 drill core may be conducted.
To further enhance the understanding of the prospectivity of the Pie, Mt. Alcock and Akie properties, an airborne time-domain EM geophysical survey is being considered that was recommended in the recently published NI 43-101 reports for both the Pie and Mt. Alcock properties. A review of the historical geophysical data conducted over the Akie deposit and elsewhere in the Kechika Trough, indicates that this method should effectively delineate geology and structure. Furthermore, an earlier EM survey conducted over the Akie property appeared to obtain a geophysical response from the Cardiac Creek horizon, differentiating it from the carbonaceous to graphitic Gunsteel Formation shale host rocks. This initial survey was isolated to a few clustered lines and very limited in scope however it strongly suggests that SEDEX style mineralisation can be identified using this technique. Also, preliminary testing of drill core samples from the Cardiac Creek horizon demonstrated that the orebody is conductive. The proposed survey will cover the Pie, Mt. Alcock and Akie properties with a 200 metre spaced grid. Areas of interest will have detailed coverage with infill lines being flown at 100 metre spacing. The information obtained over the Cardiac Creek deposit will be used to calibrate a geophysical SEDEX model and will be applied to the remainder of the survey areas to identify targets for follow up ground work or possible drilling. This type of geophysical survey has been successfully utilized in helping Teck Resources define its world class Red Dog deposit in Alaska.
Towards the end of the 2011 exploration season a baseline water geochemistry survey was completed on the Pie and Akie properties to test for the presence of increased amounts of sulphate in the water column down-stream of known mineralized occurrences. Samples collected downstream of the Cardiac Creek showing (the surficial representation of the Cardiac Creek deposit) and the GPS bedded barite showing returned elevated to highly anomalous amounts of sulphate. This survey will be expanded upon in 2012 to cover all major rivers, creeks and stream draining from the Akie property north to the Mt. Alcock property.
To assist the Company’s exploration efforts on the Kechika Regional Project, the project area has been sub-divided into 10 major property blocks including Pie and Mt. Alcock. They are, from northwest to southeast, Thro, Saint, Driftpile South, Bear/Spa, Weiss, Kwad, Mt. Alcock, Yuen, Cirque East and Pie. Compilation of the historical exploration work is well underway on all properties. This compilation effort will endeavor to digitize all information regarding geology, geochemistry, geophysics, drilling and other pertinent data. This work is largely complete on the Pie, Mt Alcock and Akie properties and a preliminary review and compilation of the historical data from the properties northwest of Mt. Alcock has also been completed.
One of the more significant prospects to the north of Mt. Alcock is the Bear prospect, located on the Bear/Spa property block, southeast of Teck’s SI property. Historical drilling on the Bear prospect includes 15 drill holes totaling a minimum of 1,578.80 metres (6 drill holes were not reported in assessment work). This work defined a stratiform lead-zinc-silver-barium enriched horizon hosted within the Gunsteel Formation shale, with an approximate strike length of 800 metres, which appears to be open ended. Encouraging results were obtained from historical drilling, with 6.7 metres (true width) of 3.95% Zn+Pb and 26 g/t Ag in drill hole B-80-02; and 4.4 metres (true width) of 3.45% Zn+Pb and 2.5 g/t Ag in drill hole B-80-01. Individual samples from the drilling demonstrate high grade tenor, with results reaching up to 8.06% Zn, 1.6% Pb and 47.5 g/t Ag in B-80-01; and 10.70% Zn, 5.73% Pb and 52.5 g/t Ag in B-80-02. Drilling conducted by Teck Exploration Ltd in the mid 1990’s continued to intersect encouraging results, including 6.84% Zn in B-95-14 and 2.27% Zn in B-95-15; some 400 metres to the northwest of the initial drilling. Continued examination of this data is required to determine the viability of the Bear prospect for further exploratory drilling.
Continuation of the compilation work will enhance the Company’s decision making ability allowing it to focus on high priority targets present on the individual properties and identify areas that are underexplored for SEDEX and possible Nick (Ni, Zn, Mo) style mineralisation.
As part of the Company’s obligation under its Road Use Agreement and Road Use Permit it will be funding repairs and maintenance in a joint project with Canfor (major logging company). Repairs will be made to a few bridges leading to and allowing access to the Akie property. This work is expected to be completed by the end of July.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
CZX information, excerpts from the July 18, 2012 “Metals Morning Note” issued by Salman Partners of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Regards,
Canada Zinc Metals Corp.
TSX.V: CZX; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ
“Zinc
Zinc demand, which continues to grow at 4.5% p.a. in the Western world, exceeds supply. The gap is expanding
We have taken the figures for supply and inventories for zinc, up to the end of May, 2012, as provided by the International Lead Zinc Study Group.
- demand in the Western world has been growing with a strong (4.5% per annum) underlying trend since 2010
- in May 2012, demand for zinc in the Western world exceeded supply by 1.6%.
The outlook for supply:
Over the next year, we suspect that the gap between zinc demand and zinc supply in the Western world is likely to widen as supply stays flat, and demand in the Western world continues to grow at 4.5% per annum. However, looking out a few years we believe that a series of mine closures are putting us in a position of growing shortages of zinc mining capacity and an absolute shortage of zinc metal.
Conclusions:
(a) Despite all the economic worries we hear, the consumption of zinc in the world is continuing to grow;
(b) Looking out a few years, zinc has a bright future, more so for miners than for smelters of zinc.
(c) Fundamental considerations (i.e. the relationships between zinc prices and zinc inventories) suggest that players on the LME are probably underestimating the future strength in zinc prices.”
The Note goes on to suggest how investors can play the imminent shortage of zinc and names Canada Zinc Metals as one of a few alternatives for the development of zinc resources.
About Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX.V : CZX ; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ )
Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining district in British Columbia, Canada. The Company is the dominant land holder in a world class mineral belt called the Kechika Trough which hosts in excess of 80 million tonnes of base metal resources.
Canada Zinc Metals owns a total of 77,855 hectares in 235 mineral claims which extend northwestward from the Akie property for a distance of 140 km.
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource at its flagship Akie property, including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade). Using this estimate, the deposit contains 2.35 billion pounds of zinc, 471.8 million pounds of lead and 5.6 million ounces of silver in the indicated category, and 2.65 billion pounds of zinc, 482.2 million pounds of lead and 6.1 million ounces of silver in the inferred category (at 5% zinc cut-off). The deposit remains open in all directions.
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group and Lundin Mining are significant shareholders of the Company.
CZX plays it's part big time at Los Auzles
Tongling is huge and impacting everything in that case with MUX and TNR
I once thought MUX was the big guy going against the small TNR
Not so, with CZX behind TNR MUX is the smaller company
CZX has it's eyes on most large metal deposits worldwide.
I surly can not rule them out.
Welcome my friend,nice to see you here, were going to kill them together. LOL
TVLY Richardsons next along with Nevada's companies I'm working on now.
It's a round robin approach.
This is good progress, you dont miss anything lol
Beat'n the crowd!! Go TSX: $CZX
Canada Zinc Metals Receives 43-101 Technical Report for the Mt Alcock Property
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Monday, June 18, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX)is pleased to announce the Company is in receipt of a NI 43-101 compliant technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Mt Alcock Property” dated May 31, 2012 and authored by Tanya Strate, P.Geol., an independent qualified person for the purposes of NI 43-101. Please refer to www.sedar.comto review the report.
The Technical Report highlights the history of previous exploration on the property since the 1970’s and identifies it as being prospective to host SEDEX Zn-Pb-Ag mineralization. The report documents the results of assessment work completed on the property in 2011, and makes recommendations for further work, including drill testing of the Main barite zone previously drill tested in 1989 and 1990. The property hosts several large soil geochemical anomalies that have never been drill tested and other zinc-lead-silver mineralization targets.
The Mt Alcock property is located in northern British Columbia and represents a key holding within the Company’s 100% owned Kechika Regional Project, a 140 kilometre long collection of mineral claims that covers a significant portion of the Kechika Trough; a southerly extension to the Selwyn Basin. The claims overlie the trend of the prospective Gunsteel Formation; the primary host to known SEDEX deposits in the belt, including Canada Zinc Metals’ 43-101 compliant Cardiac Creek deposit, and Teck Resources/Korea Zinc’s Cirque deposit. The Mt Alcock property comprises 21 contiguous mineral claims which cover a total of 92 square kilometres (9,172 hectares). The claims are contiguous with the Company’s Yuen claim block to the south and their Kwad claim block to the north.
The property is located about 40 kilometers northwest of the Company’s flagship Akie property that is host to the Cardiac Creek deposit. The Cardiac Creek deposit has a 43-101 compliant resource with an indicated resource (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) of 12.7 million tonnes at 8.38 % Zn, 1.68 % Pb and 13.7 g/t (grams per tonne) Ag, and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes at 7.38 % Zn, 1.34 % Pb and 11.6 g/t Ag. The Mt Alcock property is similarly prospective for base metals; SEDEX style mineralization found on the property is hosted by the same carbonaceous Gunsteel Formation shale of the Devonian to Mississippian Earn Group, underlain by the Ordovician to Devonian Road River Group siltstone. Barite within the Gunsteel Formation is generally peripheral to base metal massive sulphides.
Historical exploration work completed on the Mt Alcock property includes diamond drilling on the Main barite showing in addition to geological mapping, geophysics, and surface geochemistry work on the Main, Nod and Seep grids. Two phases of diamond drilling were completed in 1989 and 1990, with a total of 17 diamond drill holes drilled for 2,264 metres to test a prominent white barite zone. The barite zone has a surface extent up to 500 metres long by an average of 90 metres wide. Anomalous zinc values in soils range from 500 to 6888 ppm (parts per million), and are coincident with anomalous lead values that range from 100 to 16,500 ppm. Grab samples of stratiform barite hosted zinc-lead sulphides in outcrop over a 300 metre strike length returned up to 14.8 % combined zinc+lead and 0.6 ounce per ton silver. The best drill intercept recorded (from limited drilling) was 8.8 metres grading 9.3 % combined zinc+lead, and 1.2 ounces per ton silver, in drill hole 89-3. Drill hole 89-9 returned the widest intercept, with 10.5 metres grading 6.8 % combined zinc+lead and 0.7 ounces per ton silver.
Exploration work during 2011 focused on the Nod and Seep areas, and considerable effort was dedicated to the compilation and digitization of historical drilling and all available surface geochemistry and mapping data, and to the preservation of the remaining reference core material. Field work comprised prospecting, mapping, stream sediment sampling and completion of a major soil sampling program over prospective black shale on the Nod and Seep grids – part of the eastern Gunsteel Formation shale panel covering the area.
Mapping along the Nod and Seep grids identified prospective sub-units of Gunsteel Formation shale with coincident anomalous silt, soil and rock geochemistry. Historically this area had seen little exploration activity and in particular the region located between the known showings. Extension and infill of two historical soil grids resulted in joining the Nod and Seep grids; delineating two parallel semi-continuous zinc-silver +/-lead soil anomalies, along the entire strike length of the mapped panel. Stream sediment sampling identified areas for follow up including a new target southwest of the Main barite showing, in addition to the area downstream of the Seep grid. Iron oxide ‘rust’ occurrences on the Seep grid indicate the presence of SEDEX activity, making this a high priority target.
Highlights and Recommendations of the Report:
1. Gunsteel Formation shale present on the Mt Alcock property is situated directly along strike from Teck Resources/Korea Zinc’s joint-ventured Cirque deposit
2. Soil and silt geochemistry surveys outlined two parallel zinc-silver +/-lead anomalies, continuous for up to 3 kilometres of strike length along the Nod-Seep panel, and open along strike
3. Silt geochemistry surveys outlined widespread zinc-silver +/- lead anomalism southeast of the current Seep grid extents, and a new target southwest of the Main barite showing
4. Drill targets have been defined at the Nod and Seep showings
5. Drill targets have been defined at the Main barite showing, testing along strike and down dip of high grade zinc-lead mineralization encountered in 1989
6. An airborne VTEM geophysical survey is recommended to be completed over the entire property
7. A 2nd phase of drilling is proposed contingent on the results of Phase I, and on the results of the VTEM survey
8. An orientation hydrogeochemistry survey completed on several of the nearby Kechika properties in 2011, used pathfinder barium sulphate to vector into areas with SEDEX style anomalies. This field test method shows strong potential for future surveys
Drilling in Phase One would focus on:
- Main barite showing: test down dip and along strike of historical intercepts of high grade, SEDEX style mineralization (3D modeling at Cardiac Creek has demonstrated the significance of down-dip testing for increasing grades)
- Nod showing: test an area of anomalous soil, silt and rock geochemistry down dip of nodular barite
- Seep showing: test a prospective rusty sub-unit of the Gunsteel Formation shale host with coincident anomalous stream, soil and rock geochemistry
A major airborne VTEM geophysical survey is recommended over the entire Mt Alcock property. The signature of sulphide mineralization targets will be developed by using the VTEM data obtained from surveying the nearby Cardiac Creek deposit. The proposed VTEM survey is an airborne geophysical survey method successfully used on other SEDEX properties to detect the presence of the conductive sulphide mineralization within similarly conductive host units.
A second phase of 5,000 metres drilling is recommended to test targets generated by the VTEM survey, and to follow up targets at the Main barite, Nod and Seep showings, contingent on the results of the first phase.
About the Mt Alcock Property:
The Mt Alcock zinc-lead-silver property is situated within the southernmost area (Kechika Trough) of the regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn Basin, one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the world for the occurrence of SEDEX zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
In 1977, Cyprus Anvil Mining identified mineralization associated with massive to laminated barite, and hosted by siliceous, carbonaceous, fine grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian Gunsteel Formation on the Mt Alcock property. Drilling by Triumph Resources in 1989 and 1990 focused on testing under the Main barite showing. Drilling intersected SEDEX style sulphide mineralization; including two intercepts similar in style, width and tenor to mineralization at the Company’s Cardiac Creek deposit.
In 1993, Teck Corporation (then) identified nodular barite at the Nod showing; located on the eastern side of a large panel of Gunsteel Formation shale; with mapped strike extents of over 6 kilometres, and widths in the order of 2 to 4 kilometres. A gravity anomaly immediately adjacent to the showing, surveyed by Teck, remains untested by drilling. Soil, silt and rock sampling, over part of the panel, delineated two parallel zones of semi-continuous anomalous geochemistry, with dimensions 3 kilometres in strike length by up to 800 metres wide; open along strike. The southeastern portion of the anomaly encompasses an iron seep on the Seep grid.
In addition to the Mt Alcock property, Canada Zinc Metals Corp. controls a large contiguous group of claims which comprise the Kechika Regional project. These claims are all underlain by geology identical to that on the Akie property (Cardiac Creek deposit) and Cirque.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
10 reasons to invest in Argentine mining
http://www.argentina.org.au/10%20reasons%20to%20invest%20in%20Argentine%20Mining.pdf
"Canada Zinc Metals has come out with another great exploration results, deposit has all chances to grow further. Stock was moving Up strongly from the recent lows couple of months ago fueled by this drill program expectations and constant rumours about Chinese consolidation. Chinese giant Tongling Nonferrous holds 36% in the company and the only question left is when they will move to increase their stake. Lundin Mining keeps all its options open with the strategic stake in the company - these two companies can easily make this Canadian region play into one of the largest Zinc and Lead mines in the world. We can talk about the magnitude of 100 million tons Zinc and Lead above 5% grade combined after consolidating the Korea Zinc and Teck Resources J/V property in the region.
In our small interconnected world Canada Zinc Metals holds strategic stake in TNR Gold with its Lithium, Rare Earths and, now - Iron Ore projects. The most intriguing part is Los Azules litigation TNR Gold vs Minera Andes with more than Half of this "Big Copper deposit in Argentina" at stake now. One day, after Canada Zinc Metals acquisition, Chinese Tongling can be knocking together with TNR Gold on the Minera Andes and US Gold door after their merger."
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Canada Zinc Metals has seen some activity last couple of days - Bob Moriarty thinks that it is cheap now. We can not argue here - all juniors have been beaten into the dust lately, but not all of them will rise again. You need solid projects and team, which is able to develop them. Tongling Nonferrous from China with 36% in Canada Zinc Metals and Lundin Mining are good company to navigate the recent market.
Interestingly enough, the company has renewed its "poison pill" plan couple of weeks ago.....
goes on, good read
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Canada Zinc Metals Receives 43-101 Technical Report for the Pie Property
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Thursday, May 17, 2011 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX) is pleased to announce the Company is in receipt of a NI 43-101 compliant technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pie Property” dated May 4, 2012 and authored by Tanya Strate, P.Geol., an independent qualified person for the purposes of NI 43-101. The Technical Report highlights the SEDEX ZN-PB-AG prospectivity of the property, documents the results of field work completed on the property in 2011, and makes recommendations for further work, including drill testing of several zinc-lead-silver mineralization targets.
The Pie property is located in northern British Columbia, Canada, midway between Teck Resources/Korea Zinc’s Cirque deposit (located 10 kilometres to the northwest), and the Company’s 100% owned Cardiac Creek deposit (located 10 kilometres to the southeast). The Company’s Akie claims are contiguous with the Pie property on its northern boundary. The Cirque and the Cardiac Creek deposits are hosted by Gunsteel Formation shale, the same prospective shale sequence present on the Pie property.
Highlights and Recommendations of the Report
Geological mapping has defined a new prospective panel of Gunsteel Formation shale and demonstrated evidence of SEDEX (sedimentary exhalative) style mineralization including barite nodules, laminated pyrite and iron oxides at West Pie.
Soil and silt geochemistry surveys outlined continuous zinc-silver +/-lead anomalism over the entire 8 kilometre strike length of the West Pie panel, open along strike.
Rock samples returned up to 7.48% zinc and 3.5% copper in a grab sample of vein material at West Pie, north of the Creek 1 showing. Channel chips cut with a portable rock saw returned up to 2,200 ppm zinc at the Creek 1 showing.
Interpreted Gunsteel Formation shale present at the West Pie property, which also host the GPS bedded barite showing, is situated directly along strike from Teck Resources/Korea Zinc’s joint-ventured Cirque deposit.
Soil and silt geochemistry surveys outlined silver +/- zinc+/- lead anomalism at East Pie showing, open along strike.
An orientation survey using hydrogeochemistry was completed to identify pathfinder barium sulphate to vector into areas with SEDEX style anomalies. This field test method shows strong potential for future surveys.
Drill targets have been defined at the West Pie Creek 1 and Creek 2 showings.
Drill targets have also been defined at the Main showing testing the down dip extent of mineralization encountered by Ecstall Mining in 2006.
An airborne VTEM geophysical survey is recommended to be completed over the entire property.
A 2nd phase of drilling is proposed contingent on the results of Phase I, and on the results of the VTEM survey.
Work in 2011 included GIS compilation and analysis of historical exploration data, targeted geochemical surveys including a trial of barium chloride hydrogeochemistry, geological mapping and prospecting of prospective black shales of the West Pie panel and of nickel-in-silt anomalies at East Pie. Mapping of the West Pie area defined a significant panel of interpreted prospective Gunsteel Formation shale encompassing 8 kilometers of strike length. Historically the West Pie area had seen little exploration activity and was only recognized as prospective Gunsteel Formation shale as recently as 2009. This renewed interest was due to the discovery of the GPS bedded barite showing situated directly along strike of the West Pie panel of black shales.
The extent of the West Pie panel was mapped in 2011, followed by a comprehensive 14.9 line kilometre soil sampling program over the entire area. The resulting zinc-in-stream, -soil and -rock anomalism extends along the entire 8 kilometre strike length of the panel, ranging between 100 to 750 metres wide. In addition, nodular barite, laminated pyrite, and widespread iron oxide ‘rust’ occurrences have been discovered within the West Pie panel, indicating the presence of SEDEX activity in the area. Channel sampling, using a portable rock saw, was completed on the Creek 1 and Creek 2 occurrences, returning anomalous zinc-silver and zinc values at Creek 1 and Creek 2 showings, respectively. The basal and most prospective portion of the Gunsteel Formation lies unexposed along the West Pie valley floor.
In the East Pie area, prospecting, mapping and selective soil sampling was completed over an area of high tenor zinc, nickel and thallium-in-silts anomalism. The area is host to numerous iron oxide seeps. A silver +/- zinc geochemistry anomaly was defined, with 250 metre width, over 1.2 kilometre strike length, and is open along strike.
The report recommends exploration drilling on three showings; Creek 1, Creek 2 and the Main showing. These targets would involve approximately 1,500 metres of drilling in three drill holes, in Phase I. Drilling is proposed at the Creek 1 and Creek 2 showings to test the base of the Gunsteel Formation shale; down dip of nodular barite and anomalous soil and rock geochemistry on surface. Additional drilling is proposed along strike from historical drilling at the Main showing on the Central Pie panel, in order to test down dip of historical intercepts with SEDEX style mineralization.
A major airborne VTEM geophysical survey is recommended over the entire Pie property. The signature of sulphide mineralization targets will be developed by using the VTEM data obtained from surveying the nearby Cardiac Creek deposit. A second phase of 2,000 metres of drilling is recommended to test targets generated by the VTEM survey, and to follow up of West Pie and Main showings, contingent on the results of the first phase. The proposed VTEM survey is an airborne geophysical survey method successfully used on other SEDEX properties to detect the presence of the conductive sulphide mineralization within similarly conductive host units.
About the Pie Property:
The Pie zinc-lead-silver property is situated within the southernmost area (Kechika Trough) of the regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn Basin, one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the world for the occurrence of SEDEX zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
In 1978, Riocanex identified mineralization hosted by siliceous, carbonaceous, fine grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian Gunsteel Formation on the Pie property. Drilling by various operators in 1980, 1982, 1994 and 2006 focused on testing surface geochemistry at the Main and Main Pb showings, located on the Central Pie panel of Gunsteel Formation shale. Nodular barite and distal laminated pyrite mineralisation was intersected in the drilling and results indicated the presence of highly anomalous zinc. Since 2009 the exploration focus has shifted to other parts of the property including West Pie and East Pie. Drill targets at West and Central Pie are recommended for 2012.
In addition to the Pie property, Canada Zinc Metals Corp. controls a large contiguous group of claims which comprise the Kechika Regional project. These claims are all underlain by geology similar to that on the Akie property (Cardiac Creek deposit) and Cirque. This project includes the 100% owned Mt. Alcock property, which has yielded an historic drill intercept of 8.8 metres grading 9.3% Zn+Pb, numerous zinc-lead-barite occurrences, and several large regional base metal geochemical anomalies.
Ken MacDonaldP.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Canada Zinc Metals Files Revised NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate Report
for the Cardiac Creek Deposit
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Monday, April 30, 2012 – Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange: CZX)is very pleased to announce the filing of the revised NI 43-101 compliant technical report entitled “NI 43-101 Technical Report, Akie Zinc-Lead-Silver Project, British Columbia, Canada” dated April 27, 2012, with an effective date of March 14, 2012. This report is authored by Robert Sim, P.Geo., an independent qualified person for the purposes of NI 43-101, and documents the newly reconfigured mineral resource for the Cardiac Creek deposit, situated on the Company’s 100% owned Akie property and located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
The report updates the work done by the Company since May of 2008, the date of the previous 43-101 compliant resource calculation. The new resource results from additional surface diamond drilling completed by the Company during the period mid-2008 to the end of 2011 and further establishes the Cardiac Creek deposit as one of the premier undeveloped zinc-rich base metal projects in the world. The new resource is summarized below.
Cardiac Creek Deposit Mineral Resource
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade). Using this estimate, the deposit contains 2.4 billion pounds of zinc, 472 million pounds of lead and 5.6 million ounces of silver in the indicated category, and 2.6 billion pounds of zinc, 482 million pounds of lead and 6.1 million ounces of silver in the inferred category (at 5% zinc cut-off).
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(1) “Base case” cut-off grade of 5% Zn highlighted in table
(2) Mineral resources are not mineral reserves as the economic viability has not been demonstrated
The deposit remains open at depth, up-dip and along strike. Further delineation and exploration drilling is being considered using underground drilling stations located in the footwall of the deposit on the 950m elevation. All permitting and engineering designs are complete and in hand in order to commence the underground drill program.
Highlights and Recommendations of the Report
The mineral resource estimate presented in the report has been generated from drill hole sample assay results and the interpretation of a geologic model which relates to the spatial distribution of zinc, lead and silver. Interpolation characteristics have been defined based on the geology, drill hole spacing and geostatistical analysis of the data. The resources have been classified by their proximity to the sample locations and are reported, as required by NI 43-101, according to the CIM standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves. Extensive analysis of the drill sample database shows that it is sound and reliable for the purposes of resource estimation. The resource model has been developed in accordance with accepted industry standards resulting in a mineral resource defined within the indicated and inferred categories.
The resources, presented in the Table above, are summarized for comparison purposes at a series of cut-off grades. Highlighted in the table is the “base case” cut-off grade of 5% zinc for the sulphide resource which is based on assumptions derived from operations with similar characteristics, scale and location. The report further states that the resource occurs as a relatively continuous zone which is favourable with respect to selectivity and other factors when considering mining options. This, when combined with the results of previous geological, metal zoning and structural investigations, and the results of drilling completed to date, suggest that the Cardiac Creek deposit has economic potential sufficient to warrant additional expenditures on exploration and development. The potentially economic portion of the deposit occurs over a known strike length of 1,300 metres, extends to at least 800 metres below surface and averages about 20 metres in thickness. The deposit currently remains “open” in all directions.
The report recommends an additional surface drill program of 8 holes (3,000 meters) to be completed to infill the current base case resource (>5% zinc) to approximately 100 metre intervals, allowing at least part of the present inferred resource to also be elevated to the indicated category, and to provide more information on continuity of the Cardiac Creek zone mineralization which will be necessary in order to guide the planned underground exploration program. Continued metallurgical testing and environmental base line studies are also recommended.
Additional exploration drilling is recommended on the GPS showing and North Lead Anomaly targets present on the Akie property. These targets would involve approximately 2,000 metres of drilling in four drill holes. Mobilization activities for the 2012 drill program is expected to commence in late May-June or as snow levels permit access.
Peeyush Varshney, President and CEO of Canada Zinc Metals, states “We are extremely pleased with the upgraded resource at Cardiac Creek. The significant increase in tonnage and the upgrade from Inferred resource to Indicated resource is another significant achievement for the Company and benchmarks the Akie property, and the district, for its significant value and exploration potential. The recommended exploration work program this year will be focused on providing the additional building blocks to advance the deposit. The Company continues to work diligently to establish the Cardiac Creek Deposit as one of the best base metal deposits being explored in the world today.”
About the Akie Property:
The Akie zinc-lead property is situated within the southernmost area (Kechika Trough) of the regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn Basin, one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the world for the occurrence of SEDEX zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
Drilling on the Akie property by Inmet Mining Corporation during the period 1994 to 1996 and by Canada Zinc Metals since 2005 has identified a significant body of baritic-zinc-lead SEDEX mineralization (Cardiac Creek deposit). The deposit is hosted by siliceous, carbonaceous, fine grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian Gunsteel Formation.
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade).
Two similar deposits, Cirque and Cirque South Cirque, located some 20 km northwest of Akie and owned under a joint venture by Teck Resources and Korea Zinc, are also hosted by Gunsteel rocks and have a combined historic geologic inventory in excess of 50 million tonnes (not 43-101 compliant) grading approximately 10% Zn+Pb.
In addition to the Akie property, Canada Zinc Metals Corp. controls a large contiguous group of claims which comprise the Kechika Regional project. These claims are underlain by geology identical to that on the Akie property (Cardiac Creek deposit) and Cirque. This project includes the 100% owned Mt. Alcock property, which has yielded an historic drill intercept of 8.8 metres grading 9.3% Zn+Pb, numerous zinc-lead-barite occurrences, and several large regional base metal geochemical anomalies.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical information contained in this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CANADA ZINC METALS CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN
Demand has been … generally … defying the bears.”
“…looking out a few years we believe that a series of mine closures should lead to shortages of zinc mining capacity and, by mid-decade, as smelters/refineries struggle to find enough feedstock, an absolute shortage of zinc metal. Teck Resources is of the same view.”
“We conclude that:
(a) Despite all the economic worries we hear, the consumption of zinc, both by the Western world and by China, is continuing to grow;
(b) Looking out a few years, zinc has a bright future, more so for miners than for smelters of zinc.”
The Note goes on to suggest how investors can play the imminent shortage of zinc and names Canada Zinc Metals as one of a few alternatives for the development of zinc resources.
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About Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX.V : CZX ; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ )
Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining district in British Columbia, Canada. The Company is the dominant land holder in a world class mineral belt called the Kechika Trough which hosts in excess of 80 million tonnes of base metal resources.
Canada Zinc Metals owns a total of 77,855 hectares in 235 mineral claims which extend northwestward from the Akie property for a distance of 140 km.
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource at its flagship Akie property, including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade). Using this estimate, the deposit contains 2.35 billion pounds of zinc, 471.8 million pounds of lead and 5.6 million ounces of silver in the indicated category, and 2.65 billion pounds of zinc, 482.2 million pounds of lead and 6.1 million ounces of silver in the inferred category (at 5% zinc cut-off).
The deposit remains open in all directions. Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group and Lundin Mining are significant shareholders of the Company.
The third horse in this race is zinc and it is one that could well see some of the smaller diversifieds surprising at the finish line.
As RBC Capital Markets points out in a recent note, "Over the coming 3 years there is only one base metal for which we see structural change in the price profile and that is zinc. The degree to which we see pricing strength as both Century and Brunswick come off line is anyone's guess. However, the largest zinc producers globally have already started to reposition themselves. Vedanta has announced its restructuring to align its P&L and balance sheet. The proposed Glencore/Xstrata merger should also relevel the asset side of Glencore's balance sheet. Meanwhile Teck is directing its excess cash towards copper reinvestment while keeping an eye on its investment grade rating. The most interesting bit of all this is that none of the majors are investing significantly in zinc. Reinvestment in zinc is being left to some of the smaller zinc miners like Nyrstar."
Scotiabank'sPatricia Mohr is also a fan of zinc writing recently, "Zinc may represent the next big base metal play. Zinc will shift into ‘deficit' (at latest by 2014) due to ongoing demand growth in the face of significant global mine depletion in mid-decade."
"In 2013, the closure of the Brunswick mine in Canada, Century in Australia and Vedanta's Lisheen mine in Ireland will shift sentiment towards zinc, with prices rallying in anticipation of tightening supplies," she forecast. "In the second half of this decade, zinc demand will be boosted by a recovery in G7 construction activity, particularly in the USA, China could start to use more galvanized steel in the underbody of a car."
Of course there is no way to know which of these horses is likely to 'win' but with emerging markets like India and China continuing to change the course, it should be an interesting race.
About Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX.V : CZX ; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ )
Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining district in British Columbia, Canada. The Company is the dominant land holder in a world class mineral belt called the Kechika Trough which hosts in excess of 80 million tonnes of base metal resources.
Canada Zinc Metals owns a total of 77,855 hectares in 235 mineral claims which extend northwestward from the Akie property for a distance of 140 km.
The Company has outlined a NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource at its flagship Akie property, including an indicated resource of 12.7 million tonnes grading 8.4% zinc, 1.7% lead and 13.7 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade) and an inferred resource of 16.3 million tonnes grading 7.4% zinc, 1.3% lead and 11.6 g/t silver (at a 5% zinc cut-off grade). Using this estimate, the deposit contains 2.35 billion pounds of zinc, 471.8 million pounds of lead and 5.6 million ounces of silver in the indicated category, and 2.65 billion pounds of zinc, 482.2 million pounds of lead and 6.1 million ounces of silver in the inferred category (at 5% zinc cut-off).
The deposit remains open in all directions. Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group and Lundin Mining are significant shareholders of the Company.
Copyright © 2012 Canada Zinc Metals Corp
Zinc to be the next ‘big base metal play' - Scotiabank's Mohr
Scotiabank says a strong rebound in U.S. auto assemblies is likely to support base metal premiums in the country
Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted: Thursday , 29 Mar 2012
RENO(MINEWEB)-
Scotiabank economist, Patricia Mohr, predicted that zinc will become the "big base metal play," as a strong rebound in U.S. auto assemblies supports base metal premiums in the U.S.
In the March 27th edition of the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index, Mohr observed, "A strong rally in base metal prices and firmer gold led the Metal & Minerals Index higher in February."
"LME copper prices spiked to US$3.93 per pound last month-leading other base metals higher-as some of the late-2011 gloom on the global economic outlook lifted," she said. "Sentiment has improved alongside firmer U.S. economic indicators on employment, consumer confidence and auto assemblies and economic monetary policy."
Although Mohr noted copper prices retreated, "we remain optimistic that China will achieve a ‘soft landing' with GDP growth of 8.6% in 2012 and 8.9% in 2013."
In her analysis, Mohr observed that spot potash prices eased from US$500 per tonne in January to US$495 in February, "but remained well above US$393 a year ago."
Meanwhile, the Indian government, under budgetary constraints, has cut the potash subsidiary from $327 per tonne for 2011-12 to $294 for 2012-13. "These developments have triggered temporary production cuts by Potash Corp and Mosaic in Western Canada to bring supply into line with lower demand," said Mohr.
However, Mohr observed that Canpotex and the Belarusian Potash Company have just agreed on new contracts with Chinese buyers for the second quarter of 2012 at US$470 per tonne cfr, unchanged from a year ago.
"The recent rebound in soybean, canola and palm oil prices in Malaysia/Indonesia and ongoing strength in corn prices-all requiring large amounts of potash per hectare planted-has improved farm economics and bodes well for solid fertilizer application in North America, Southeast Asia and Brazil, as 2012 unfolds," she said.
In her analysis, Mohr observed that LME zinc prices rose from 90-cents per pound to 03-cents in February, before dropping to a still lucrative 90-cents in late March.
"Zinc may represent the next big base metal play," Mohr advised. "Zinc will shift into ‘deficit' (at latest by 2014) due to ongoing demand growth in the face of significant global mine depletion in mid-decade."
"In 2013, the closure of the Brunswick mine in Canada, Century in Australia and Vedanta's Lisheen mine in Ireland will shift sentiment towards zinc, with prices rallying in anticipation of tightening supplies," she forecast. "In the second half of this decade, zinc demand will be boosted by a recovery in G7 construction activity, particularly in the USA, China could start to use more galvanized steel in the underbody of a car."
"A merged Glencore/Xstrata would be the largest zinc mining company in the world, with a huge 25% share of world mine output (outside China)," Mohr added,
In the meantime, base metals premiums over LME cash in the U.S. Midwest are also firm, Mohr observed, with the ‘Platts U.S. aluminum premium' hitting a 10-month high of $8.75 cents per pound in mid-March. "Aside from lengthy delays in getting metal out of the LME warehouse in Detroit and lucrative warehousing deals, this strength likely reflects a significant recovery in U.S. auto assemblies, scheduled to reach 10.5 million units in 2012:Q2-a level not seen since mid-2007. Consumers and business are replacing an aging fleet, with the average age of vehicles on U.S. roads now at a record of nearly 11 years, up from a normal 9."
Mohr noted that spot uranium prices remain at a low ebb of US$51 per pound and base term-contract prices are US$60. "On a more positive note, China has completed drafting its new nuclear safety guidelines, spurred by the Fukushima-Daiichi event in Japan," she said. "This should allow a resumption of the approval process and actual construction of new projects this year. China has 15 nuclear reactors in operation and is in the process of building at least 25, with 50 more planned."
About Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (TSX.V : CZX ; Frankfurt: A0RAQJ )
Canada Zinc Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on unlocking the potential of a future long life mining district in British Columbia, Canada. The Company is the dominant land holder in a world class mineral belt called the Kechika Trough which hosts in excess of 80 million tonnes of base metal resources.
Canada Zinc Metals owns a total of 77,754 hectares in 236claims which extend northwestward from the Akie property for a distance of 140 km.
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Groupand Lundin Mining are significant shareholders of the Company.
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Race on to dig new zinc mines as old ones run dry
With experts saying zinc could be in deficit by 2017 if not earlier, miners from Australia to Africa to the European Union are racing against time to attract investment in new projects.
Author: By James Regan
Posted: Tuesday , 03 Apr 2012
SYDNEY (Reuters) -
Zinc miners are betting a long-running global supply glut of the metal used in steel making will turn into a deficit over the next five years as old mines run dry, sparking massive investment in new projects.
From Australia to Africa to the European Union, mining firms are laying the groundwork to dig up an additional 1 million tonnes-plus of zinc annually, nearly one-tenth of world consumption and more than is parked in London Metal Exchange warehouses already overflowing with unsold metal.
Zinc could be in deficit by 2017 if not earlier, experts say, as consumption rises in China, steel manufacturing picks up in Europe and North America and - most importantly - several super deposits run dry, forcing buyers to dip into swollen producer and exchange stockpiles.
With zinc supplies heading for a deficit, Goldman Sachs expects zinc prices to gain around 15 percent by mid-2014.
"While prices are not very good at the moment in zinc, that tightness of supply going forward will drive much better prices," said Andrew Michelmore, chief executive of Minmetals Resources, whose Century mine in Australia is the world's third largest.
LME zinc prices, currently trading at $2,024 per tonne, are off more than 20 percent from the peaks of 2011 and the sector is facing a sixth straight year of surplus.
"The turnaround is more about a shortfall in supply than it is about the growth in demand that is occurring," said Scott Lowe, managing director of Blackthorn Resources, which is digging a new zinc mine in Burkina Faso.
"We think we're on the cusp of a good thing," added Lowe, citing analysts as viewing the zinc market heading for the tightest supply conditions in 30 years.
In 2013, the Xstrata -owned Brunswick and Perseverance mines in Canada, along with the Vedanta Resources Plc -owned Lisheen mine in Ireland run dry, removing more than half-a-million tonnes of zinc from the global system.
CHINA SET TO BUY MORE
Hopes for a deficit by miners come as zinc stocks MZN-STOCKS continue a near-uninterrupted climb since 2007. The International Lead and Zinc Study Group says the global surplus ballooned 36 percent to 353,000 tonnes in 2011.
LME inventories - a depository of last resort - increased during the first two months of 2012 to an average of 840,000 tonnes, almost double the 15-year average of 426,000 tonnes, suggesting another hefty glut for 2012. Last week inventories swelled to a near 17-year high.
"To us, what is remarkable is not how poorly zinc has performed in the last three years, but rather how well, given how dreadful its fundamentals have been," said BNP Paribas metals analyst Stephen Briggs.
As with almost every commodity, mass urbanisation underway in China is behind growth projections for zinc consumption. China accounted for 43 percent of world zinc consumption in 2011, up from just 8 percent in 1992, industry figures show.
China has the largest resource base followed by Australia, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Peru.
But it is still expected to buy more to feed its infrastructure development. More than half the world's annual consumption of 12 million tonnes of zinc goes into making galvanised steel.
HEAVYWEIGHTS VIE FOR MARKET SHARE
With demand expected to rise, Belgium-based Nyrstar, the world's biggest producer of zinc metal derived from ore concentrate, plans to boost output from its own mines by as much as 70 percent this year.
The 2012 mining production target includes 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate from Finnish miner Talvivaara, which has a supply agreement with Nyrstar.
Glencore International and Blackthorn will start shipments of zinc concentrate in the third quarter from the Perkoa mine under construction in Burkina Faso, rapidly building to an annual rate of 90,000 tonnes contained metal.
London-listed Vedanta Resources in 2010 bought AngloAmerican's zinc interests for $1.34 billion and has been touted as a potential buyer of more mines as sector heavyweights vie for more market share.
'READ MY LIPS, NO NEW ZINC'
China's Minmetals is racing to replace at least part of the output it will lose when its Century zinc mine in Australia closes by 2015, taking half-a-million tonnes off the market annually.
Minmetals spent several million dollars trying to find more ore to keep the Century mine going and profit from a turnaround, but in the end was forced to settle for the smaller Dugald River deposit nearby, which is less than half its size.
A full merger of Glencore and Switzerland-based miner Xstrata, now before shareholders, would give the group 16 and 18 percent globally of both zinc ore and zinc metal supply respectively, based on analysts estimates.
Glencore, along with Nyrstar and China Nonferrous Metals Industry, is also helping develop a new mine in Greenland targeting production of up to 150,000 tonnes of zinc a year.
"Our strategy at Teck on zinc the last five years has been, 'Read my lips, no new zinc,' because zinc has been in surplus," said Don Lindsay, president and CEO of Teck Resources, which operates the world's biggest zinc mine in Alaska.
"However, we finally changed our stance on that in November, because we finally see that zinc really is going to switch from surplus to deficit. We don't know exactly when. It certainly isn't this year. But we do see it's going to happen."
(Additional reporting by Sonali Paul; Editing by Sugita Katyal and Ed Davies)
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