Xtierra Inc (XAG)

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Minco’s Xtierra to start drilling program at Bilbao silver-zinc-copper project
Thu 8:46 am by Andre Lamberti Irish headquartered mineral exploration and development company Minco Plc (LON:MIO) said that its 60 percent owned Canadian subsidiary Xtierra Inc (TSX-V:XAG) will commence a new 2,500 metre drill program in early March 2011 to follow-up on a high grade silver zone entountered along the western margin of the Bilbao silver-zinc-copper project in Zacatecas, Mexico.

A preliminary evaluation of the previously announced drill data suggests the resence of two parallel zones with elevated silver plus some gold values. The silver-enriched zone extends over a strike length of at least 300 metres.