ZincX Resources Provides Update on Drilling Program on the Akie Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Investor Relations Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Phone (604) 684-2181 (No.2019-07-06)
ZincX Resources Provides Update on Drilling Program
on the Akie Project
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Tuesday, July 30, 2019 – ZincX Resources Corp. (“ZincX
Resources” or “the Company”, TSX Venture Exchange: ZNX) is pleased to provide an update on the
diamond drilling program on the Akie Project. The C ompany previously announced a 2,500 metre large-
diameter HQ diamond drilling program that will focus on the Cardiac Creek deposit and build on the positive
and robust results from the 2018 Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).
Highlights
• Over half of the planned program has been complete d with greater than 1,250 metres drilled.
• Two holes have been drilled to their intended dept hs with a third to be completed shortly on high
priority targets within the high-grade core of the Cardiac Creek deposit.
• Samples have been submitted for analysis from the first two holes with results expected in late
summer to early fall.
2019 Exploration Program
Drill Objectives:
The 2019 exploration program has focused on the central high-grade core of the deposit targeting the initial
five years of future mine production identified in the PEA. The program is designed to:
• Provide additional close-spaced drill intercepts t o increase confidence in the current resource
model
• Extend the high-grade core of the deposit further to the southeast
The 2019 drilling program will also allow for the collection of key technical data including:
• The collection of geotechnical and geomechanical d ata to improve the understanding of the rock
mass characteristics of the deposit and provide advanced engineering data for future underground
mine design
• The ongoing collection of structural data to asses s ground support requirements and provide input
data for stope dimensions
Cardiac Creek Deposit
The Company has completed the first two drill holes of the program and the third hole is nearing completion.
The first two holes of the program were completed from the same drill setup targeting the southeastern side
of the high-grade core with the intent of expanding this enriched area of the deposit.
Drill Hole A-19-150 targeted the upper portion of the high-grade core along its southeastern edge. The
Cardiac Creek zone was intersected at a downhole depth of 490.89 metres and continued in the zone until
537.14 metres representing a downhole thickness of approximately 46.25 metres . The zone is
characterized by an abundance of thickly bedded, pl anar laminated sulphide beds with an increasing
proportion of sphalerite and galena mineralisation downhole. An increase in the presence and development
of “mottled” textured sulphide beds was noted below 502.31 metres which is generally indicative of
higher-grade Zn and Pb mineralisation . The hole was completed to a depth of 563.00 metre s within the
calcareous siltstones of the Road River Group. A t otal of 86 samples, including industry standard QA/ QC
samples, were collected.
Drill hole A-19-151 targeted the lower portion of the high-grade core along its southeastern edge. The
Cardiac Creek Zone was intersected at a depth of 568.42 metres continuing to 595.15 metres representing
a downhole interval of 26.73 metres . The zone consists of thickly bedded sulphides comprised of laminar
pyrite interbanded with steel-grey sphalerite and g alena. Higher grade mottled textured sphalerite with
galena interbanded with laminar pyrite occurs within an a pproximate 15 metre zone at a depth of 580.90
to 595.15 metres.
A smaller 5.50 metres footwall zone of mineralization is present from 603.38 metres to 608.80 metres. This
zone consists primarily of thick beds of laminar pyrite with a few localized, steel grey sphalerite bands, and
mottled textured sphalerite bands. In addition to the Cardiac Creek Zone and associated Footwall Zone,
a small 1.30 metre pyritic massive sulphide lens underlies the main body of mineralisation within the debris
flows of the Paul River formation. The hole was terminated at a depth of 617.00 metres within the calcareous
siltstone of the Road River Group. A total of 100 s amples, including industry standard QA/QC samples,
were collected.
The 186 samples collected in holes A-19-150 and A-1 9-151 have been shipped to Acme Laboratories (A
Bureau Veritas Company) in Vancouver for analysis. Results are expected in late summer to early fall.
The Akie Zn-Pb-Ag Project
The 100% owned Akie property is situated within the Kechika Trough, the southernmost area of the
regionally extensive Paleozoic Selwyn Basin and one of the most prolific sedimentary basins in the wor ld
for the occurrence of SEDEX zinc-lead-silver and stratiform barite deposits.
Drilling on the Akie property by ZincX Resources (f ormerly Canada Zinc Metals Corp) since 2005 has
identified a significant body of baritic-zinc-lead SEDEX mineralization known as the Cardiac Creek deposit.
The deposit is hosted by siliceous, carbonaceous, fine grained clastic rocks of the Middle to Late Devonian
Gunsteel Formation.
The Company updated the estimate of mineral resources for the Cardiac Creek deposit in late 2017
based on additional drilling completed in 2017, as follows:
5% Zinc Cut-Off Grade Contained Metal:
Category Tonnes
(million) Zn (%) Pb (%) Ag (g/t) Zn (B lbs) Pb (B lbs) Ag (M
oz)
Indicated 22.7 8.32 1.61 14.1 4.162 0.804 10.3
Inferred 7.5 7.04 1.24 12.0 1.169 0.205 2.9
The Company announced robust positive results from the 2018 Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).
The PEA envisages a conventional underground mine a nd concentrator operation with an average
production rate of 4,000 tonnes per day. The mine will have an 18-year life with potential to extend the life-
of-mine (LOM) through resource expansion at depth. Key parameters for the PEA are as follows:
Parameter Base Case 1
Tonnes Mined 25.8 Mt
Mined Head Grades 7.6% Zn; 1.5% Pb; 13.08 g/t Ag
Tonnes Milled 19.7 Mt
Milled Head Grades (after DMS 2 upgrade) 10.0% Zn; 1.9% Pb; 17.17 g/t Ag
Total Payable Metal (LOM) $3,960M 3
Initial CAPEX $302.3M including $45.7M contingency
LOM Total CAPEX $617.9M including $58.5M contingenc y
All-in Total OPEX $102.4 per tonne milled
Pre-Tax NPV 7% $649M
Pre-Tax IRR 35%
Pre-Tax Payback 2.6 years
After-Tax NPV 7% $401M
After-Tax IRR 27%
After-Tax Payback 3.2 years
1. The base case used metal prices are calculated f rom the 3 year trailing average coupled with two ye ar forward projection of the
average price; and are: US$1.21/lb for zinc, US$1.0 0/lb for lead and US$16.95 for silver. A CDN$/US$ e xchange rate of 0.77 was
used. The NPV discount rate is 7%. 2. DMS = dense media separation. 3. All dollar amounts expressed in Canadian dollars.
The PEA is considered preliminary in nature and includes mineral resources, including inferred mineral resources that are considered
too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral
reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral re serves have not yet demonstrated economic viability. Due to the uncertainty that
may be attached to mineral resources, it cannot be assumed that all or any part of a mineral resource will be upgraded to mineral
reserves. Therefore, there is no certainty that the results concluded in the PEA will be realized.
Kechika Regional Project
In addition to the Akie Project, the Company owns 100% of eight of eleven large, contiguous property blocks
that comprise the Kechika Regional Project includin g the advanced Mt. Alcock prospect. The Kechika
Regional Project also includes the Pie, Yuen and Ci rque East properties within which the Company
maintains a significant 49% interest with partners Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.B) and Korea Zinc
Co. Ltd. These properties collectively extend north west from the Akie property for approximately 140
kilometres covering the highly prospective Gunsteel Formation shale; the main host rock for known SEDEX
zinc-lead-silver deposits in the Kechika Trough of northeastern British Columbia. These projects are located
approximately 260 kilometres north northwest of the town of Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada.
Ken MacDonald P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for the Company, is the designated Qualified Person
as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is res ponsible for the technical information contained in this
release. Mike Makarenko P.Eng, JDS Energy and Mining, is the designated Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the PEA 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
ZINCX RESOURCES CORP.
“PEEYUSH VARSHNEY”
PEEYUSH VARSHNEY, LL.B
CEO & CHAIRMAN