VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – January 14, 2014: New Pacific Metals Corp. (“New Pacific” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the final assay results of the 2013 diamond drilling program at the RZY silver-lead-zinc exploration project (the “Project”) in Qinghai province, China.
The latest assay results, (combined with results released on November 18, 2013) show that the 2013 drilling program at the Project intersected significant silver-lead-zinc-antimony-copper-tin mineralization in two mineralization zones: the known main mineralized structure zone (“Zone 1”) was discovered by historical exploration; and a new mineralized structure zone (“Zone 2”, previously a target of interest based upon its soil geochemical anomaly), was confirmed this year by surface trenches and drilling to the depth. The new zone is located about 300 metres to the north of, and parallel to, the main zone. Highlights of the most prominent drill results for each zone include (note – widths are core length not true widths):
Zone 1:
35.30m @ 343 g/t Ag, 4.13% Pb, 4.66% Zn, 0.60% Sb, 0.12% Cu and 0.14% SnO2 from 26.00 metres to 61.30 metres, including 7.87m @ 1,219 g/t Ag, 13.63% Pb, 11.86% Zn, 1.69% Sb, 0.38% Cu and 0.44% SnO2 from 27.33 metres to 35.20 metres in the hole ZK2402.
16.35m @ 204 g/t Ag, 1.53% Pb, 3.15% Zn, 0.37% Sb, 0.04% Cu and 0.02% SnO2from 110.65 metres to 127.00 metres, including 7.15m @ 412 g/t Ag, 2.69% Pb, 5.48% Zn, 0.71% Sb, 0.08% Cu and 0.04% SnO2 from 110.65 metres to 117.80 metres in the hole ZK1602.
6.30m @ 271 g/t Ag, 5.61% Pb, 3.10% Zn, 0.84% Sb, 0.10% Cu and 0.13% SnO2from 80.40 metres to 86.70 metres, including 0.80m @ 1,740 g/t Ag, 38.52% Pb, 13.20% Zn, 5.63% Sb, 0.51% Cu and 0.65% SnO2 from 82.65 metres to 83.45 metres in the hole ZK2701.
Zone 2:
15.00m @ 276 g/t Ag, 5.00% Pb, 6.13% Zn, 1.19% Sb, 0.08% Cu and 0.07% SnO2 from 89.00 metres to 104.00 metres, including 3.75m @ 602 g/t Ag, 10.87% Pb, 10.70% Zn, 2.63% Sb, 0.14% Cu and 0.12% SnO2 from 91.25 metres to 95.00 metres; and 2.95m @ 438 g/t Ag, 8.98% Pb, 10.45% Zn, 1.53% Sb, 0.14% Cu and 0.14% SnO2 from 99.65 metres to 102.60 metres in the hole ZK1102.
5.60m @ 406 g/t Ag, 1.44% Pb, 0.96% Zn, 1.02% Sb and 0.02% Cu from 93.80 metres to 99.40 metres, including 1.50m @ 502 g/t Ag, 0.87% Pb, 1.16% Zn, 0.55% Sb and 0.03% Cu from 93.80 metres to 95.30 metres; and 1.40m @ 890 g/t Ag, 2.94% Pb, 0.29% Zn, 2.58% Sb and 0.04% Cu from 96.60 metres to 98.00 metres in the hole ZK1501.
2.60m @ 598 g/t Ag, 10.61% Pb, 0.75% Zn, 3.02% Sb, 0.05% Cu and 0.15% SnO2 from 5.50 metres to 8.10 metres in the trench TC1101.
The assay results are summarized in Table 1 below. Mineralization style of Zone 1 and Zone 2 are similar and both zones are hosted by altered shear structures developed in Permian turbidite sediments and are generally characterized by massive and disseminated sulfides of galena-sphalerite-pyrite in altered sandstone and dacitic dykes. The 2013 drilling program covered only a two-kilometre long section of the entire six kilometre long known mineralized zones on a drill grid of one hundred metres by two hundred metres, aiming to test the size and nature of the silver-lead-zinc mineralized structure and to confirm the assay results of historical trenching and drilling. With successful drill results of 2013 the Company believes that the Project may have the potential of hosting significant silver dominated polymetallic resources, and the Company plans to commence resource definition drilling at the known mineralized Zone 1 and Zone 2, and, in addition, plans to continue with regional exploration to identify more mineralized zones at other prospects of the Project during the 2014 field campaign.
Table 1: Assay results
Hole_id | Depth_from (m) | Depth_to (m) | Interval (m) | Ag_g/t | Pb_% | Zn_% | Sb_% | Cu_% | SnO2_% | Remarks |
| ZK2402 | 17.00 | 18.50 | 1.50 | 0.65 | 0.01 | Zone 1 | ||||
26.00 | 61.30 | 35.30 | 343 | 4.13 | 4.66 | 0.60 | 0.12 | 0.14 | ||
including | 27.33 | 35.20 | 7.87 | 1,219 | 13.63 | 11.86 | 1.69 | 0.38 | 0.44 | |
106.30 | 107.30 | 1.00 | 166 | 0.44 | 0.40 | 0.22 | 0.03 | |||
178.40 | 180.15 | 1.75 | 15 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |||
241.50 | 243.00 | 1.50 | 13 | 0.48 | 0.87 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
283.50 | 286.50 | 3.00 | 3 | 0.07 | 0.91 | 0.01 | 0.00 | |||
289.50 | 291.00 | 1.50 | 6 | 0.02 | 1.21 | 0.01 | ||||
294.00 | 295.80 | 1.80 | 16 | 0.20 | 0.79 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| ZK1602 | 17.00 | 24.50 | 7.50 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.87 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
48.50 | 50.00 | 1.50 | 58 | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
110.65 | 127.00 | 16.35 | 204 | 1.53 | 3.15 | 0.37 | 0.04 | 0.02 | ||
including | 110.65 | 117.80 | 7.15 | 412 | 2.69 | 5.48 | 0.71 | 0.08 | 0.04 | |
149.55 | 157.00 | 7.45 | 33 | 0.60 | 0.79 | 0.11 | 0.02 | |||
163.00 | 164.50 | 1.50 | 6 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
168.90 | 170.35 | 1.45 | 13 | 0.22 | 0.69 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||
186.70 | 188.20 | 1.50 | 13 | 1.51 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.01 | |||
| ZK2701 | 21.90 | 23.40 | 1.50 | 25 | 0.30 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
69.24 | 71.80 | 2.56 | 36 | 0.67 | 1.53 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
77.80 | 79.30 | 1.50 | 17 | 0.25 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
80.40 | 86.70 | 6.30 | 271 | 5.61 | 3.10 | 0.84 | 0.10 | 0.13 | ||
including | 82.65 | 83.45 | 0.80 | 1,740 | 38.52 | 13.20 | 5.63 | 0.51 | 0.65 | |
88.00 | 89.30 | 1.30 | 30 | 0.59 | 0.36 | 0.07 | 0.01 | |||
91.90 | 93.05 | 1.15 | 15 | 0.24 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | ||
162.10 | 166.65 | 4.55 | 77 | 1.23 | 0.92 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
including | 164.60 | 165.60 | 1.00 | 261 | 4.12 | 1.46 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.10 | |
170.80 | 176.45 | 5.65 | 135 | 1.63 | 5.79 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.05 | ||
including | 170.80 | 173.60 | 2.80 | 259 | 3.25 | 7.25 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.08 | |
| ZK1901 | 16.55 | 17.30 | 0.75 | 58 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
36.20 | 37.50 | 1.30 | 45 | 0.41 | 0.76 | 0.10 | 0.01 | |||
44.50 | 50.40 | 5.90 | 59 | 1.02 | 2.87 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.02 | ||
including | 46.35 | 47.85 | 1.50 | 152 | 2.52 | 7.72 | 0.59 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |
76.63 | 79.80 | 3.17 | 113 | 2.80 | 2.23 | 0.51 | 0.04 | 0.02 | ||
including | 76.63 | 77.90 | 1.27 | 246 | 6.27 | 4.66 | 1.15 | 0.08 | 0.05 | |
85.95 | 87.20 | 1.25 | 30 | 0.74 | 0.59 | 0.09 | 0.01 | |||
192.52 | 194.55 | 2.03 | 22 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||
| ZK1101 | 43.80 | 45.30 | 1.50 | 29 | 0.53 | 0.90 | 0.06 | 0.02 | ||
72.00 | 73.20 | 1.20 | 17 | 0.27 | 0.99 | 0.05 | 0.03 | |||
101.00 | 102.15 | 1.15 | 264 | 3.27 | 2.56 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.03 | ||
249.25 | 250.50 | 1.25 | 19 | 0.02 | 2.08 | 0.04 | 0.03 | |||
| ZK003 | 70.50 | 71.90 | 1.40 | 139 | 0.81 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.03 | ||
219.30 | 220.50 | 1.20 | 16 | 0.23 | 0.46 | 0.01 | ||||
234.45 | 237.55 | 3.10 | 28 | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
238.80 | 240.00 | 1.20 | 40 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||
376.00 | 377.50 | 1.50 | 8 | 0.09 | 0.45 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||
380.50 | 385.00 | 4.50 | 34 | 0.22 | 0.73 | 0.02 | 0.03 | |||
| ZK501 | 5.90 | 6.90 | 1.00 | 79 | 3.29 | 2.89 | 0.60 | 0.05 | 0.04 | |
51.70 | 53.10 | 1.40 | 61 | 1.68 | 1.20 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 0.05 | ||
106.90 | 108.60 | 1.70 | 150 | 0.26 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
263.70 | 265.20 | 1.50 | 21 | 0.33 | 0.52 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||
| ZK801 | 27.20 | 28.70 | 1.50 | 56 | 0.80 | 1.80 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.05 | |
37.70 | 40.10 | 2.40 | 18 | 0.27 | 0.71 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |||
48.80 | 51.00 | 2.20 | 12 | 0.15 | 0.89 | 0.05 | 0.01 | |||
60.70 | 61.70 | 1.00 | 55 | 0.29 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
| ZK3201 | 66.90 | 70.90 | 4.00 | 209 | 0.51 | 0.84 | 0.18 | 0.04 | ||
including | 69.50 | 70.90 | 1.40 | 440 | 1.23 | 2.07 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 0.01 | |
92.00 | 97.00 | 5.00 | 69 | 0.15 | 1.27 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
141.00 | 142.10 | 1.10 | 22 | 0.29 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
143.20 | 144.25 | 1.05 | 121 | 1.12 | 5.45 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.06 | ||
201.70 | 205.05 | 3.35 | 53 | 0.58 | 1.48 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |||
| ZK4001 | 6.50 | 7.70 | 1.20 | 5 | 0.08 | 0.76 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||
33.35 | 34.20 | 0.85 | 157 | 0.37 | 2.27 | 0.11 | 0.04 | |||
38.60 | 42.30 | 3.70 | 33 | 0.09 | 0.78 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||
58.70 | 59.80 | 1.10 | 6 | 0.10 | 0.68 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
118.00 | 119.20 | 1.20 | 214 | 1.35 | 4.95 | 0.27 | 0.05 | 0.01 | ||
| ZK3505 | 199.30 | 213.50 | 14.20 | 45 | 0.69 | 0.98 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
| ZK701 | 47.87 | 49.15 | 1.28 | 49 | 1.31 | 6.21 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 0.05 | Zone 2 |
54.90 | 56.40 | 1.50 | 4 | 0.01 | 0.56 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |||
60.50 | 62.05 | 1.55 | 15 | 0.10 | 2.20 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
| TC1101 | 5.50 | 8.10 | 2.60 | 598 | 10.61 | 0.75 | 3.02 | 0.05 | 0.15 | |
| ZK1102 | 63.50 | 65.00 | 1.50 | 105 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.01 | ||
89.00 | 104.00 | 15.00 | 276 | 5.00 | 6.13 | 1.19 | 0.08 | 0.07 | ||
including | 91.25 | 95.00 | 3.75 | 602 | 10.87 | 10.70 | 2.63 | 0.14 | 0.12 | |
including | 99.65 | 102.60 | 2.95 | 438 | 8.98 | 10.45 | 1.53 | 0.14 | 0.14 | |
| ZK1103 | 203.60 | 206.10 | 2.50 | 41 | 0.82 | 1.49 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
210.90 | 212.20 | 1.30 | 24 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |||
| ZK1501 | 93.80 | 99.40 | 5.60 | 406 | 1.44 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 0.02 | ||
including | 93.80 | 95.30 | 1.50 | 502 | 0.87 | 1.16 | 0.55 | 0.03 | ||
including | 96.60 | 98.00 | 1.40 | 890 | 2.94 | 0.29 | 2.58 | 0.04 | ||
| Cutoff of 40 g/t silver or 0.5% of the sum of lead and zinc is used in calculation of intercepts. Interval is reported as core length. True width is not available due to speculative geometry of mineralized zones caused by scarcity of drill data at this early exploration stage. Tin is reported as oxide equivalent. | ||||||||||
Drill cores were halved by diamond saw with half core samples being shipped to the laboratory of ALS at Guangzhou for preparation and analysis. Analysis methods are four-acid digestion with ICP-AES finish (lab code ME-OG62) for silver, lead, zinc, and copper with overlimits going to titrimetric and gravimetric analysis, and sodium peroxide fusion plus ICP-AES finish (lab code ME-ICP881) for tin and antimony. Standard reference materials, blanks, and duplicate samples were inserted prior to shipment for assaying to monitor the quality assurance and quality control of the assay data.
Alex Zhang, P.Geo., is the Qualified Person on the project as defined under National Instrument 43-101. He has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release.
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New Pacific is a Canadian gold and silver exploration and development company which owns the Tagish Lake gold project in Yukon, Canada, and also owns the majority interests of the RZY silver-lead-zinc exploration project in Qinghai Province, China.
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