{"id":1026560,"date":"2018-09-20T16:44:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T16:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1026560"},"modified":"2018-09-20T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T16:44:22","slug":"exgen-empire-drilling-program-intercepts-copper-sulfide-mineralization-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1026560","title":{"rendered":"ExGen: Empire Drilling Program Intercepts Copper Sulfide Mineralization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/base-metals-investing\/copper-investing\/exgen-empire-drilling-program-intercepts-copper-sulfide-mineralization\/\">Scott Tibballs<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/base-metals-investing\/copper-investing\/exgen-empire-drilling-program-intercepts-copper-sulfide-mineralization\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.investingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gold-Outlook-3D-1-Small-2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"gold outlook free report\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>ExGen Resources (TSXV:EXG) has released an update in respect of Phoenix Global Mining&#8217;s exploration and development activities at the Empire Mine project in Idaho, which is 20 percent owned by ExGen.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted in the press release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extensive evidence of copper sulphides found below the Empire mine and to the north-west, east and south.<\/li>\n<li>Significant high-grade copper drill intersections to upgrade the inferred resources inside the current resource.<\/li>\n<li>Stepout drilling outside the current resource intersects high grade copper sulphide mineralization.<\/li>\n<li> A new zone of mineralization to be called \u201cRed Star\u201d has been discovered 330 metres north-west of the current resource towards the old Horseshoe mine. The outcrop is 20 metres wide and contains heavy oxide\/sulphide mineralization. Trench samples have been sent for assaying.<\/li>\n<li>Five drill hole intercepts contain predominantly chalcopyrite and bornite copper sulphide mineralization.<\/li>\n<li>Hole KX18-47 confirms the presence of higher-grade sulfide mineralization beneath the current resource.<\/li>\n<li>Elevated zinc, gold and silver values are associated with the copper intersections. Grades of up to 8.82 percent zinc, 7.93 grams per tonne (g\/t) gold, 256 g\/t silver.<\/li>\n<li>Assay results from a further 19 drill holes and 298 surface channel samples are pending and will be reported shortly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2018\/09\/20\/1573581\/0\/en\/ExGen-Announces-Empire-Drilling-Program-Intercepts-Copper-Sulphide-Mineralisation-Mineralised-Extension-Recognised-to-the-North-and-at-Depth.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full ExGen Resources (TSXV:EXG) press release.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/investingnews.com\/free-report-online\/gold-stocks-and-investment-report\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/investingnews.com\/free-report-online\/gold-stocks-and-investment-report\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>10+ Gold Stocks to Watch<\/h2>\n<h4>Stocks.<br \/>\nExpert Insights.<br \/>\nIndustry Stats.<br \/><\/h4>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/investingnews.com\/free-report-online\/gold-stocks-and-investment-report\/\"> Give me my free report! <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end large-8 -->\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end row --><\/div>\n<p>The post <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/base-metals-investing\/copper-investing\/exgen-empire-drilling-program-intercepts-copper-sulfide-mineralization\/\">ExGen: Empire Drilling Program Intercepts Copper Sulfide Mineralization<\/a> appeared first on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/\">Investing News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/base-metals-investing\/copper-investing\/exgen-empire-drilling-program-intercepts-copper-sulfide-mineralization\/\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>From:: <a href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/base-metals-investing\/copper-investing\/exgen-empire-drilling-program-intercepts-copper-sulfide-mineralization\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ExGen: Empire Drilling Program Intercepts Copper Sulfide Mineralization\">Investing News Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Scott Tibballs ExGen Resources (TSXV:EXG) has released an update in respect of Phoenix Global Mining&#8217;s exploration and development activities at the Empire Mine project in Idaho, which is 20 percent owned by ExGen. As highlighted in the press release: Extensive evidence of copper sulphides found below the Empire mine and to the north-west, east [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[359],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1026560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1026560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1026560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1026560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}