Solitario Zinc Corp. is pleased to announce that Teck American Incorporated , a wholly owned subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd. , has commenced a field program on the Lik high-grade zinc project in Alaska. The Lik project is held through a joint venture arrangement between Solitario and Teck . Solitario and Teck agreed that Teck will act as project operator for the 2018 field program to take full advantage of Teck’s [...]
Solitario Zinc Corp. NYSE American: XPL; TSX: SLR) is pleased to announce that a significant drilling program for the Florida Canyon zinc project is scheduled to begin in the third-quarter of 2018, pending drilling permit approvals. Forty-one core holes totaling approximately 17,000 meters are planned. Florida Canyon is held in a joint venture between Solitario and Nexa Resources NYSE: NEXA; TSX: NEXA), the world’s [...]
Solitario Zinc is pleased to announce that it has sold, through its wholly owned subsidiary Minera Solitario Perú S.A.C., its non-producing Yanacocha royalty to Minera Los Tapados for approximately US$501,500 in cash. The Yanacocha royalty covered 43 concessions totaling 36,052 hectares. Newmont owns the underlying mineral concessions and intends to terminate the Yanacocha Royalty. None of the concessions covered [...]
Solitario Zinc is pleased to announce that Solitario, through its 100%-owned subsidiary Zazu Metals and Teck American have approved a jointly funded budget for a new work program on the Lik zinc project in Alaska. This is the first time that project work has been jointly funded, as previously, Zazu Metals, acquired by Solitario in July 2017, had sole-funded the project as part of an option earn-in agreement. Solitario [...]
Solitario Zinc is pleased to announce the planned 2018 work program, additional property acquisitions and newly defined exploration opportunities on its Florida Canyon Zinc Project in Peru. Florida Canyon is held in a joint venture between Solitario and Nexa Resources. Highlights of the planned 2018 work program include completion of the access road into the mineralized portion of the project area and permitting that will [...]
Solitario Zinc Corp. (“Solitario;” NYSE American: XPL; TSX: SLR) is pleased to announce that is has initiated metallurgical testing to determine the potential to recover silver at its recently acquired Lik zinc project in Alaska. The Lik resource, besides being a high-grade zinc deposit, contains a significant silver inventory that averages about 50 grams per tonne silver. Metallurgical testing to date has [...]
Solitario Zinc Corp. (“Solitario;” NYSE American: XPL; TSX: SLR) is pleased to announce results from its Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for its high-grade Florida Canyon Zinc Project, formerly called the Bongará Zinc Project. The project is a joint venture between Solitario and Compañía Minera Milpo S.A.A. (“Milpo”) and is situated in northern Peru. PEA [...]
Solitario Exploration & Royalty and Zazu Metals are pleased to announce that Solitario has completed its acquisition of Zazu Metals pursuant to the plan of arrangement previously announced on April 27, 2017. The Arrangement was approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on July 7, 2017, after overwhelming approval by both Solitario and Zazu shareholders on June 29, 2017. Key investment highlights of the Zazu [...]
Solitario Exploration & Royalty and Zazu Metals are pleased to announce that shareholders of the respective companies have voted overwhelmingly in favor of the previously announced plan of arrangement. The combination is expected to create an exciting new zinc-focused company with two advanced high-grade zinc projects located in favorable jurisdictions with experienced zinc producing joint venture partners. At their [...]
Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. (NYSE MKT:XPL; TSX:SLR) ("Solitario") is encouraging Solitario shareholders to vote at its upcoming annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) electronically, by mail or in person. The Annual Meeting will be held on June 29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of Solitario at 4251 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, where shareholders will consider, among other [...]
Solitario Exploration & Royalty and Zazu Metals are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement pursuant to which Solitario has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Zazu by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act. Highlights of the Combined Company Creation of a leading zinc focused explorer and developer [...]
Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. (“Solitario;” NYSE MKT: XPL; TSX: SLR) is pleased to announce that its joint venture partner, Minera Milpo (“Milpo”), has elected to participate in the development and funding of a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) on the Bongará high-grade zinc deposit in northern Peru. Completion of the PEA is expected by the end of the second quarter [...]