Mantle Resources Inc. is a publicly listed mineral resource exploration company with an option to earn a 65-per-cent interest in the Akie property in British Columbia. The Akie sedex zinc property comprises approximately 16,000 acres in the Omineca mining division of British Columbia and is located approximately 280 kilometres northwest of the town of Mackenzie. The property contains a partly explored zinc-lead-silver-barite massive sulphide deposit. Between 1992 and 1996 approximately $5.4-million was spent by other parties exploring the property, including approximately 13,000 metres of diamond drilling. The main Akie deposit has a drill indicated/inferred resource of 13 million tonnes grading 8.52 per cent zinc, 1.47 per cent lead and 13.24 grams per tonne silver over an average true thickness of 6.3 metres (resource estimate is not National Instrument 43-101 certified) based on a 1995 geological polygonal reserve study by Inmet Mining Corp.
Zinc is the third most used non-ferrous metal (after aluminum and copper). With countries like China and India consuming more than they are producing, global zinc markets are being strained.
Zinc is the third most used non-ferrous metal (after aluminum and copper). With countries like China and India consuming more than they are producing, global zinc markets are being strained.
