Zinc was the base metal at Champagne that had the highest concentration and was part of the results in Frank's interview:
1.23 g/t gold, 11.71 g/t silver and 1.6% zinc over 11.7 metres
(including 1.79 g/t gold, 27.52 g/t silver and 2.77% zinc over 3.8 metres)
1.15 g/t gold, 17.24 g/t silver and 2.2% zinc over 8.2 metres
(including 2.02 g/t gold, 30.14 g/t silver and 3.56% zinc over 4.7 metres)
1.28 g/t gold, 14.33 g/t silver and 1.73% zinc over 1.7 metres
Zinc is garnering some attention in the markets as demand is increasing but more importantly, supply is decreasing. With those grades of zinc and current values for all metals, the values work out to be:
Gold $65
Silver $11
Zinc $36
So Zinc at today's prices is already adding some fair value. If the Zinc market gets hot which is the indication, then we could be sitting pretty here.
Here is a link to an article on the Zinc market: http://resourceinvestingnews.com/34443-zinc-experiences-investment-buzz.html
Of course, we will need some metallurgy done to see what the recoveries are here but the zinc certainly adds to the pot!
Glorieux