36.3 METRES GRADING 5.2 % ZINC INCLUDING 5.5 METRES GRADING 12.5 % ZINC IN HOLE A17-079 MINERALIZATION REMAINS OPEN

VANCOUVER, Aug. 15, 2017 /CNW/ - Tinka Resources Limited ("Tinka" or the "Company") (TSXV: TK) (OTCPK: TKRFF) is pleased to announce assay results of a further five step-out drill holes at the Company's 100%-owned Ayawilca zinc project in central Peru. These results include two holes drilled at each of West and South Ayawilca, with one hole drilled at Central Ayawilca.  Tinka continues to expand the footprint of the zinc mineralization with an aggressive 2017 drill program – approximately 12,000 metres have been drilled in 35 holes completed during the campaign so far, with further step out holes planned for the remainder of the year.

At West Ayawilca, holes A17-079 and A17-080 intersected significant thicknesses of high grade zinc mineralization, and have extended the West Ayawilca zinc zone by approximately 150 metres to the northeast.  Mineralization at West Ayawilca remains open in that direction.  At South Ayawilca, hole A17-078 has intersected manto-style mineralization a further 250 metres east from hole A17-075 (20.8 metres at 5.0 % zinc).  Zinc mineralization remains open at South Ayawilca over approximately 700 metres (see Figures 1 & 2). 

Upcoming holes are planned to test the extensions of South Ayawilca zinc mineralization to the east and south.  Additional holes are planned to follow up the bonanza silver intercept in A17-072 (2 metres at 3,170 g/t silver).

Key Highlights
Hole A17-079 (West Ayawilca):

  • 36.25 metres at 5.2 % zinc, 0.2 % lead & 65 g/t indium from 273.25 metres depth, including
    • 5.5 metres at 12.5 % zinc & 103 g/t indium from 304.0 metres depth;

Hole A17-080 (West Ayawilca):

  • 15.2 metres at 6.0 % zinc & 184 g/t indium from 291.3 metres depth, including
    • 1.8 metres at 28.4 % zinc, 34 g/t silver & 1400 g/t indium from 304.7 metres depth;

Hole A17-078 (South Ayawilca):

  • 1.2 metres at 8.9 % zinc, 0.3% lead & 380 g/t silver from 190.0 metres depth, and
  • 4.3 metres at 7.8 % zinc, 0.1 % lead & 57 g/t indium from 400.1 metres depth;

Hole A17-076 (South Ayawilca):

  • 2.8 metres at 4.5 % zinc, 0.4 % lead, 54 g/t silver & 43 g/t indium from 196.7 metres depth;

Hole A17-077 (Central Ayawilca):

  • 2.3 metres at 9.2 % zinc, 11 g/t silver & 79 g/t indium from 337.3 metres depth.

Dr. Graham Carman, Tinka´s President and CEO, stated: "The 2017 Ayawilca resource step-out drill program continues to provide excellent results. The drilling is expanding our zinc footprint well beyond resource boundaries, as well as highlighting additional areas for potential discoveries.  South Ayawilca remains open for zinc extensions over a strike distance of at least 700 metres, towards the southeast, and remains one of our primary target areas for upcoming drilling. Significantly, zinc grades improve to the south in some areas associated with massive pyrite replacement rather than pyrrhotite or magnetite, indicating high grade zinc mineralization extends beyond the magnetic geophysical anomalies and opening up new areas to explore. At West Ayawilca, high grade zinc mineralization continues at least 150 metres beyond the 2016 resource boundary to the northeast.  Tinka continues to aggressively drill test zinc targets on the Ayawilca property, heading towards a resource upgrade during the last quarter of 2017."

Results are now reported for 25 holes of the 35 holes completed in the 2017 drill campaign.   Two diamond drill rigs continue to operate at the project currently drilling at Zone 3 (hole A17-092) and South Ayawilca (hole A17-093) – see Figure 1.  Results are pending for several holes at the Valley and Chaucha areas. 

Maps attached: Drill hole locations at Ayawilca (Figure 1); Zinc grade-thickness map (Figure 2); Cross section of West Ayawilca (Figure 3); Geological map with all 2017 drill holes at Ayawilca and Chaucha (Figure 4). 

True thicknesses of the zinc intersections are estimated to be at least 85% of the downhole thickness, except where otherwise noted in footnotes to Table 1. All significant results of the 2017 program are summarized in Table 1 with the strongest intercepts in bold text. Table 2 summarizes all drill collar information to date. 

Table 1.  Summary of 2017 Drill Results from Ayawilca

Drill hole

From m

To m

Interval m

Zn %

Pb %

Ag g/t

Indium g/t

Reported

A17-0561

90.30

90.65

0.35

29.0

0.4

82

443

April 3 '17

and

113.00

113.40

0.40

31.2

0.0

85

759

April 3 '17

and

126.00

189.90

63.90

5.6

0.1

17

29

March 6 '17

including

127.50

145.40

17.90

11.6

0.2

36

20

March 6 '17

including

127.50

133.30

5.80

22.5

0.3

77

50

March 6 '17

and

199.20

204.70

5.50

5.8

0.1

6

38

April 3 '17

and

228.50

233.70

5.20

12.9

0.0

11

162

March 6 '17

and

242.00

293.90

51.90

10.1

0.1

624

233

April 3 '17

including

279.00

293.90

14.90

20.6

0.2

1524

441

April 3 '17

including

279.00

285.40

6.40

37.5

0.4

301

916

April 3 '17

A17-056A

286.50

296.00

9.50

9.3

0.3

19

88

May 3'17

and

309.00

313.10

4.10

18.6

0.1

27

224

May 3'17

including

310.50

313.10

2.60

27.3

0.1

38

336

May 3'17

A17-057

84.90

86.35

1.45

24.8

0.0

62

157

April 3 '17

and

143.70

144.50

0.80

40.4

0.1

138

261

April 3 '17

and

157.60

197.70

40.10

9.1

0.2

22

168

April 3 '17

including

168.20

177.80

9.60

16.8

0.1

22

299

April 3 '17

and

227.15

234.90

7.75

3.5

0.2

21

85

April 3 '17

and

264.00

279.30

15.30

20.0

2.5

102

263

April 3 '17

including

265.75

269.00

3.25

34.5

2.1

96

196

April 3 '17

including

272.50

277.70

5.20

32.5

1.3

69

639

April 3 '17

A17-058

103.50

107.70

4.205

20.2

4.2

3294

15

May 3'17

and

133.25

134.35

1.105

30.3

3.2

500

61

May 3'17

A17-058 did not reach target, lost at 301 metres in sandstone


A17-059

50.30

51.10

0.80

37.5

0.5

69

70

June 8'17


58.00

60.00

2.00

6.3

0.0

12

30

June 8'17

A17-060

262.40

264.40

2.00

14.8

0.0

35

1178

May 3'17

and

275.00

279.50

4.50

15.0

0.0

20

383

May 3'17

and

298.00

328.50

30.52

3.4

0.2

10

38

May 3'17

including

303.40

312.00

8.60

5.1

0.1

11

6

May 3'17

A17-061

122.70

150.50

27.80

4.4

0.1

18

24

May 3'17

including

145.70

147.50

1.805

27.2

0.0

32

157

May 3'17

and

184.00

202.60

18.603

10.4

0.5

52

59

May 3'17

including

196.20

198.80

2.60

23.6

2.4

192

19

May 3'17

including

201.90

202.60

0.70

28.7

3.6

202

41

May 3'17

and

220.00

233.40

13.40

18.7

0.9

57

463

May 3'17

including

224.10

230.00

7.90

29.3

0.8

71

719

May 3'17

and

265.00

266.80

1.80

37.0

0.2

85

808

May 3'17

A17-062

152.40

153.05

0.655

33.6

0.3

166

42

June 28'17

A17-062 was lost prior to target depth in a fault zone at 313 metres


A17-063

302.20

349.90

47.70

11.3

0.0

18

313

June 8'17

including

303.30

313.10

9.80

17.4

0.0

28

587

June 8'17

including

327.40

339.60

12.20

17.1

0.0

26

495

June 8'17

Drill hole

From m

To m

Interval m

Zn %

Pb %

Ag g/t

Indium g/t

Reported

A17-064

269.90

270.40

0.50

15.6

0.0

11

304

June 8'17

and

277.20

277.60

0.40

14.5

0.0

17

39

June 8'17

A17-065

119.00

119.75

0.75

36.6

0.1

88

157

June 8'17

and

204.00

210.00

6.00

4.0

0.0

4

9

June 8'17

and

219.50

238.80

19.30

4.7

0.0

7

93

June 8'17

including

236.20

238.80

2.60

20.6

0.0

23

529

June 8'17

and

266.40

293.00

26.60

3.6

0.0

4

46

June 8'17

and

307.30

332.00

24.70

3.8

0.0

5

51

June 8'17

and

340.00

346.00

6.00

2.6

0.1

7

16

June 8'17

A17-066

185.20

185.50

0.30

37.8

0.0

40

1330

June 8'17

and

330.90

334.40

3.50

7.4

0.1

24

111

June 8'17

and

345.00

350.00

5.00

11.3

0.1

37

270

June 8'17

A17-067

256.40

265.00

8.60

2.7

0.2

39

0

June 28'17

A17-068

343.55

344.30

0.75

6.1

11.6

210

7

June 28'17

and

382.00

388.00

6.00

4.0

0.1

46

47

June 28'17

A17-069

182.00

190.00

8.00

3.0

0.5

13

17

June 28'17

and

261.60

262.30

0.70

17.8

0.0

14

73

June 28'17

and

271.40

300.70

29.30

10.4

0.1

17

278

June 28'17

including

287.30

299.40

12.10

19.1

0.1

25

440

June 28'17

A17-070

100.00

105.10

5.10

6.3

0.6

127

82

June 28'17

and

306.80

308.40

1.60

15.4

0.1

40

529

June 28'17

and

317.50

356.80

39.306

7.1

0.1

13

100

June 28'17

including

340.00

356.80

16.80

12.9

0.1

19

183

June 28'17

including

340.00

348.00

8.00

20.9

0.1

19

265

June 28'17

A17-071

327.20

350.00

22.80

8.4

0.8

35

17

July 7'17

including

332.40

345.00

12.60

11.6

0.9

35

30

July 7'17

A17-072

104.80

105.60

0.80

27.0

0.3

73

125

July 7'17

and

294.50

306.00

11.50

2.9

2.3

781

0

July 7'17

including

302.00

304.00

2.00

5.6

5.5

3167

0

July 7'17

A17-073

no significant results


July 7'17

A17-074

71.40

73.60

2.205

31.0

0.1

138

23

July 7'17

and

148.00

148.70

0.705

18.3

0.3

38

0

July 7'17

A17-075

359.00

379.87

20.80

5.0

0.0

11

44

July 7'17

including

376.30

379.80

3.50

10.2

0.0

17

96

July 7'17

A17-076

196.70

199.50

2.80

4.5

0.4

54

43

Here

and

264.00

269.90

5.90

1.2

1.0

58

0

Here

and

368.00

373.70

5.70

2.4

1.9

55

0

Here

A17-077

265.10

268.00

2.90

2.9

2.8

84

0

Here

and

337.30

339.60

2.30

9.2

0.0

11

79

Here

and

348.60

359.60

11.00

2.6

0.7

86

1

Here

A17-078

190.00

191.20

1.20

8.9

0.3

380

32

Here

and

400.10

404.40

4.30

7.8

0.1

4

57

Here

A17-079

209.30

225.15

15.85

2.4

1.2

25

0

Here

and

254.40

270.00

15.60

2.4

0.1

5

16

Here

and

273.25

309.50

36.25

5.2

0.2

10

65

Here

including

304.00

309.50

5.50

12.5

0.0

8

103

Here

A17-080

171.70

174.00

2.30

3.5

2.2

58

0

Here

and

291.30

306.50

15.20

6.0

0.0

7

184

Here

including

304.70

306.50

1.80

28.4

0.0

34

1400

Here

1 hole lost at 293.9 metres; wedged and completed as A17-056A to 376 metres depth 


2 includes 0.6 m with no core recovery from 315.2 to 315.8 m; this interval was given a zero grade 


3 includes 3.1 m with no core recovery from 198.8 to 201.9 m; this interval was given a zero grade 


4 includes a silver assay cut at 1000 g/t; actual assay in A17-056 was 0.2 m at 16,490 g/t Ag, 7.0% Zn & 6.9 % Cu from 287.1 m.

5 high grade vein intercepts with variable true thicknesses


6 includes 4.3 m of no recovery assumed zero grade


7 includes 1.7 m of no recovery assumed zero grade


Note:  Assays are calculated using a zinc only cut-off grade of 2% over 6 metres


 

Notes on sampling and assaying:
Drill holes are diamond HQ or NQ size core holes with recoveries generally above 80% and often close to 100%.  The drill core is marked up, logged, and photographed on site.  The cores are cut in half at the Company's core storage facility, with half-cores stored as a future reference.  Half-core is bagged on average over 1 to 2 metre composite intervals and sent to ALS or SGS laboratories in Lima for assay in batches.  Standards and blanks are inserted into each batch prior to departure from Tinka's core storage facilities.  At the laboratory samples are dried, crushed to 100% passing 2mm, then 500 grams pulverized for multi-element analysis by ICP using multi-acid digestion. Samples assaying over 1% zinc, lead, or copper and over 100 g/t silver are re-assayed using precise ore-grade AAS techniques.

Table 2.  Summary of Drill Collar Information (coordinates are in UTM Zone 18S WGS84 datum)

Drill Hole

Easting

Northing

Total depth (m)

Elevation (m)

Azimuth

Dip

A17-056

333046

8845062

293.9

4202

300

-75

A17-056A

333046

8845062

376.4

4202

300

-75

A17-057

333046

8845062

477.0

4202

300

-55

A17-058

332557

8845657

301.0

4299

040

-82

A17-059

332840

8845192

248.9

4209

120

-85

A17-060

333174

8845005

358.4

4218

300

-70

A17-061

333058

8844996

326.9

4191

290

-67

A17-062

333175

8845004

309.0

4218

000

-90

A17-063

333241

8845118

416.6

4229

310

-70

A17-064

333062

8844993

369.1

4191

290

-50

A17-065

333174

8845090

366.3

4225

300

-75

A17-066

333345

8845193

371.6

4211

310

-70

A17-067

333059

8844996

302.8

4190

120

-85

A17-068

333552

8845279

419.7

4185

310

-75

A17-069

333114

8845103

374.3

4210

300

-65

A17-070

333152

8845150

367.8

4230

310

-75

A17-071

333328

8845044

383.3

4202

310

-70

A17-072

333114

8845103

445.9

4233

300

-53

A17-073

334458

8846616

710.0

4024

210

-75

A17-074

332666

8845491

429.6

4124

015

-75

A17-075

333434

8845121

395.3

4201

310

-70

A17-076

333155

8845153

420.7

4230

310

-55

A17-077

332966

8845460

416.2

4243

130

-70

A17-078

333656

8845227

477.2

4174

310

-75

A17-079

332919

8845717

322.6

4223

310

-65

A17-080

332915

8845805

335.4

4220

310

-70

 

Figure 1. Ayawilca 2017 drill hole map showing 2016 Mineral Resource boundaries (hatched) (CNW Group/Tinka Resources Limited)

Figure 2. Plan of Zinc grade versus thickness (m% Zn) for Ayawilca drill hole (CNW Group/Tinka Resources Limited)

Figure 3. Simplified cross section E-E' through West Ayawilca with interpreted zinc bodies - Viewing west (see Fig 1 for location of section) (CNW Group/Tinka Resources Limited)

Figure 4. Geological map highlighting all 2017 drill holes to date & prospective areas (CNW Group/Tinka Resources Limited)

I 43-101 Technical Report:
On June 29, 2016, Tinka filed an independent National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report (the "NI 43-101 Technical Report") on the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Ayawilca Property, Department of Pasco, Peru in support of the Company's news release dated May 25, 2016.  The NI 43-101 Technical Report was authored by Mr. David Ross. P.Geo., of Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., who is an independent "qualified person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101.  The NI 43-101 Technical Report may be found under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.tinkaresources.com

The qualified person, Dr. Graham Carman, Tinka's President and CEO, and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, has reviewed and verified the technical contents of this release. 

On behalf of the Board,

"Graham Carman"

Dr. Graham Carman, President & CEO

About Tinka Resources Limited
Tinka is an exploration and development company with its flagship property being the 100%-owned Ayawilca carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) in the zinc-lead-silver belt of central Peru, 200 kilometres northeast of Lima. The Ayawilca Zinc Zone has an Inferred Mineral Resource of 18.8 Mt at 5.9 % zinc, 0.2 % lead, 15 g/t silver & 74 g/t indium, and a Tin Zone Inferred Mineral Resource of 5.4 Mt at 0.76 % tin, 0.31 % copper & 18 g/t silver (May 25, 2016). A significant resource expansion drill program began in February 2017 and is ongoing.

Forward Looking Statements: Certain information in this news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively "forward-looking statements").  All statements, other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and expectations of Tinka as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Tinka's management.  Such statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions related to certain factors including, without limitations, drilling results, the Company's expectations regarding mineral resource calculations, capital and other costs varying significantly from estimates, production rates varying from estimates, changes in world metal markets, changes in equity markets, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, imprecision in resource estimates or metal recoveries, success of future development initiatives, competition, operating performance, environmental and safety risks, delays in obtaining or failure to obtain necessary permits and approvals from local authorities, community agreements and relations, and other development and operating risks. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein.  Although Tinka believes that assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Tinka disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

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