BMC Minerals (ASX:BMC) said diamond drilling at its Kudz Ze Kayah project in Canada intersected high grade sulfide mineralization at the Fuego prospect, according to a Monday Australian bourse filing.
The 20,000-meter drilling program is targeting multiple high-priority targets within 5 kilometers of the proposed ABM Mine.
The program encountered intercepts of 5.5 meters at 163 grams per tonne (g/t) grade of silver, 6.4% grade of zinc, 0.9 g/t grade of gold, 0.2% grade of copper, and 4.6% grade of lead from 57 meters, as well as 4.5 meters at 78 g/t grade of silver, 4.2% grade of zinc, 0.5 g/t grade of gold, 1.2% grade of copper, and 0.8% grade of lead from 15.5 meters.
BMC Minerals' shares rose nearly 10% in recent trading on Monday.