Callinex Commences 2017 Summer Drilling Campaign in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba

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Callinex Mines Inc. (the “Company” or “Callinex”) (TSX-V: CNX; OTCQX: CLLXF) is pleased to announce that it has commenced its 2017 summer drilling campaign (the “Campaign”) at the Pine Bay and Big Island Projects within the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba (See Figure 1). The Campaign is anticipated to include approximately 6,000m of drilling in the Flin Flon Mining District to follow-up on the new zinc and gold-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide (“VMS”) discovery at the Pine Bay Project (See News Releases dated October 18, 2016 and May 1, 2016) and conduct a maiden drilling campaign at the Big Island Project.
As quoted in the press release:

Max Porterfield, President and CEO, stated, “We are excited to return to the Flin Flon Mining District to evaluate the potential size of our zinc and gold discovery at the Pine Bay Project. The nearby Tara Lake deposit also represents compelling exploration upside with high-grade intersections including 12.4m of 34% Zn Eq. and 19.4m of 24% Zn Eq.” Mr. Porterfield, continued, “We plan to aggressively advance our assets in the Flin Flon and Bathurst mining districts, where we are targeting a material increase to the Nash Creek Deposit.”

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