Midland Exploration Inc announced the results of its recent exploration program on its wholly owned Gatineau Zinc Project.

It said that “Midland's strategy is to find new Sedex zinc and lead mineral occurrences and to better characterise the known zinc deposits. The reconnaissance soil sampling program was designed to identify new zinc and lead mineralized systems in the Gatineau Area. Historically soil sampling has been a proven method for finding new zinc occurrences.”

The release added that “The surveyed areas were selected either on the basis of historical known zinc occurrences or unexplained regional stream sediment anomalies. A total of 1,588 soils samples were collected over the Wallace, Venosta, Kazabazua, St Germain, Kilmar, Ski, Davis and Leitch claim blocks. An examination of the assay results has identified several first-order strong zinc and lead anomalies on Leitch, Wallace, Ski and St Germain lake properties.”

Midland's important zinc portfolio includes many properties at different stages of exploration in the Gatineau Area. Depending on target merits, Midland's exploration program includes stream sediments, soil and rock sampling and two pilot tests with combined airborne magnetic and electromagnetic helicopterborne surveys.