| Alexco Resource announced initial results from the 2009 core drilling program at its Lucky Queen property in the Keno Hill silver district, Yukon Territory. Building on Alexco's previous years' work, exploration drilling has continued to intersect silver-rich, locally native silver-bearing mineralization at Lucky Queen, historically the highest grade silver producer in the Keno Hill district. This drilling at Lucky Queen confirms the presence and continuity of relatively narrow, very high grade native silver zones below and southwest of the historical workings. The historic Lucky Queen mine produced approximately 11 million ounces of silver at an average grade of 88.7 ounces of silver per ton from sulfide, sulfosalt and native silver bearing veins and vein stockworks similar to those encountered by Alexco. :theflyonthewall.com |
