Metallic Minerals Initiates 2022 Exploration Program at Keno Silver Project in Yukon, Canada

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Jul 13, 2022

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 13, 2022 / Metallic Minerals (TSXV:MMG | US OTCQB:MMNGF) ("Metallic Minerals", or the "Company") announces the commencement of field activities at the Company's 100% owned, 166 square kilometer Keno Silver project, located in the historic Keno Hill silver district of Canada's Yukon Territory. In July 2022, Hecla Mining Company ("Hecla"), the largest silver producer in the United States and third largest in the world1, announced the acquisition of neighboring Alexco Resource Corp.("Alexco"), which holds the western portion of the district and mining and milling operations. Metallic Minerals owns the second largest land position in the prolific district covering the east, and parts of central and western Keno Hill, including eight high-grade, shallow past-producing deposits.